Introduction to Part 3

 

 

 

In this part of the book we look at how we might understand organisations, why and how they are structured the way that they are and why and how authorities flow through the organisation. We put forward some clear propositions concerning human capability and how they relate to different types of work in terms of complexity.

Currently there is a lot written about the rate of change; whether it is increasing or not, also there is a lot written about complexity in organisations and whether it is increasing or not (Obolensky, 2014). We will discuss those points in more detail later in the book, however we concentrate here on how we might understand the way in which people construct their worlds, identify work and ...

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