tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092962624616655369.post2488021673462946306..comments2010-01-18T08:15:32.679-08:00Comments on Management 2.0 developing social capital: The Social Revolution - isn’t hierarchy to network...Jon Inghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05553537200734270043info@strategic-hcm.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092962624616655369.post-48041003242078058472010-01-18T08:15:32.679-08:002010-01-18T08:15:32.679-08:00Thanks Indy.
Oticon? (the spaghetti organisation)...Thanks Indy.<br /><br />Oticon? (the spaghetti organisation).<br /><br />Yes, I agree, although I also think the draft of organisational life is that way (both in terms of more organisations producing intangibles, and more organisations that are already producing intangibles moving towards networks, and a more social approach).<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.Jon Inghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05553537200734270043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092962624616655369.post-83444778626656793642010-01-18T05:53:23.274-08:002010-01-18T05:53:23.274-08:00Balanced thinking there Jon.
There's a couple of...Balanced thinking there Jon. <br /><br />There's a couple of archetypal examples of companies that get close to moving away from hierarchy - Semler and there's the Danish company whose name I can never recall - but they are outliers.<br /><br />What springs to my mind as notable is that most of the network organisations I know of either produce something very intangible (software) or are basically franchises with very small (often 1 person) units or contract out things like manufacturing to other (more hierarchical) entities. I think that probably indicates something...Indyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625052060133235160noreply@blogger.com