ORGANIZATIONS HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES reports Don Schwerzler, an internationally recognized family business consultant who has pioneered many of the change management strategies used by successful family-owned businesses.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT was the focus of a workshop for family business owners conducted by Atlanta based Family Business Institute and their Internet organization Family Business Experts. Managing Director Don Schwerzler introduced Professor Ken Mackenzie, an Associate of the Family Business Institute and one of the world's leading experts in the field of Organizational Theory. In his opening remarks, Schwerzler noted that when Professor Mackenzie developed the Theory of the Organizational Hologram, his research indicated that organizations can suffer from learning disabilities that can ruin the proformance of an entire organization. The good news is that organizational learning impairments can be corrected.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT was the main topic at a recent workshop conducted by
Atlanta based Family Business Institute and their Internet organization, Family
Business Experts.
In his opening remarks, family business consulting
pioneer Don Schwerzler noted that when Professor Mackenzie was developing the
Theory of the Organizational Hologram, his research indicated that organizations
can have learning disabilities that can ruin the performance of an organization.
The good news is that these learning impairments can be
corrected.
Professor Mackenzie opened the workshop presentation by
talking about the five stages of organizational problem solving:
Finding
the problem
Formulating the problem
Making the choice of the
solution
Implementing the solution
Audit and review of results of
the implementation.
"The problem of organizational learning disabilities
is a widespread generic organizational problem. These are solvable man-made
problems" stated Professor Mackenzie.
In his research, Mackenzie
identified 29 Leadership Practices that are apparent in well-organized
organizations - and all 29 leadership Practices are interconnected. The Theory
of the Organizational Hologram is considered by many to be the biggest break
through in the field of organizational theory in the past 25 years.
Mackenzie identified and explained the 29 Leadership
Practices:
LP1. Understanding Environmental Changes
LP2.
Developing and Using Stratgic Direction
LP3. Ensuring Unit-level
Strategic Direction
LP4. Using Strategic Long-range and Tactical
Plans
LP5. Updating Organizational
Assumptions
LP6. Linking Organizational Rewards to
Performance
LP7. Updating the Organizational
Logic
LP8. Updating the Organizational Architecture
LP9. Ensuring
Consistency of Organizational
Rewards
LP10.
Ensuring Results Consistency With Strategic
Direction
LP11. Ensuring Successful Goal Achievement
LP12.
Ensuring Compatible Interests of Results
LP13. Using Tough and Realistic
Standards
LP14. Ensuring Job Performance Standards
LP15. Applying
Total Compensation Process
LP16. Integrating Job With The
Organization
LP17. Ensuring Comptible Interests
LP18. Develping
Associates
LP19. Aligning Associates With The Strategic
Direction
LP20. Encouraging Best
Decision-Making
LP21. Ensuring Ethical Decision-Making
LP22. Using
Organizational Forums
LP23. Ensuring Healthy Problem Solving
LP24.
Ensuring Results Oriented Problem Solving
LP25. Nurturing and Rewarding
Innovation
LP26. Ensuring Quality
LP27. Ensuring Improvements in
Technology
LP28. Managing The New Technologies
LP29. New
Technologies Integration
"Accurately finding the right problem to solve
is the first and most important stage in the Organizationl Diagnosis Problem
Solving Process" concluded Professor Mackenzie.
In his closing remarks,
Schwerzler reported that the CHANGE MANAGEMENT section on their web site now
includes two organizational assessment tools -one is a "Top Down" assessment
tool and the other is a "Bottom Up" assessment tool. Both assessment tools are
extracted from Professor Mackenzie's book: The Practitioner's Guide for
Organizing an Organization. Copies can be ordered from the web site (www.family-business-experts.com).
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prweb131339.htm