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  • 1.  What would ...?? -Reply

    Posted 04-03-1998 13:10
    In brief, Dutch Driver asked, "What would an organization that did not need management look like? What would an organization that did not want management look like?"

    In response, take a look at W.L. Gore and Associates. You can find a recent case study of it in any one of the following books:

    Daft, R. L. (Forthcoming). Organization Theory and Design (6th Ed.), Cincinnati: Southwestern Publishing Company.

    Digman, L. A. (1997). Strategic Management: Cases (4th Ed.), Houston:Dame Publishing, pp. C16-1:C16-22.

    Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. (Forthcoming). Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach, Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

    Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. (1998). Cases in Strategic Management (4th Ed.), Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c218-c233..

    Hutt, M., & Speh, T., (Forthcoming). Business Marketing Management (6th Ed.), Chicago: The Dryden Press.

    Miller, A. (1998). Strategic Management (3rd Ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill, c.514-c.537.

    Pearce, J. A., II, & Robinson, R. B., Jr., (1997). Strategic Management: Formulation Implementation and Control (6th Ed.), Homewood: Richard D. Irwin, pp. 18-1 through 18-18.

    Pearce, J. A., II, & Robinson, R. B., Jr., (1997). Cases in Strategic Management (4th Ed.), Homewood: Richard D. Irwin, pp. 18-1 through 18-18.

    Also, you can find it in McGraw-Hill/Irwin's Primis Custom Publishing data bank. This case is used in OT, OB and strategy classes. It may represent the prototypical corporate structure for the 21st century.

    Frank Shipper Phone: (410) 543-6333
    Perdue School of Business Fax: (410) 548-2908
    Salisbury State University E-mail: fmshipper@ssu.edu
    Salisbury, MD 21801
    Home Page: http://perdue.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/welcome.htm


  • 2.  What would ...?? -Reply

    Posted 04-04-1998 00:08
    The implication is that self-organization can work if the incentive
    structure gets it right. Unfortunately, still someone must create the
    right context or circumstances for self-organization to work. Therefore,
    some "management" is inevitable.




    At 01:09 PM 4/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
    >In brief, Dutch Driver asked, "What would an organization that did not
    need management look like? What would an organization that did not want
    management look like?"
    >
    >In response, take a look at W.L. Gore and Associates. You can find a
    recent case study of it in any one of the following books:
    >
    >Daft, R. L. (Forthcoming). Organization Theory and Design (6th Ed.),
    Cincinnati: Southwestern Publishing Company.
    >
    >Digman, L. A. (1997). Strategic Management: Cases (4th Ed.), Houston:Dame
    Publishing, pp. C16-1:C16-22.
    >
    >Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. (Forthcoming). Strategic Management: An
    Integrated Approach, Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
    >
    >Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. (1998). Cases in Strategic Management (4th
    Ed.), Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c218-c233..
    >
    >Hutt, M., & Speh, T., (Forthcoming). Business Marketing Management (6th
    Ed.), Chicago: The Dryden Press.
    >
    >Miller, A. (1998). Strategic Management (3rd Ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill,
    c.514-c.537.
    >
    >Pearce, J. A., II, & Robinson, R. B., Jr., (1997). Strategic Management:
    Formulation Implementation and Control (6th Ed.), Homewood: Richard D.
    Irwin, pp. 18-1 through 18-18.
    >
    >Pearce, J. A., II, & Robinson, R. B., Jr., (1997). Cases in Strategic
    Management (4th Ed.), Homewood: Richard D. Irwin, pp. 18-1 through 18-18.
    >
    >Also, you can find it in McGraw-Hill/Irwin's Primis Custom Publishing data
    bank. This case is used in OT, OB and strategy classes. It may represent
    the prototypical corporate structure for the 21st century.
    >
    >Frank Shipper Phone: (410) 543-6333
    >Perdue School of Business Fax: (410) 548-2908
    >Salisbury State University E-mail: fmshipper@ssu.edu
    >Salisbury, MD 21801
    >Home Page: http://perdue.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/welcome.htm
    >