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vivek-paranjpe's picture

Bureaucracy on it's cross roads

By Vivek Paranjpe on March 11, 2014
I see bureaucracy in my organization in... 

Very much a top down bureaucratic structure. Very traditional with several functional silos and tight chain of command that works in a typical manufacturing laid /biased traditional organization.

Bureaucracy makes my job harder or easier by... 

It is easy to manage because we are used to it. We are aware that we have to move towards more of a collaborative work place that has minimal silos and has collaborative spirit and processes with the external service providers, partners and JVs. Social media will play a very important role in new work place.

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graham-douglas's picture

You may like to consider Integrative Governance which is customer focused and bottom-up. It is explained at www.integrative-thinking.com which also offers templates for governance policies so that Integrative Governance may be quickly introduced in start-ups or existing organisations. Among other things, Integrative Governance and the associated Integrative Thinking and Integrative Problem Solving Course provide a common basis for communication - an essential ingredient for successful organisations (and human relationships generally).

jim-stikeleather's picture

Is it "used to it" or is it "assume it". Seems like every enterprise I am asked to participate in immediately jumps to - need a plan, need roles and responsibilities, who is going to do what, when, where, how... I am reminded of the old story of how to boil a frog - put them in the pot and slowly bring up the heat. I suspect we let (fail to notice) bureaucracy creep in until it is too late for an alternate approach.

vivek-paranjpe's picture

As we move on will like to add more data and information.