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21 Jan 09

Committees Can Only Create Systems That Mirror Their Own Dysfunction | Bex Huff

Any organization that designs a system (defined more broadly here than just information systems) will inevitably produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.

In other words, lets say you are designing a complex system -- an auto manufacturing plant, a new financial market, a hospital, the World Health Organization, or a large software solution -- the efficiency of the end result will always be limited by the efficiency of how the committee communicates

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21 Jun 08

The New Era of Management by Committee

Social software changes this paradigm:

* All conversations and buy-in from individuals can be transparent
* A much broader group can participate in the debate
* Polling can be done regularly and almost instantly
* Conversational persistence allows for asynchronous participation
* Low barrier to participation - some people can argue and write original commentary while others can organize supporting information and others can rate or comment - making participation in the conversation open to more voices and personalities

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