WHY DO PEOPLE NOTICE WHEN A NEW STRATEGY IS TRIED AND DOES WELL
How can we create structures that are flexible and adaptive? Self organizing system have the great capacity to adapt as needed, to create structures that fit the moment. Process structures, reorganized into different forms in order to maintain their identity. The system may maintain itself in its present form or evolve to a new order, depending on what is required. Temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs and eliminate rigidity in the organization. If an organization is to acquire qualities of adaptability, it needs to open itself to information. “Information must actively be sought from everywhere, from places and sources people never thought to look. Then it must be circulated free for people to interpret. The purpose of the information is to keep the organization off balance, alert to what might need to be changed. Self Organizing systems are more stable over time. Here is why. Participation leads to effective organizational strategy. Organizational data is rich in potential interpretation and completely dependent on observers to evoke different meanings. As each observer interacts with the data, he or she develops their own interpretation. The richness of the interpretations result from the powers of participation. It is the participation process that brings a plan to life. Participation, ownership, and subjective data brings one to the central truth that “we live in a Universe where relationships are primary.” The world of process, the process of connecting coming into existence because of relationship. Roles mean nothing without understanding the networks of relationships and the resources that are required to support the work of that person. The agents of the system get smarter and comprehension increases. In this relationship world, it is foolish to think we can define any person solely in terms of isolated tasks and accountabilities. We need to conceptualize the parts of energy flows required for the person to do their job.[Learn More ...]
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