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Bureaucracy Must Die

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. Shrink an individual’s scope of authority, and you shrink their incentive to dream, imagine and contribute.

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Bureaucracy Must Die

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. Shrink an individual’s scope of authority, and you shrink their incentive to dream, imagine and contribute.