John,
Your tiers are interesting. Certainly the linguistics domains of each are
not mutually exclusive of content. Isn't it possible that an
organization's size, physical proximity, interpersonal connection to task
output, etc., might mitigate against the idea that tiers necessarily
prevent change?
Would you model some examples of language, based upon one hypothetical
topic, which comes from each tier and describe the topic?
Best,
-- Barry Mallis bmallis@markem.com-Info: learning-org-approval@world.std.com or <http://world.std.com/~lo/>