Requisite Organization Design – Flat Ain’t All That, but Neither is Fat

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 29, 2009 

A client who is undergoing a Requisite Organization implementation received the following question from an employee, and I helped craft a response which you can read below.? They modified my suggested response before diseminating, and I added the pithy subheads before posting this. With more companies moving away from hierarchy-type organizations, how is a deeply […]

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Requisite Organization – Endlessly Misunderstood

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 21, 2009 

Requisite Organization is a meta-model created by Elliott Jaques.? When people oppose it, I generally find their opposition to be based upon misunderstanding. A client who is undergoing a Requisite Organization implementation received the following question from an employee, and I helped craft a response.? Hierarchy bashing is en vogue these days, but what is […]

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Intuiting Work Levels – Justin Foster’s Strategy Hierarchy

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 3, 2008 

Jamie Notter mentioned coming upon Justin Foster’s idea of Strategy Hierarchy.? Justin does a great job of describing work levels 5, 4, and 3. Here’s Justin’s description: Vision – Develop the simple idea. This is very likely the original reason a venture or effort was started. In addition, the Vision is the picture of success […]

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Trouble in Egalitarian Paradise – San Francisco Strippers Go Co-Op

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 31, 2008 

Egalitarianism sounds good in theory but falls apart in practice. Everyone takes credit when times are good. When things go badly, it was someone else’s fault. Egalitarianism often includes the dismantling of structure, processes, and policies. The mindset being – we’re all good, hard-working people. If everyone does the right thing, we’ll be OK. This […]

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