tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12825095.post8812006893286934683..comments2023-05-22T05:14:12.666-07:00Comments on Where's William?: Reading Great Boss, Dead Boss (2007-02-23/03-03)Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02473242510722023655noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12825095.post-19233743107525728252010-03-21T00:31:30.894-07:002010-03-21T00:31:30.894-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.日月神教-任我行https://www.blogger.com/profile/00629261950873803981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12825095.post-19945188101520965962007-03-09T09:37:00.000-08:002007-03-09T09:37:00.000-08:00Excellent Review.I've found that with any book abo...Excellent Review.<BR/><BR/>I've found that with any book about management or ones that provide constructs for personal interaction, there are bound to be holes.<BR/><BR/>Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs had simplifications and holes that drove Maslow crazy. He hated it when people literally interpreted the hierarchy as some catch-all for human interaction.<BR/><BR/>I find Great Boss, Dead Boss's construct a highly useful one, but certainly not an all-encompassing one. Individuality extends beyond the individual.<BR/><BR/>Oddly this both supports and refutes Immelman's construct. The tribe thrives on individuals and their tendency to not join. If people always joined anything they came into contact with, the act of joining would have no significance.<BR/><BR/>However, this means that often you will have external pressures on an individual that will change how they relate to a group. The groups in the book seemed to have a rapid transition from a low-trust to a high-trust environment.<BR/><BR/>Immelman was wise to put in external inducers, such as the power outtage, that gave people a push to see beyond their low-trust issues. But those plot contrivances generally don't happen every day.<BR/><BR/>People often come with their own levels of personal trust and their own baggage from years of being alive. The tribal model is a great organizational construct and a part of one's arsenal when dealing with individuals - but it shouldn't be the only part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com