Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• But this is not the normal way. Hierarchies tend to make their
disproportions visible. In other words, the boss tries to make clear,
he’s the boss.
In Reality systems have more than one center (the manager, as seen
by himself), where unique expertise is stored. Just think of the
person storing all the contracts of an enterprise. If that low paid
employee does not cooperate, perhaps nobody else will find the
original treaty. So, while searching for this document, the centre
clearly switches from the top management to the “small” office clerk,
having the expertise.
• “Systems that fail to coordinate effectively, and systems in which
people assume that things they don’t know about are not material,
tend toward higher error rates”. (Weick 2002: 186)
The Psychology of Groups
• Caring neglecting
• Modern oldfashioned
• Aggressive calm
• Partners Competitors