Hierarchies, decision making and a real-life example

[chris macrae]

Chris- my view would be that its always possible that some organisations
will get stuff done in spite of hierarchy's excesses

But I don't see why understanding of organisations hasn't got beyond
recognising that hierarchy is only one of several systems that a
thriving people-investing organisations needs to be structured around

Why not ask the triple accountability and design question applied to the
relationship infrastructures that all organisations are:
What's the best of hierarchy how can this interface with the best of
self-organising and how can we mix this withy the best of networking
across organisational boundaries, we are wasting most people's working
lifetimes

Since we have the methods of open space and organisational
transformation well worked out, my assumption is that the only thing
that could possibly continue to cause such a system blockage to openness
is wrong measurement

It seems to me it's a case of taking the arguments of wrong measurement
and open space together if we wish to sustain transformation through any
conflict that traditional organisations are almost perfectly geared to
compound

chris


Chris Corrigan wrote:
When hierarchy atrophies and hardens within an organization I think it
stops being useful (or fun) but I think it also creates the conditions
for the kinds of social networking "hacks" that people invent to
actually get work done in spite of the rigid structure. Whatcha think?

Chris





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