Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling
by InclinedPlane on Monday March 07, 2016 @03:07PM
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Traditional management structures are shit, but at least you know how they work, and there are lots of well-worn coping methods for dealing with them. The problem with crazy new management styles is that they often hide their true nature underneath a veneer of newness (for example, "flat"), and that true nature can sometimes be completely different from the ostensible version.
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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling
by dilemma on Monday March 07, 2016 @06:03PM
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True. In practice, power in Zappos and holacracy is probably much more centralized, more arbitrary and less transparent than that of a hierarchical organization because there is no explicit structure. There is nothing protecting the lower rung people from the whims of those in the top.