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| Founded | 1904 |
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| Founder | Hans Demant |
| Headquarters | Smørum, Egedal , Denmark |
| Products | Hearing aids |
Number of employees | 3000+ |
| Parent | Demant A/S |
Oticon is a hearing aid manufacturer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company is a subsidiary of Demant A/S. It was founded in 1904 by Hans Demant, whose wife was hearing impaired. The company claims to be the world's second-largest manufacturer of hearing aids, and uses a management style known as "spaghetti organization"[1][2] introduced by Lars Kolind[3][4][5] under his leadership between 1988 and 1998.[6][7][8]
Oticon has branches in several countries, including a production plant in Poland, with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.[9]
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- ^ "Case Study: Revolution at Oticon A/S: The Spaghetti Organization (Condensed)". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ Peters, Tom (January 1994). Liberation Management. United States: Ballantine Books. p. 880. ISBN 0-449-90888-7.
- ^ Ewing, Jack (6 August 2007). "Denmark's Masters of E-Mail Marketing". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ Poulsen, Per Thygesen (1993). Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon. Denmark: Schultz Erhvervsbøger. p. 174. ISBN 87-569-7920-7.
- ^ Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon. 1993. ISBN 9788756979207. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Think the Unthinkable (in Danish: Tænk det utænkelige!)". Kolind Kuren. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ Morsing, Mette; Eiberg, Kristian (1998). Managing the Unmanageable for a Decade. Denmark: Oticon A/S. p. 244.
- ^ "Oticon Hearing Aids". Apex Hearing. Retrieved 6 May 2014.