Bob -
You ask "how will it (information flow) change?"
A couple of questions..
* how are you organized now? e.g. functionally like sales, marketing..
* is a "track" an organizational concept e.g. I'm in the consumer group?
...thoma
At 12:29 PM 11/30/95 -0500, you wrote:
>My organization is currently organized in a very hierarchical fashion.
>New upper management is looking at changing the org to a more 'linear'
>model, with three 'tracks' focused on three major business processes. One
>'track' will focus on the ultimate Consumers of our products (we make
>juices, primarily), one will focus on our Customers (retailers, grocers,
>wholesalers, etc) and the third will focus on Technology (food technology,
>for ex.). My question has to do with information flow: how will it
>change, how should it change, what are the dangers, how do we make sure
>information is flowing correctly, timely, etc. How can we use information
>technology to move information and learnings to the appropriate people at
>the appropriate times? . . . . . .
>
>I know there are a lot of issues and concerns I'm not identifying here but
>I wanted to get the idea out there to see what people were thinking. Any
>thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Bob Hussey
>bhussey@oceanspray.com
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