It is confusing when people use analogies such as the football
team. Are they referring to the team or to the organization? I don't
know why, but most of us fail to recognize that the football team we see
playing on the field is really the one of the tools used by an
organization called The Philadelphia Eagles (for example!). There is a
lot more to this organization than the 40 plus guys we see on the field.
> From: Michael McMaster <Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk>
> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 12:52:11 +0000
<<< Some deletions here >>>
> Organisation" includes the structure (or design principles) of the
> particular team. Clyde's example from Drucker of different "teams"
> for different sports is an example of different organisation rather
> than differences in "team", at least as I've defined it above.
>
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> > Likewise, a team in one situation may not work at all in a different
> > situation. Peter Drucker gives three types of teams. These are the
> > baseball/traditional manufacturing assembly organization,
> > football/symphony, and the tennis doubles. Each of these is a true team
> > according to any definition of a team. Yet, each type of organization
> > will tell you that they are the best type of team. We also seem to have a
> > tendency to pick the type of team that is most familiar to us and to try
> > to build that type of team as a panacea for all our organizational woes.
<<<< some more deltelions >>>>
> > Just a couple of thoughts to ponder.
> >
> > Clyde Howell
>
> Michael McMaster
Ivan,
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