Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 8, 2019
A network organization is resilient and sustainable. One of the largest barriers in several organizations is that many managers still tend to think using hierarchical paradigms. Targets, management on result, and control remain the magic words. Okay, but what is a network organization and how and why does it work?
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
So, the organization will continuously need to adapt to an ever-changing environment and need personnel who operate well in this (ever new) environment. Traditional command-and-control structures are gradually being replaced by collaborative ways of working, including concepts such as matrix organizations and network organizations.
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Six Disciplines
MARCH 24, 2011
"Twenty-five years ago, management meant control. Managers put in controls, handed workers specifications, and established formal structures that ensured that people did what they were told. Companies operated alone, rather than being part of partner networks or plugging their people into informal relationships.
N2Growth Blog
JULY 21, 2016
It influences the way work is organized, executed and informs the ways in which quality measured. Empowerment – Employee empowerment occurs when management shares information and a certain degree of autonomy and responsibility for decision-making, allowing employees to take initiative and make decisions to solve problems.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 8, 2015
Today, we live in a time of transformation every bit as colossal as what Weber saw a century ago: a shift from hierarchical to networked organizations. If it can fit on an org chart, it’s not a network. Before Weber’s bureaucracies became predominant, most enterprises were fairly organic.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 2, 2013
This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades. Eventually, businesses became department stores, specialty stores and malls, and finally, today''s e-businesses and networked organizations that support them. What does it mean to operate in a digital business ecosystem?
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 2, 2016
Over centuries, the military has developed an approach to managing “ the fog of war.” The military’s solution has two parts: Commander’s Intent declares the purpose of an operation and the conditions for success. Without doctrine, it’s impossible for managers to let go without losing control.
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