<p>It's job enrichment propaganda of the 1970s. Stay away.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 4 Jul 2011 23:00, "Michel Bauwens" <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> exactly, seems like an article from the late 80s <g><br>
> <br>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Mark Janssen <<a href="mailto:dreamingforward@gmail.com">dreamingforward@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>> <br>>> This is a great example at just how far off the mainline business<br>
>> culture is. Even after the Internet revolution, they still hardly<br>>> have learned a thing. Fucking amazing. This write-up is like some<br>>> old-time newspaper jounalist describing the Internet as a popular<br>
>> "fad" with some "interesting innovations".<br>>><br>>> marcos<br>>><br>>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson<br>>> <<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Excerpt from Wall Street Journal :<br>>> > "The weakness of managed corporations in dealing with accelerating change<br>>> is<br>>> > only half the double-flanked attack on traditional notions of corporate<br>
>> > management. The other half comes from the erosion of the fundamental<br>>> > justification for corporations in the first place."<br>>> ><br>>> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704476104575439723695579664-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMjEyNDIyWj.html#">http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704476104575439723695579664-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMjEyNDIyWj.html#</a><br>
>> > "...predict the rise of "mass collaboration" as the new form of economic<br>>> > organization. They believe corporate hierarchies will disappear, as<br>>> > individuals are empowered to work together in creating "a new era"<br>
>> > "The new model will have to be more like the marketplace, and less like<br>>> > corporations of the past. It will need to be flexible, agile, able to<br>>> > quickly adjust to market developments, and ruthless in reallocating<br>
>> > resources to new opportunities."<br>>> > " ...the people who control large pools of capital need to act more like<br>>> > venture capitalists, and less like corporate finance departments. They<br>
>> need<br>>> > to make lots of bets, not just a few big ones, and they need to be<br>>> willing<br>>> > to cut their losses."<br>>> > "In addition to resource allocation, there's the even bigger challenge of<br>
>> > creating structures that motivate and inspire workers. There's plenty of<br>>> > evidence that most workers in today's complex organizations are simply<br>>> not<br>>> > engaged in their work."<br>
>> > "The new model will have to instill in workers the kind of drive and<br>>> > creativity and innovative spirit more commonly found among entrepreneurs.<br>>> It<br>>> > will have to push power and decision-making down the organization as much<br>
>> as<br>>> > possible, rather than leave it concentrated at the top. Traditional<br>>> > bureaucratic structures will have to be replaced with something more like<br>>> > ad-hoc teams of peers, who come together to tackle individual projects,<br>
>> and<br>>> > then disband."<br>>> ><br>>> > "Information gathering also needs to be broader and more inclusive."<br>>> ><br>>> > "New mechanisms will have to be created for harnessing the "wisdom of<br>
>> > crowds." "<br>>> ><br>>> > "Can the 20th-century corporation evolve into this new, 21st-century<br>>> > organization? It won't be easy. The "innovator's dilemma" applies to<br>
>> > management, as well as technology. But the time has come to find out. The<br>>> > old methods won't last much longer."<br>>> ><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>
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