Comparison of organization characteristics

March 9, 2006 at 11:20 am | Posted in Process Enabled Organization | 2 Comments

Last time we saw that there are three types of organizations, viz. process-starved, process-driven and process-enabled. Their typical characteristics are given below.

Process-starved  Process-driven  Process-enabled 
Focus on innovation  Focus on process  Focus on users 
Fluid  Rigid  Flexible 
Plethora of solutions  One solution fits all  Solutions to meet the need 
Continuous change  Change resisted  Change welcome 
Virtual absence of processes  Insistence on formal process  Informal processes accepted 
Users may sometimes be lost  Users feel constrained  Users enjoy working 

 

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