ORGANIZATIONSORGANIZATIONS“SHOW ME A LEADER,

AND I’LL SHOW YOU A BUNCH OF FOLLOWERS”

MINTZBERG

“SHOW ME A LEADER, AND I’LL SHOW YOU A BUNCH OF FOLLOWERS”

MINTZBERG

Traditional organigramTraditional organigram

DIFFERENT NATURAL STRUCTURES STRUCTURES

• COB/ADOBE

• BAMBOO/GUADUA

• TIRE HOUSES

• STRAWBALE HOUSE

GUADUA STRUCTUREGUADUA STRUCTURE

AMAZON ORGANIGRAM

• Pyramid form

• Military focus

• Up-Down motion

• Anonimity

• Distrust

MICROSOFT ORGANIGRAM

• Pyramid form

• Military focus

• Up-Down motion

• Anonimity

• REAL DISTRUST!

GOGGLEORGANIGRAM

• Web-like

• Hybrid democratic

• Middle-out

• Interconnected

• Leader trust

• Empowerment

APPLE ORGANIGRAM

• Tree-like

• Meritocratic

• Core-out

• Interconnected

• Multiple leading

• Foster creativity

your company?which organigram?

STRUCTURES

• Neo Pyramid-like

• Tree-like

• Web-like

• Other? (Lungs, Snow ...)

PIXAR’s operating principles

• Everyone must have the freedom to communicate with anyone

• It must be safe for everyone to offer ideas

• We must stay close to innovations happening in the academic community

Ed Catmull “How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity”, HBR

BUSINESS STRUCTURES

• What STRUCTURE does your organization have/foster?

• What do you think of Pixar’s PRINCIPLES? Are they applicable to ALL Enterprises? To your’s? Why not?

• Which EXAMPLES can you think of for the different organigrams? (Military forces, refugee camp, hospital, university ....)

• WHAT is the role of a leader in each organigram? Managers? Workers?

• Is one organigram more PRODUCTIVE than another? Why?

• Can you DRAW other kinds of structures? (Snow crystals, leafs, brain ...)

• How does a structure affect MARKETING/PRODUCTS? (Think of Apple’s use of “PC guy” in their ads.) How does it affect the work SPACE?

• How are organigrams affected in a MERGER? Are HYBRIDS created?

• BUT MOST IMPORTANT: What is YOUR life’s organigram?

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