Central to the objectives of stratified systems theory and requisite managerial practices is the notion that the organization will reach its full potential capability by facilitating the opportunities for the individuals employed by the organization in meeting their full potential. The objective of providing each individual the opportunity to realize his or her full potential capability is a remarkable and …
Building the Prosperity of the New Global Community via Work Organizations
It is imperative as the new millennium evolves that we understand why people work, what they set forth to derive from their work, how they behave as an expression of their level of satisfaction obtained at work, and the accountabilities of managerial (and parliamentarian) leadership, in creating conditions within the workplace that set forth to satisfy fundamental and evolving human …
Job Security or Job Satisfaction
Job Security or Job Satisfaction? Of course the objective is obtaining employment that provides both job security and job satisfaction, yet what is one to do when he or she is left weighing off one versus the other? The preference is this will be a conjunctive conversation and not a disjunctive one…the “and” versus “or” distinction! We wish to hear …
InformIT’s “Breaking the Mold: Preparing Your Company for Innovation and Change”
InformIT has a sample chapter from SCORE!: A Better Way to Do Busine$$: Moving from Conflict to Collaboration by Thomas Stallkamp. The chapter discusses a case at Chrysler where the management team did not follow the herd with some bully business practices.
Glenn’s Correction on “Universals”
Glenn wrote the following to correct some of my terminology about what Jaques said happens when people move out of the what I was calling the “Strategic” order of thinking. He clears up some confusion that I was creating, so it’s worth noting here in full. I’ve done some minor layout to make it easier to read. Universals! Interesting. Let’s …
Change Symbolism
As the weekend of April 2nd & 3rd concludes most of us will have heard something about the pope’s passing, and his leadership of the catholic church, over the past quarter century. Without opening the door to debate on the merits of one set of religious beliefs or another there are some lessons regarding leadership effectiveness that might be gleaned …
Setting Context & The Burning Platform
When we set forth to assign a task to an individual the significance of context is too often underestimated. Agreed that those tasks that are routine and repetitive in nature require very little in terms of relevant context beyond that applied when the task was first assigned, unless of course something significant has changed. Context assists in the assignment of …
Does Cost Determine Value?
Just because you got me to spend $65M on a project doesn’t mean that its value isn’t a tenth of that. Costs do not determine value but can determine the value of replacement.
Demystifying Management
Al Gorman What exactly is management and how do we provide for its effectiveness? The thought of navigating through the labyrinth of attributes, formulae and competencies being offered today is both a challenge and confusing. The evolution of modern management appears to be a myriad of trial and error and the very notion of what contributes to, or detracts from, …
The Significance of Organizational & Leaderhip Myths
Great people create great companies and great organizations. What makes them great? Why do people work?