The end of the organisation
From Dar
A debate which takes place on blogs about a paper by Michael C. Gilbert
http://news.gilbert.org/EndOfOrg
Joitske sought to initiate a debate on blogs here
http://joitskehulsebosch.blogspot.com/2008/02/variation-in-your-blogpost.html
and Josien proposed the topic.
Contents |
Round one
http://josien.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/the-end-of-the-organization/
- Supports the basic premise
Organizations are shaped by communication patterns >> Communication patterns are changing >> therefore organizations are changing.
- Gives examples that this is already happening
- Doesn't need to distinguish between corporate and civil organisations
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/02/21/debate-the-end-of-the-organisation
http://joitskehulsebosch.blogspot.com/2008/02/organization-is-there-to-stay.html
( posted in synch with Andy's post rather than after it )
Round two
http://josien.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/organizations-differently-organized/
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/03/08/the-end-of-management
Commenters
in twitter
Al:
Just worked out why I dislike planning diagrams, they are middle management currencies, a wastage that agile has designed around
As a customer value engineer (formerly developer) there is little benefit to having a guy with diagrams in between me and the customer
tracking back
http://dsanchez.blogs.mondragon.edu/2008/03/13/%c2%bfthe-end-of-organization/
http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/03/19/ngo20-the-end-of-the-organization-1/
