Edwin Brenegar III wrote:
> In reference to assembly line work, look at Peter Drucker's chapter
> "There's Three Kinds of Teams" in Managing in a Time of Great Change for
> an interesting comparision of Japanese and American car manufacturing
> approaches.
Thanks for the quote Ed,
I will look it up. Is that the spot where Drucker says that the model of
the symphony orchestra is the management model for the future? I've been
trying to find the source of that quote. As I've been hearing the "flat"
model explained on this list, it sort of seems like that orchestra model
with two exceptions, 1) the roles in an orchestra are life long and not
interchangeable 2) the degree of artistic skill is not something that you
simply do because you are hired. Each orchestra member is a Master who
understands his job and has the highest critical judgement about how
he/she fits in the team and how he/she is doing the job. No one need
evaluate them, it is all out there for everyone to hear and judgements are
truly terrible from their colleagues. In the orchestra, the personnel and
the product are "one." That is an interesting thought if Drucker really
meant that for the future of corporations. But maybe some of you could
give me some help with this.
Ray Evans Harrell,artistic director
The Magic Circle Chamber Opera of New York
mcore@idt.net
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