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Many people aren't trained or interested in self management. Also, most companies who preach self management are in fact not self managed environments. It is n
by programminggeek 11y ago
Many people aren't trained or interested in self management. Also, most companies who preach self management are in fact not self managed environments.
It is no surprise that this is a difficult and long process. They are breaking some longstanding, fundamental human processes at a large scale. This is a hard thing to do and it might not be possible.
Hat tip to Zappos for trying.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoThis sounds similar to the Valve model and they've been an incredible success. Maybe it only works in certain industries, with certain personality types, or certain types of work. Game dev and shoe sales are two very different beasts.
- _Codemonkeyism 11y agoDo you have more information about Valve? I would be interested. I've only found in the past the Valve employee handbook, some people raving about Valve and some people talking about highschool style bullying.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoThere's a lot out there on "flat management style," especially Valve's verson of it, but I like this simple and short interview with Gabe Newell as an intro. http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-04-27/why-there-are-no-bosses-at-valve http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-04-27/why-there-ar... This BBC article touches upon the concept more broadly: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24205497 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24205497
- dalke 11y ago> I've only found in the past... Your description succinctly summarizes the 7 references in Wikipedia for that topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organizational_structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organization... .