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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Wonder if anyone could help me with NOT
reinventing the wheel on an extended question about hierarchies (albeit not a
pure open space question)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I have decided I want to survey when is
top-down <span class=SpellE>organisational</span> hierarchy useful (and not
useful) as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=GramE><font size=2
color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>well</span></font></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> as how can <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>hierarchy interact with useful and not
useful impacts on self-<span class=SpellE>organisation</span>, co-<span
class=SpellE>organisation</span>, inter-<span class=SpellE>organisation</span>
(as where 2 or more <span class=SpellE>organsiations</span> truly partner each
other)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Here are some ‘guesses’. Has anyone
seen more definitive research in one or more of these <span class=GramE>areas:</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>1 Hierarchy has good impacts on human
relationship systems when<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>-All
know who & how biggest decisions are made<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>-Authority
has respect for expert-decision status but doesn’t cause person bossing
nor block bad/change news flowing up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>-Top
people care deeply about goodwill=how deeply caring organisation is around its
greatest human context. This identity <span class=SpellE>proacts</span> around
core; top people should cultivate a further out sense of vision & use that
to give people as much time as possible to prepare for relevant change
(competitive/environmental)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>2 Teams
have good impacts when:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>Hierarchy
does not get in way of social dynamics of team; <span class=SpellE>eg</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>Often
team performance is inhibited if personal performance measures or timesheets
drive company<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>Teams
need various positive emotional intelligences:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=SpellE><font size=2
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy'>Eg</span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'> trust to share to the
full; focused happiness to be energised and learn to accomplish the full…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>2.1 Teams
also need to be classified by type which will detail extra nuances:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=SpellE><font size=2
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy'>Eg</span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'> a 24 hour service team
such as healthcare or an airline crew is different from project teams, and
other parameters include within organisation or for external client, co-located
real or with aspects of virtual/global<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>3 -The extra of social networks (SN) of
individuals multiplies value of an organisation’s relationships:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=GramE><font size=2
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy'>in</span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'> areas the internal <span
class=SpellE>organigram</span> can’t traditionally connect: it may be
happening outside the organisation, too tacitly<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>for explicit process to be valuable, or
emerge Next innovation skill we’ll need<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>-particularly
in the innovation situation- a knowledge audit should discover who’s best
to multiply this fast however junior, possibly giving them a boardroom sponsor
as and when formal attention and connection of the new skill will be needed
across organisation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>Vital
SN applications include security of cities, venture capital banking, scouting
for sports superstars, R&D sectors where innovation will need to link
diverse competences which company can’t own all of, software when
developed as a standard?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>Chris Macrae,
wcbn007@easynet.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>All
above meant to be conversation not definitive answers! But passionate line of
inquiry for me just now<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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