Abstract Many complex systems reveal a small-world topology, which allows simultaneously local and global efficiency in the interaction between system constituents. Here, we report the results of a comprehensive study that investigates the relation between the clustering properties in such small-world systems and the strength of interactions between its constituents, quantified by the link weight. [...] [...]
Emergent Culture
Emergent Approach Proponents of the emergent approach point out the elemental differences of their perspective than the planning camp, citing empowerment, open cultures and bottom-up emphasis as evidence of their claims. In reality, the differences are arguably less than they may have realized. But first, let us review the ideas. Culture-Excellence Ideas In the early [...] [...]
The Evolving Landscape of the Organization
Taylor and Weber brought statistics to management. Unfortunately their concepts often also engendered an unhealthy and unproductive chasm between the new management positions it implied and the workers it no longer asked to think. [...]
Technology as a Symbol of Organizational Structure
Organizations both in their structure and their strategy often make bets against the individual, and they continue to do so in pendulum like swings in both micro and macro trends. Like the computer hardware industry, they always eventually lose. [...]
A new application of Maslow
Maslow transformed marketing. But his Hierarchy of Needs can also instruct organizational structure. [...]