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Organizations are not people. They have a mind of their own, independent of individuals and yet controlled by the autopilot psychology of humans, unless systemi
by calinet6 11y ago
Organizations are not people. They have a mind of their own, independent of individuals and yet controlled by the autopilot psychology of humans, unless systemically organized otherwise.
Things like this happen every day in organizations all over the world, when systems are not understood or willfully guided. It's just that most of them don't make the news—they simply silently eat at productivity and joy of work until a modern joyless inhuman organization is created. Everyone saw no evil, heard no evil, and spoke no evil—and it still happens.
It's not pervasive organizational intent—it's pervasive organizational chaos.
- oxryly1 11y ago> Organizations are not people. They have a mind of their own, independent of individuals and yet controlled by the autopilot psychology of humans, unless systemically organized otherwise. Exactly. > It's not pervasive organizational intent—it's pervasive organizational chaos. Well, in this case the chaos adapted rather optimally to the physics of diesel engines, the regulatory environment, and the emissions testing regime. I'd say it's worthwhile to treat that as intent -- to create incentive to decide how to act intentionally, rather than let chaos and circumstances form your intent.
- calinet6 11y agoYes, Chaos as in the acceptance of the absence of systems to guide the whole in the correct direction. Chaos and circumstance formed the intent without any single person deciding; classic mob effect. There needs to be a system to prevent that type of thing, and it's often very complex.