Re: Organisational thinking LO3485

JSAVELAND@delphi.com
Sat, 28 Oct 1995 14:31:38 -0400 (EDT)

Replying to LO3307 --

Fred and Jan state that organizations don't do anything (especially
thinking); people do.

This seems to reflect a mental model of organizations as inanimate and
machine-like. Organizations are systems of people and like any system,
the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Exploring the mental
model that organizations are living organisms seems to be more
fruitful.

--
Jim Saveland
/s=j.saveland/ou1=w01c@mhs-fswa.attmail.com