tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997519634483923122.post1646243777943121250..comments2022-02-10T09:36:29.294+01:00Comments on Paladins - We create a better world: Nothing endures but change - Heraclitus 535-475 B.C.Paladinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254102764109527032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997519634483923122.post-39431805741468520312009-05-16T23:15:00.000+02:002009-05-16T23:15:00.000+02:00Thanks Sandy, exactly my point!Thanks Sandy, exactly my point!Paladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254102764109527032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997519634483923122.post-83169100855698614862009-01-27T20:47:00.000+01:002009-01-27T20:47:00.000+01:00Great point -- one that most managers don't get. C...Great point -- one that most managers don't get. Control makes them less anxious, even if it doesn't help them solve any problems. It's so easy to assume that problems are simple, when they rarely are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997519634483923122.post-83157352005752628112009-01-11T18:17:00.000+01:002009-01-11T18:17:00.000+01:00Hi,:) Well James Bond was taken so...That's a vali...Hi,<BR/><BR/>:) Well James Bond was taken so...<BR/><BR/>That's a valid question. I guess I should have mentioned that. By the industrial paridigm" I mean the way our organizations are built and the underlying assumptions.<BR/>- dominant hierarchies. CEO, managers, employees. Chain of command. <BR/>- Information flows to the top where decisions are made.<BR/>- No transparency. Employees get information on a need to know basis (based on what management thinks are needed).<BR/>- work specialization and departmentalization.<BR/>and more to be covered in later posts.<BR/><BR/>The basic features of the industrial paradigm, control and efficiency, comes from the mass production era. Efficiency was defined as minimizing mistakes as production stops were very costly. <BR/><BR/>The underlying assumptions were that workers were lazy and untrustworthy. Hence supervision was needed (theory x). I will go into more detail on this subject as well in coming posts. Thanks!Paladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254102764109527032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997519634483923122.post-38866779399428246542009-01-11T17:59:00.000+01:002009-01-11T17:59:00.000+01:00Hi "Paladin" (cool name!)I was just reading your p...Hi "Paladin" (cool name!)<BR/>I was just reading your post and I wonder what you indicate by "industrial paradigm"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com