Why Organizations Fail - By Work Level

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 4, 2008 

Work Level 7 - Failure to identify or respond to global trends
Work Level 6 - Failure to align divisional performance with the mission
Work Level 5 - Failure to react to changes in objectives and targets
Work Level 4 - Miscalculation of constraints across organizational units
Work Level 3 - Misallocation of tools and resources
Work Level 2 - Missed quality and/or quantity target
WoWhoopsrk Level 1 - Mistakes in procedure

Credit for this requisite, work levels list goes to my colleague, Stan Smith, founder and owner of Human Patterns.  

Stan is a psychometrician who developed the Human Patterns Assessment, a preference and interest inventory.  For those interested in the values/temperament/personality area, his instrument is the most comprehensive I’ve found, as it integrates 14 other models.  I’m a trained administrator of the tool.  If you care to take it, drop me a line.

Filed Under Accountability, Organization Design, Requisite Organization, Strategy, Work Levels

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2 Responses to “Why Organizations Fail - By Work Level”

  1. Steve Roesler on September 8th, 2008 9:49 pm

    Michelle,

    Because of your suggestion I went to check out Stan’s site and get more info. The site won’t load on any of my browsers; only the homepage. If you talk with him you might want to give a “heads up.”

  2. Michelle Malay Carter on September 9th, 2008 8:43 am

    Hi Steve,

    Thanks for the feedback. I’ll pass it along to Stan.

    Regards,

    Michelle

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