There is more than One Way to be Redundant

1 November 1986

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Administration & Society

Vol. 18 (3) , 334-359
https://doi.org/10.1177/009539978601800303

Abstract

This article extends Landau's work on redundancy in organizations. Three basic and two hybrid approaches to redundancy are described and compared. The types are explored in the context of redundancy as duplication, and also in the context of redundancy as overlap, with modifications as appropriate. The dynamics of duplication versus overlap are also explored. Issues regarding the "triggering" of redundancy, the difference between redundancy and the `fail-safe" mentality, and redundancy in the special case of secrecy concerns are also discussed.

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