Corporate tides: the inescapable laws of organizational structure
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Table of Contents
•preface xiii
PARTI PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE 1
CHAPTER]
The Inescapable Laws of Structure 3
Organizational Advancement and Oscillation 4
Structural Advancement 5
Structural Oscillation 6
Neutralizing Success in an Organization 8
Oscillation Camouflaged as Success 8
CHAPTOZ
Structure: The Power and the Beauty 13
Structure 13
Defining Structure 13
The Power of Structure 14
v
vi Contents
The Structuralist Tradition 15
The Field of Structural Dynamics 16
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND SYSTEMS THINKING: CLOSE COUSINS I 7
Structural Tension 19
The Basics of Tension 19
Structural Axioms 20
Tension Within Organizations 22
Misperceptions 24
The Interrelationship of Goals 26
Becoming Fluent in Reality 28
The Ease of Adjustments 29
Putting Learning into Practice 30
CMAPTER3
Structural Conflict: Why Organizations Oscillate 33
The Form of Structural Conflict 34
Oscillation 38
What Does the Structure Want? 42
Structural Conflicts: Not Problems 44
CHAPTER A
The Problem with Problem Solving 47
Problem Solving and Oscillation 48
TQM, Problem Solving, and Structure 51
Redesigning the Oscillating Structure 52
CHAPTER 5
Organizational Structural Conflicts 55
Growth and Limitation 55
Types of Conflict 59
The Workload-Budget Conflict 59
The Profit-Capacity Conflict 60
The Business-Profit Conflict 61
The Decentralization-Centralization Conflict 65
The Growth-Stability Conflict 68
Layers of Structural Conflicts 69
Identifying Structural Conflicts 70
Contents vii
CHAPTER 6
The Principle of Hierarchy:
The Key to Structural Redesign 73
The Desired Outcome 73
Hierarchy of Importance 74
The Drive for Equilibrium 77
From Structural Conflict to Structural Tension 78
PART 2 ELEMENTS OF DESIGN 81
FROM ORGANIZATIONAL OSCILLATION TO ADVANCEMENT
CHAPTER?
Self-Organizing Systems and
the Principle of Thematic Unity 83
The Thematic Unifying Principle 83
The Bankruptcy of the Vision,
Purpose, Mission Statements 84
Advancement, Not Oscillation 87
The Self-Organizing System 90
Chaos, Complexity, and Order 90
CHAPTER8
Structural Tension and the Business Strategy 95
Defining Business Strategy 95
An Exercise in Business Strategy 97
Our Commodities Microchip Strategy 99
The Designer Microchip Strategy 101
Conflicts of Strategies 102
How to Develop a Business Strategy 104
What Is Our Offering? 104
Who Are Our Customers? 105
What Do They Want? 105
What Do We Want? 105
What Is the Match Between the Customer s Wants
and Ours? 106
How Do They Know About Us? 106
How Do They Obtain Our Offering? 107
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How Do They Obtain Our Offering? 107
What Is the Current Market? 107
What Is the Future Market? 107
How Will Our Offerings Change? 108
Where Are We Going? 109
CHAFHR9
Change of Structure 111
Two Faces of the Organization 111
Structure and Behavior 112
Changing Behavior 112
Changing Process Systems 113
An Implication 115
Changing Structure 116
Hierarchical Structural Tension 116
South Tech s Story 118
The Key Business Strategy Decisions 118
The First-Phase Strategy 120
Action Plan—Part One 120
A Repetition Factor 122
Continually Increasing Capability 122
Continually Increasing Capacity 122
Continually Increasing Effectiveness 123
Action Plan—Part Two 125
Making Sure that Success Succeeds 127
The Second-Phase Strategy 128
Simplicity and Complexity 129
Telescoping: Beyond Strategies 130
CHAMR10
The Structural Approach 135
The Use of Telescoping 135
Using Structural Tension Charts 137
Using Structural Tension Charts in a
Manufacturing Company 137
