Flat Orgs & Learning LO4735

GMBrady@aol.com
Tue, 9 Jan 1996 16:31:38 -0500

Replying to LO4687 --

>Host's Note: But, are *we* an organization? My first reaction was, no.
>But, on second thought we are bound by common purpose (understanding org
>performance, learning, and related topics).

The definition I use has four elements and goes something like this:

An organization/society is (1) a collection of individuals who (2) [most of
the time] occupy a particular physical space, (3) share some important aspect
or aspects of a mental model, and (4) interact in ways consistent with that
model.

Hmmmm. 3 out of 4?
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Host's Reply: 3 of 4? I assume it's #2 that's absent... But, Marion, why
limit it to physical space? We do share a particular part of electronic
network space (cyberspace).

-- Rick Karash, rkarash@karash.com, host for learning-org
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Marion Brady

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