Who Gets a Seat at the Table? What are You Trying to Do?
By Michelle Malay Carter on December 15, 2008
I mentioned Warren Kinston in a previous post.? He is a high level thinker in the areas of values, hierarchies, and organizational structure.
I usually have to read his work more than once, and I walk away with some kernels of insight.? Not because there are only a few kernels to be had, but because that is all I can contain.
From the?Journal of Applied Systems Analysis…
I was revisiting his journal article, A New Model of Managing Based on Levels of Work, (thanks to Manasclerk at Requisite Writing?for posting it), and I came away with a neophyte but useful understanding of the work of different groupings of levels within organizations.? This, in one sense, is very simplistic.? But don’t dismiss it too quickly.?? Think about the following principles and see if they make gut level sense.
Who Should Get an Invitation?
- If you need to make decisions, invite two levels to a meeting.? (Three will bog it down.)
- If you want to plan and manage change, you’ll need to invite three levels.??(Two will be incomplete.)
- For implementation, one level will do it.
Kinston details seven levels, but these are the ones I have a handle on at the moment.? There is much more here that I will continue to digest.? Let me know if you read it and pick up some kernels yourself.
I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system.
Filed Under Accountability, Executive Leadership, Managerial Leadership, Organization Design, Requisite Organization, Work Levels
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Let’s not forget that it was co-authored by Ralph Rowbottom, whom Warren considered the best mind at the Brunel Institute.