Keith draws an interesting analogy between the view of physics (as it
evolved from Newtonian mechanics to relativity to quantum mechanics) to
our view of organizations as it (the view) evolved from functional
hierarchy to much richer and more dynamic orgnizations.
"Some of my colleagues have been working on the parallel in evolution
between Newtonian Mechanics finally giving way to Quantum Mechanics, and
the evolution of organizations from the nicely functional hierarchy that
is depicted on the org charts and the truly chaotic happenings that tools
such as NetMap and InFlow can map."
Newtonian mechanics still is quite adequate to explain a vast array of
phenomena from a physical perspective. Is this true of the functional
view of organizations as well? Just a curious thought.
--Rol Fessenden LL Bean, Inc. 76234.3636@compuserve.com
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