Ends and Means LO8154

Rol Fessenden (76234.3636@CompuServe.COM)
26 Jun 96 22:33:43 EDT

Replying to LO8089 --

To: INTERNET:learning-org@world.std.com
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Michael says,

To add a little to what John Woods put so well, I'd point out that
"self-organising" does not imply good, success, or value. It just says
what it says - human beings will self organise. We may not like or
approve of the particular organisation that results at all. But that's
another matter.

In a society with dysfunctional organisations and dysfunctional people all
of us to some extent as far as I can tell - then the self-organising is
likely to reflect that dysfunction. My observation is that there is more
individual dysfunction than organisational dysfunction. The intelligence
of the whole is greater and at least some of the dysfunction is cancelled
out or left out of the greater result.

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While I still think my earlier asseesment of self-organizing teams is
accurate, I now have a different understanding of John's & Michael's
perspective -- that functioning, performing, achieving, as we
conventionally define them are not the only reasons to have
self-organizing teams.

As long as we are clear about expectations and outcomes, I thoroughly
agree with them.

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Rol Fessenden 76234.3636@Compuserve.com

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