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Revamping hierarchy: the declining hierarchical state of organizations and emerging alternatives

CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!

Is the 21st century the downfall of the hierarchical organization? Taking into consideration current discussions about agility, delayering and network organizations one could think that the days of the hierarchical organization are numbered.

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How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control

Harvard Business Review

The birds coordinate themselves with remarkable agility to find food and avoid attacks. Over centuries, the military has developed an approach to managing “ the fog of war.” Without doctrine, it’s impossible for managers to let go without losing control. It’s a new way of thinking about management.

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The Metamorphosis of the CIO

Harvard Business Review

Eventually, businesses became department stores, specialty stores and malls, and finally, today''s e-businesses and networked organizations that support them. The role of management can be broadly thought of as the processes that tie these components together to produce value. Most of these benefits have been achieved.

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business Review

NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration. much of ISS training and program management took place at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.