Was: Ends and Means
John Wood commenting on another post, said:
<snip> "And while we may be able to argue that formal organizational
structures facilitate coordinated performance, I would also suggest that
they often get in the way of it. The purpose of formal structures in
organizations can become their own perpetuation, which can be thought of
as unintended outcome. " <snip>
It does strike a chord for me. I am thinking that formal structures are
in place to keep bad things from happening. That is the real purpose and
motivation. It is unconscious to all of us in the structure as we truly
believe the structure is in place to make good things happen. Since the
real purpose is to prevent things, the structure are limited in causing
new things to happen.
Just a thought.
David Wilkinson, School Improvement Specialist, email - Davidwilk@aol.com
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