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It reminds me of a class I took in B-School called "Organizational Theory" which was a essentially a long pointless discussion on whether the top level of the c
by ojbyrne 8y ago
It reminds me of a class I took in B-School called "Organizational Theory" which was a essentially a long pointless discussion on whether the top level of the corporate hierarchy should be split by product (you make 3 widgets, each is a top level of the hierarchy) or function (i.e. sales, marketing, finance, engineering).
As a company grows, people in authority often have few levers they can actually manipulate, so they endlessly obsess over them. Especially if its an engineering-centric company, and the person doesn't have any engineering knowledge.
- johnmaguire2013 8y agoCan you give an example of these "few levers" that they obsess over?
- ojbyrne 8y agoIt reminded me of the article - which is about having asymmetry of founder power. Another one that comes to mind is founder age - younger is better.
- lgregg 8y agoIs there any value in b-school curriculum? It seems like networking and university name are the two big selling points.
- ojbyrne 8y agoAccounting is useful. Everything else is social sciences dumbed down. Who knew that was even possible?