1st Edition
The Human Element Ten New Rules to Kickstart Our Failing Organizations
Edited By David Boyle
Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite some of the most sophisticated computer systems known to mankind, modern life can be infuriating – and it's getting worse. But there is a growing suspicion that, despite all the investment in IT and organization we have seen, we live with the same old problems we always have done.
Why are we still addicted to oil and petrol despite the disastrous consequences? Why, three... Read more
Acknowledgements. Introduction: The People Principle Rule 1: Recruit Staff for their Personality not their Qualifications Rule 2: Dump the Rulebooks and Targets Rule 3: Put Relationships at the Heart of Organisations Rule 4: Demerge Everything Rule 5: Obliterate the Hierarchies and Empires Rule 6: Give People Whole Jobs To Do Rule 7: Chuck Out the Big IT Systems Rule 8: Give Everyone the Chance to Feel Useful Rule 9: Make Organisations into Engines of Regeneration Rule 10: Localise Everything Conclusion: Finding a New Horse
Biography
David Boyle is a Fellow of the New Economics Foundation, author of numerous books, including (as co-author) The New Economics (Earthscan 2009)
