The Dynamic Workplace: Present Structure and Future Redesign

208 pages. The complexity and dynamism of organizations make them difficult to understan d and manage. This book presents the workings and designs of organizations and i dentifies the types of problems encountered by organizational workers. Allcorn p rovides an essential focus on dynamic workplace theory, questioning the current and future value of today's bureaucratic, hierarchic organizational structure. A llcorn advocates a shared theoretical perspective that is clear and comprehensiv e. His theory explains organizational life, encompassing four types of work expe rience: chaotic, bureaucratic, charismatic, and balanced. He proposes an organiz ational design that eschews positions of authority and power and eliminates seve re, often hindering bureaucracy.Clear and comprehensible without being si mplistic, the book offers insights into how organizations actually function and proposes ways to intervene when organizations grow stale, become self-defeating in their missions, or develop into hostile environments for their employees. The insights and ideas presented here are of considerable and enduring importance t o corporate trainers, consultants, group process experts, governmental agencies and entities, executives at all levels, academics, and students of organizationa l life and its various processes.…