Science evolves over the years from the Newtonian deterministic approach to non-deterministic non-linear approaches such as quantum physics, chaos mathematics, and complex systems. Those theories have a contribution to science and our lives. Although the new sciences are negating the old ones, all of them are part of the whole we call science. Each of those […]
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The separation between thinkers (management) and doers (employees) was one of the key principles of scientific management, a system set up 100 years ago by Fredrick Talor. This principle still exists in any company where executives define the strategy or make any decisions that employees need to execute. This basic principle that governs most of
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While working with organizations on their organizational structure (fit structure to strategy), I felt more than once, that for many organization the line between strategy and mission is blurred. Oxford defines strategy as “a plan that is intended to achieve a particular purpose.” I grew with the concept that business strategy is a combination of
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In a hierarchy, it takes just one manager to define a strategy or a goal. After that, he needs to find a way how to sell his strategy and how to motivate people to implement it. Even if everyone will buy-in and support the new strategy, people understand the same message in different ways, so our
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I got several critical comments on my last #MicroStory on compensation regarding the CxOs that I used in the compensation example as functions. All the feedback were around how you can have a CxO in #NoHierarchy organization? People felt as this is an inherent flaw in the system and thinking. As I mentioned in one
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