Carol Sanford

Vitalizing Work Design

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Vitalizing Work Design: Implementing A Developmental Philosophy


(Executive Summary in Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace, by Productivity Press, 1995)

Business leaders around the world, leap into new approaches to improving their businesses. They seem to be missing understanding of how to assess any particular approach and the potential it may offer. Many programs are adopted in the name of Learning Organization, Continuous Improvement, etc. which suggest new improved results and improved work environments. Many of these are really only repackaged or redecorated versions of traditional methods these leaders are seeking to escape. Leaders need a set of guidelines for assessing whether the method they have chosen has a sound base in its design. This article offers a structure for assessing the likelihood of a given approach taking an organization toward or away from becoming more developmental. i.e. more capable of continual evolution toward higher order capacities and results. 19 pgs

 

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