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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Does Work Level Elitism Cost Lives? Covering All the Bases

By Michelle Malay Carter on January 16, 2009 

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that when a procedural checklist was used in surgical operating rooms, death rates dropped by one half and serious complications fell by 36%. More Complex, Not More Important Using a requisite work levels framework, following procedures is the essence of the work at […]

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Requisite Weekend Transformation? How Are You Framing Your Organizational Issues?

By Michelle Malay Carter on November 12, 2008 

Folklore has it that Elliott Jaques, the author of the meta model, Requisite Organization, used to say you could transform an organization over the weekend by restructuring an organization to align with the requisite model. Requisite Organization Design Principles That means, among other things,?re-aligning as necessary to meet the three requisite organization design criteria. Conceptually […]

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Are Ad Hoc Organizational Structures Trustworthy?

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 2, 2008 

As a follow up to my Boundaries are Liberating train of thought, I’d like to do some more stumping for the necessity for more thoughtful, intentional, requisite organizational structure.? I live in the US and we are fortunate to have a fairly sophisticated, safe road system.? As I drive around each day, I am not […]

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Titles Are Useless for Benchmarking or Measurement Purposes

By Michelle Malay Carter on July 16, 2008 

From the Mailbag I received an inquiry at the PeopleFit site asking about whether we had a database of role mandates by title – CEO, CFO, CIO, HR manager – available for subscription.? And the inquiry was coming from?someone inside?a global business consulting group. Specifically, the request was for:? “Role mandates, describing individual and shared […]

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Requisite Organization Training Course – June 4 – Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 9, 2008 

Now that I’ve bashed training as nothing more than lipstick on a pig, I thought I’d offer some. Quite a bit of what I write and rant is rooted in Elliott Jaques’ meta-model, Requisite Organization. On June 4, I’ll be leading a short course on some of the basics of the model and their implications […]

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