Re:'Waffle House Index' is a real thing during disasters
by SlavikCA on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:34PM
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The example of strength of centralized organization
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Re:'Waffle House Index' is a real thing during disasters
by chiefalchemist on Friday September 06, 2019 @08:23PM
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Seems to me the organization is decentralized, but the CCC is centralized. Sounds military-esque, until you realize that in book "Team of Teams" General McChrystal makes a case of decentralized bottom up faster acting organizations.
Re:'Waffle House Index' is a real thing during disasters
by falcongod082 on Friday September 06, 2019 @11:34PM
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an organization is centralized by definition, it's just a matter of scope, the arbitrary place where you draw the line depends on your politics.
Re:'Waffle House Index' is a real thing during disasters
by dragonwriter on Friday September 06, 2019 @11:41PM
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> an organization is centralized by definition
No, it's not. An organization can be distributed/decentralized as well as centralized. “Organization” does not specify the latter in opposition to the former.
Re:'Waffle House Index' is a real thing during disasters
by falcongod082 on Friday September 06, 2019 @11:45PM
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*as well as centralized?...sure it can, which means that it's centralized. What it cannot be is completely independent.
Re:'Waffle House Index' is a real thing during disasters
by dragonwriter on Saturday September 07, 2019 @09:47AM
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> *as well as centralized?...sure it can, which means that it's centralized.
No, you aren't understanding. “organization” can label something that is centralized or something decentralized/distributed. Or it can be anywhere in between. “Organization” implies some structure, it doesn't imply that the structure is heirarchical/centralized, though.
> What it cannot be is completely independent.
Yes, whether centralized or distributed an organization can also be completely independent (or not, either way), which is a separate issue.