Automating the Process 141
Contents ix
PART 3 STRUCTURAL THINKING 143
CHAPTER 11
Frames: How We See Reality 145
Framing Reality 146
The Close-Up: Immediate Events and Obsessive Detail 147
The Long Shot: Chronic Vagueness 147
The Medium Shot: Objective Shapes, Trends, and Patterns 149
Thinking Dimensionally 150
CHAPTER 1Z
Thinking Structurally 153
Comparative Thinking 155
Seeing What We Expect to See 156
REALITY: TRUTH AND ORDER I 58
Objective Reality 159
The Nature of Language 160
Classification 161
Similarities and Differences 161
Observing Objectively 162
THINKING 163
Structural Thinking 164
Learning to Think in Structures 164
Phase I: Observation 166
Phase II: Studying the Relationships Formed
by the Observed Elements 166
Phase III: Structural Analysis and Conclusions 167
Phase IV: Working with the Structure to
Redesign as Needed 167
Additive Picturing 167
Start with Nothing 168
Listen to What Is Being Said 168
Form Pictures of the Information 168
Add Each New Picture to the Other Pictures 168
Identify Discrepancies 168
Ask Questions to Explain Discrepancies 169
Moving Toward Clarity 170
Becoming a Learning Organization 171
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PART 4 DESIGNS FOR GREATNESS 175
OIAPTERB
Vision 175
The Dynamic Urge 177
Frames of the Dynamic Urge 179
The Close-Up 179
The Long Shot 181
The Medium Shot 182
Aspirations and Choice 182
Defining Our Vision 184
Structural Tension 187
Close Up/Close Up 188
Close Up/Medium Shot 189
Close Up/Long Shot 190
Medium Shot/Long Shot 191
Medium Shot/Close Up 192
Long Shot/Medium Shot 193
Long Shot/Close Up 194
Long Shot/Long Shot 195
Medium Shot/Medium Shot 196
Authentic Vision 196
Shared Vision 197
The Great Vision 199
Shared Vision and Choice 200
The Spirit of a Vision Shared 202
Shared Structural Tension 202
CHAPTERS
Leadership 205
Elements of Leadership 206
Clarity of Vision 206
Total Responsibility 206
Substance, Not Style 206
Beyond Personality 207
Leadership and Structural Tension 208
THE GREAT LEADER 209
Contents xi
A Sterling Example 209
Taking a Stand 210
The Principle of Hierarchy 213
Conflict Manipulation 215
Manipulation and Structure 216
Fair and Unfair Games 219
The Leader as Leader 221
CHAPHR1S
Motivation 223
Two Forms of Motivation 224
Focus on the Doer 224
Focus on the Outcome 227
Emotional Return on Investment 227
Self-Esteem 227
Satisfaction 228
Control 229
Fear of Negative Consequences 230
Distrust of Others 231
Assumption of Superiority 231
Motivation Through Symbols 232
Personal versus Organizational Motivation 233
Mishmash of Motivations 234
The High-Performance Organization 236
CHAPTER16
The Learning Organization 239
The Old School: Individual Learning 241
The New School: The Learning Organization 242
Why People Learn 243
Learning for Its Own Sake 244
Learning in Order to Solve Problems 244
Learning for Competitive Advantage 246
Learning to Ensure Your Own Survival 246
Learning in Order to Expand Capacity 246
Training 247
Making Training Relevant 248
Creation of Desired Results 250
xii Contents
Experiment in Creating a Learning Organization 250
The Role of Structural Tension 251
Organizational Focus 252
A Learning Orientation 254
The Fate of the Learning Organization 254
CHAPTER17
Organizational Greatness 257
Characteristics of a Great Organization 257
Widely Distributed Power 258
Soundly Managed Relationships 258
The Organization as a Social Force 259
Principled Policies 259
Clearly Defined Expansion 259
Resource Management Consistent with Overall Design 260
Continuing Alignment of People 260
Structure: Foundation for Greatness 261
Epilogue 263
Index 265
About the Author 273
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