Wow! Great stuff all! Thanks!
As Rick said in LO26251
>Reactive
> - Handling what comes at us.
> - Primarily responding
>
>Creative
> - Doing what we know our work to be.
> - Creating the results we really care about."
Being me, I feel the need to immediately operationalize what I have
learned... :-) Maybe I can quickly summarize by changing the direction a
bit and zooming out ...
In regards to how work activity flow throughout an integrated
organization...
- From the systems-level, you can decentralize. This transfers
decision-making throughout the organization and as such, transfers
accountability. This is as Rick said in his post 'reactive'
- From the functional/team/department level, you can delegate. This is an
informal transfer of decision making and accountability between levels of
a hierarchical structure. This is 'reactive.'
>From this level you can also collaborate. This may transfer decision
making, share decision making, etc., depending on the organization's
decision-making system and its application thereof. If transferred, it is
'reactive'. If shared, it is 'creative'
- From the individual level you can...???? ... take the initiative and do
what needs to be done. This is 'creative'
So creative orientations would be more effective in LOs that reactive.
Am I on the right track? Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Peggy
--Peggy Stuart <pstuart@c2t2.ca>
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