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Other things being equal, differentiation and integration are essentially antagonistic, and that one can be obtained only at the expense of the other.

Paul R. Lawrence

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(April 26, 1922 – November 1, 2011) was an American sociologist, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School, and consultant. He is known from his 1967 work with Jay W. Lorsch, entitled Organization and environment: Managing differentiation and integration, a pioneering work in the field of contingency theory.

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Alternative Names: Paul Roger Lawrence

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Other things being equal, differentiation and integration are essentially antagonistic, and that one can be obtained only at the expense of the other. - Paul R. Lawrence

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