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08 May 2007 10:45

150-Person Work Teams Are Dead

In his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell cited the "Rule of 150." The rule states that 150 is the maximum number of individuals with whom we can have a "genuinely efficient work relationship." At that size, orders can be implemented and unruly behavior controlled on the basis of personal loyalties and direct contact.