Comments on: When Your Organization Design is Too Fat Expect Impotent Managers http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/when-your-organization-design-is-too-fat-expect-impotent-managers Equipping Managers via Requisite Organization Systems Design. Talent Management, Leadership, Organization Design. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/when-your-organization-design-is-too-fat-expect-impotent-managers/comment-page-1#comment-3106 Michelle Malay Carter Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:51:57 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=602#comment-3106 Hi Adam, Thanks for stopping by and for the comment. When the level 4 manager is stuck dealing with current operational issues, then the future focused infrastructure work is being sacrificed. We've seen this time and time again. Level 4 can't do level 4 until levels 1 - 3 are operating correctly. Michelle Hi Adam,

Thanks for stopping by and for the comment. When the level 4 manager is stuck dealing with current operational issues, then the future focused infrastructure work is being sacrificed. We’ve seen this time and time again. Level 4 can’t do level 4 until levels 1 – 3 are operating correctly.

Michelle

]]> By: adamgthompson http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/when-your-organization-design-is-too-fat-expect-impotent-managers/comment-page-1#comment-3093 adamgthompson Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:24:22 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=602#comment-3093 " it should be a peer relationship with perhaps one being considered more senior." This is such an important point - my organisation is now starting to unravel a situation that has evolved over the past 10 years, resulting in two people in each of level 1 and level 2. Fascinating to see what happens - issues actually gain momentum as they head up the org chart, reaching enough speed that none of the two people in the level 2 layer can decide, they rocket straight past level 3 and have ended up with the level 4 manager. Level 4 manager therefore has no time to fix long-term, so more issues appear, the only person considered able to make calls is the level 4 person again, and the cycle goes faster and faster. ” it should be a peer relationship with perhaps one being considered more senior.”

This is such an important point – my organisation is now starting to unravel a situation that has evolved over the past 10 years, resulting in two people in each of level 1 and level 2.

Fascinating to see what happens – issues actually gain momentum as they head up the org chart, reaching enough speed that none of the two people in the level 2 layer can decide, they rocket straight past level 3 and have ended up with the level 4 manager.

Level 4 manager therefore has no time to fix long-term, so more issues appear, the only person considered able to make calls is the level 4 person again, and the cycle goes faster and faster.

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