Strategic simplification

Strategic simplification

by Michael Watkins

Part of Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 03-014

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Using Richard Holbrooke's negotiations in Bosnia as an instructive example, this paper examines structural complexity as a barrier to agreement and purposes approaches to "strategic simplification" inspired by research on modular design of new products. This paper represents an initial step toward development of a broader theory of complexity management and modular design innegotiation.

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