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Perrow's technology typology: a standalone construct

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Organization design

a classification of organizational technologies by the number of exceptions in tasks and how analyzable the search for solutions is, yielding routine, craft, engineering and nonroutine types.

In organization design, Perrow's technology typology refers to a classification of organizational technologies by the number of exceptions in tasks and how analyzable the search for solutions is, yielding routine, craft, engineering and nonroutine types. This meaning comes from Perrow (1967) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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Perrow, C. (1967). A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Organizations. American Sociological Review, 32(2), 194. https://doi.org/10.2307/2091811

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