The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1972)

Re:The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1972) by futuravenir on Sunday May 08, 2016 @10:20AM (#11654144)

I'm about a third of the way through the book. It's tough to say whether it covers 'the cooperative model' because so far, it approaches aspects of business quite individually.

Here's the table of contents: https://i.imgur.com/OS9XGhN.jpg

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Re:The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1972) by dalke on Sunday May 08, 2016 @02:59PM (#11655232)

Thank you! It's hard to tell from the list if it covers coop models. It would be in Board/Ownership, starting on page 251.

One clue earlier might be if the workers can fire the CEO and decide CEO pay.

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Re:The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1972) by futuravenir on Monday May 09, 2016 @08:59PM (#11664526)

Well, in the context of traditional orgs, the board can fire the CEO. In this book, he speaks about making certain that the CEO & board members are all on board with the 'teal organisation' mentality.

In other words, I don't believe it addresses the legal structure as much as the organisational one. Unfortunately, I have to bring it back to the library today...but I'll be buying my own copy that I can cover in highlighter. It's really interesting for anyone interested in organisational structure and offers a lot of insights into potential workarounds to problems you might run into.

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