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    Oticon is a Danish hearing aid manufacturer founded in 1904 that employs over 1,400 people. It abolished job titles and hierarchies, instead organizing work into projects without functions or departments. This allows Oticon to develop products twice as fast as competitors and do in one day what they used to do in one week.

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    Oticon is a Danish hearing aid manufacturer founded in 1904 that employs over 1,400 people. It abolished job titles and hierarchies, instead organizing work into projects without functions or departments. This allows Oticon to develop products twice as fast as competitors and do in one day what they used to do in one week.

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    Oticon is a Danish hearing aid manufacturer founded in 1904 that employs over 1,400 people. It abolished job titles and hierarchies, instead organizing work into projects without functions or departments. This allows Oticon to develop products twice as fast as competitors and do in one day what they used to do in one week.

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    Reference: The Hofstede Center

    Oticon Holding is a
    Danish designer and
    manufacturer of hearing aids. Founded in 1904, it is
    the oldest hearing instrument manufacturer in the
    world.
    The organization employs 1,443 employees, of
    whom 676 are based in Denmark. Oticon is one of
    the largest hearing aid manufacturers.

    Implemented actions
    Job titles were abolished
    Developing products twice as fast as anyone else.
    Projects, not functions or departments, became the defining
    unit of work.
    Deadlines are what really matters
    All vestiges of hierarchy have disappeared
    Employees are constantly on the move internally
    We can do in one day what we used to do in one week

    MANAGEMENT
    (KOLIND)
    Tranformation
    leadership.
    Getting results.
    Teamwork.
    Dynamic Staff.

    ADVANTAGES
    Employee
    Motivation.
    Higher
    productivity.
    Better
    comunication.
    Faster decisions.
    Encourage
    creativity.

    JUSTIFY
    (DEFENDE)
    Focus on
    innovation.
    Better
    comuncation
    between
    workers.
    Applicable to
    companies
    organized for
    projects.

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