Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1. Weak leaders and unhealthy organizations fear decentralized power and intellectually empowered small-unit leaders because they''re difficult to "control." And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

How To 76

How To Analysis Decentralization Mentor 76

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Tight cultures have an efficient orderliness and reassuring predictability, but are less adaptable. Rooted firmly in the manufacturing industry, Amazon has defined processes to maximize its efficiency. They have little tolerance for rebellious behavior, and use strict rules and processes to uphold cultural traditions.

Price 9

Price Decentralization Long-term CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Almost 80 years ago, Ronald Coase won the Nobel Prize in Economics for an essay that suggested that we do this for the sake of scalable efficiency — it costs less to coordinate activity within a firm than across independent entities. The pace of change is accelerating and the degree of uncertainty increasing.

Drucker 8

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Recognizing that the new conditions called for more reliance on "mission command" than "detailed command," it learned that officers should default to more decentralization, spontaneity, informality, loose rein. In the 20th Century, their organizations competed on scale efficiency and relied on hierarchical bureaucracies to run tight ships.

Management 8

Management Bureaucracy Self-aware Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

For example, its accountable-care-organization partnership with Bellin Health, a health care system in Green Bay, Wisconsin, presently has the lowest cost per Medicare beneficiary among 32 pioneer ACOs, and the ThedaCare Physicians group was ranked first in quality performance statewide in 2013 by Consumer Reports.

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Decentralization Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This approach was successfully exported after the War to Europe and Japan to help decentralize economic power and promote an effective competitive process. The authorities accepted the increased risks from concentrated telecommunications, financial, and radio industries, among others, for the prospect of future efficiencies and innovation.

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Policies Politics Stephenson Industry 8