Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR
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Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR
We have grown up with a deeply held assumption that control mechanisms make us safe. No matter how many corporate scandals keep happening in organizations full of control mechanisms, we hold on to this assumption. Whenever something goes wrong, whenever a colleague makes a stupid decision or abuses the system, there will be loud cries to put contro
... See moreFrederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
Despite their obvious faults, the industrial age institutions Illich targeted in his scathing critiques proved to be more resilient than he anticipated, and not necessarily because they were, in fact, useful, just, and sustainable enterprises. Rather, Illich came to the conclusion that we remained locked into these inevitably self-destructive insti... See more
L. M. Sacasas • Your Attention Is Not a Resource
Devotion would never be secure unless supported by ritual: that is, a series of regular events and gatherings
Zygmunt Bauman • Thinking Sociologically
the inevitable conflicts that arise between vision and the structures that emerge to institutionalize it.
David Allen • Workarounds That Work: How to Conquer Anything That Stands in Your Way at Work
Structure Influences Behavior Different people in the same structure tend to produce qualitatively similar results. When there are problems, or performance fails to live up to what is intended, it is easy to find someone or something to blame. But, more often than we realize, systems cause their own crises, not external forces or individuals’ mista
... See morePeter M. Senge • The Fifth Discipline
Institutions are sets of norms and rules that we use to coordinate disparate humans. They guide us towards our vision for the future codified in our values.