Kicking Command and Control Blog, performance reducing

Command and Control and Authoritarian Leaders are different. PT. 1 (performance reducing)

Posted by Roy Madron: (performance reducing) It is important to be clear that the Command and Control paradigm relates to a particular, but erroneous, way of thinking about maintaining and improving organisational efficiency, effectiveness and performance. As John Seddon puts it: The prevailing thinking would have it that if each part of a system performs as specified (to budget), then
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THE COMMAND AND CONTROL MESSAGE (performance reducing)

Posted by Roy Madron: (performance reducing) H undreds of millions of voters, otherwise known as the bewildered herd, are usually given the same messge by their political leaders that generations of employees have been given by their bosses. The message is: and ldquo;We don and rsquo;t need you to think We need you to do what we tell you. If there and rsquo;s any thinking to be done
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Why are systems thinkers so politically ineffective compared to the charlatans and snake-oil salesmen (performance reducing)

Posted by Roy Madron: (performance reducing) That question nagged at me as I read the explanations by John Seddon and Simon Caulkin of how the British Governments' imposition of a hugely-expensive, computerised, performance-reducing activity control-system had prevented Haringey's social workers from saving Baby P from his piteous fate. Think about it. Even the most successful and
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