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suboptimization

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  • noun The optimization of a subunit (or series of subunits) of an organization

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Examples

  • We need to aim for total optimization—not suboptimization done at the mini-company level.

    Results FROM THE Heart Kiyoshi Suzaki 2002

  • This can produce coordination problems if a peer is disliked, discrimination and suboptimization if a subordinate is disliked, and subtle insubordination if a boss is disliked.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • This can produce coordination problems if a peer is disliked, discrimination and suboptimization if a subordinate is disliked, and subtle insubordination if a boss is disliked.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • This can produce coordination problems if a peer is disliked, discrimination and suboptimization if a subordinate is disliked, and subtle insubordination if a boss is disliked.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • Personal improvement efforts may pose a danger of “suboptimization.”

    QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

  • Personal improvement efforts may pose a danger of “suboptimization.”

    QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

  • Personal improvement efforts may pose a danger of “suboptimization.”

    QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

  • This assumption means that every action, practice, and technique is discrete and repeatable; every activity in the process is visible and subject to suboptimization.

    The IT Skeptic - Comments 2010

  • This assumption means that every action, practice, and technique is discrete and repeatable; every activity in the process is visible and subject to suboptimization.

    The IT Skeptic - Comments Johnna 2010

  • This paradox can be formulated more explicitly through the principle of suboptimization: optimizing the outcome for a subsystem will generally not optimize the outcome for the system as a whole.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

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