The historical stages of organizational design theory and philosophy have transmuted from the ancient church and military models of vertical structure based on discipline and authority to a modern horizontal structure for the purpose of encouraging self-initiative and reducing response time.  The design imperatives are early recognition of changing environmental situations and effective information flow.  The critical element is communication-recognition, interpretation, and feedback.  The Thatcher article supplements the discussion with a report on the findings of a novel research project recently conducted at Intel with the objective of improving communications at the micro-level-the individual decision maker. Evaluate the method and merits of the research.   Are these finding applicable to other organizations and to the world of organizational theory?

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