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14 Bureaucracy vs Organic Structure

COMPARE	The Old Way	The New Way
	Bureaucratic systems of command and control are needed to achieve stability.	Organic systems of integration and coordination are needed to master change.
Objective	To achieve stability.	To master change.
Method	Bureaucratic systems of command and control centralize power at the top of the hierarchy. Authority rests in the manager’s ability to direct... Read the rest in...	Organic systems of integration and coordination diffuse power throughout the organization. Every employee has the authority (within limits) to... Read the rest in...
Perspective	Read this in...	Read this in...
Employee Outcome	Read this in...	Read this in...
Customer Outcome	Read this in...	Read this in...
Result	Read this in...	Read this in...

The objectives pursued with bureaucratic systems of command and control, amount to 'too little', 'too late'. Aim higher and get there, by being better.

... Chapter 14 Excerpt: 'Bureaucracy vs Organic Structure'

Leaders must work hard to bring all the right elements together to produce even a single success. Without order and movement, the people leaders rely upon may float away on waves of boredom, apathy or politics. In this relentless endeavour, leaders have had to respond to two questions. First; "How do we achieve order?" And second; "What are our goals?" Regrettably, these two questions are so elementary that they are often overlooked, with their answers taken for granted. Or should we say, the answers are mistaken?

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14 Bureaucracy vs Organic Structure

Bureaucratic systems of command and control are needed to achieve stability.

Organic systems of integration and coordination are needed to master change.