Reinventing Organizations - Self Management - Pro's and Con's - one person perspective

Organizational Structure

Projects

Decision Making

Conflict Resolution

Performance Management

Self Organizing Teams-No P&L Responsiblity

Clearly definded roles with SMART goals that can be tracked

Covering several issues, not management

See the work that needs to be done and does it.

If tasks are not completed, what are root causes. Are there consequences?

Functional Organizational Charts

What are your key responsiblies

What are others responsible for

Saving time and resources eliminating duplicative work

Individuals want to contribute do not need to be told what to do

Management hinders creativity and innovation

The group can deside how best to proceed

Do all employees bring the same skill sets

What does contribution mean

Cohorts Approach to Mentoring Positives effort could depend on who is leading

Real results or talk

In performance evaluations one of the greatest areas of concern is not knowing exactly what they are responsible for.

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Do you know if you are meeting the requirements of the role

Eliminates back stabbing when you cannot guess what others should be doing.

Do all employees like to work in groups? Are there certain professions that allow individual works to succeed.

Plans. budgets, gant charts, project management

People are self starters - no project management

Will a group move forward with no clearly idenfied expected result? Move forward to what?

Are clearly defined responsiblies allow change to happen?

Many coworkers are nice in group settings but when allowed to provide feedback without others in the room that is not always the case

Are certain skill sets valued differently? For example, does someone who enjoyes presenting information provide more value?

How is it best resolved? With the input of outsiders who have a neutral prespective of the issue.

Can a group be self governing to resolve conflicts

Do personalities play a part in conflict resolution

An arbitrator takes into account all of the information and the issues a decision.

What is the impact of delays due to time it takes to resolve issues.

Without a clearly defined end goal are conflicts reduced? Does the elimination of set goal reduce the risk of confilcits.

Should conflict resoultion pratices be established at the beginning of project or when the first one arrises?

Establishing clear guidelines and awareness to respect other peoples opinions

Decentalized

Pyramid - any decision can be invalidated

Individual Focus

Established by superior

Performance based

Team Performance

Peer Based Evaluation

Complexity/Control/Oversight

No budget or limited view of budget

Chain of command - decision ability may be impacted cost to implement or other departments impacted

Legal and compliance risk minimzed due to decision tracking and process

Potential delay in project due to time required to gain needed decisions.

Reduces costly errors

May hinder innovation and strategic thinking

Re work is limited as project is completed the first time

Can a project be effiecent when no budget is in place

Considerable risk for cost overrun

Has a project existed with no budget? I have not seen it.

Budget does not need to be exact, can be a range of cost to allow creative thinking.

Without data how does one know they are improving?

What are the expected results? Finanical based or quality of service

How is this accomplished?

Independent feedback tools- 360 evaluations. Are they fair, do they provide needed feedback

Group discussion?

If project is complete is feedback needed? Or should one just move on? What is the meaningful value of feedback?

Community based decisions may encourage collaboration if they feel they are part of the solution. _Gone for Good is having that result.

Is account ablity and reponsiblity the same thing in centralized decision process

Large projects almost always demand a vetting process

Example: IT services for a company can become very fragmented if not coordinated. This may be the value of Epic electronic record, it is all under one spot. Whould this happen if individuals choose only what they needed?

Clear expecatations of timeline do allow faster responses. If they do not respond the understanding is the project can still move forward.

Independent thought and action -

Speed of completion

Innovation

Enhanced participation of group.

Allows projects to move into areas one would have not typically known

Allows everyone to contribute to areas they feel best suited to complete

All voices are heard, not just the loudest

Project management eliminated

Risk of non completion since no one is truely accountable

Need for Project Management

Clearly defined roles and follow-up

Indepedent oversight of work to ensure fairness of projects

Graded on what is completed

Delegation of work determined by skill set, experience or educational background

Previous work taken into account to determine level of future responsiblity.

Are extroverts able to command more enfluence in a group setting?

Does setting expectation with boundries restrict freedom of thought?

Should conflict be avoided at all costs

Conflict can make a stronger case in the face of adversity

If one never faces conflict how can one truely grow

If no conflict, not passion does one really care?

If the group is experienced, they will be able to work through conflicts in a constructive manner

What is the greatest risk to a groups sustainability?

Not everyone is committed to the same goal with the same passion

Provide clear limits of work and resources

Reportable "SMART" goals

People are not the same. Each person has different work ethics and expectations of themselves.

How does the group measure success? How does one take into account time. If one person has 6 weeks to committe to a project and the other has 6 months. How can they still work together?

Individual who like to see if they are accomplishing things may want success attached to committed goals.

Empowerment of staff allows them to embrace participation as everyone feel part of the solution