Monday, March 2, 2009

Rank-Based vs. Peer-Based Assumptions, Part I

Here is another installment of Nielsen's work regarding the contrast between a "rank-based" organization and a "peer-based" organization. I will give you the overall scheme on their particular "logic," and then spend the rest of this week outlining the particulars to each. Here's a first pass.
Rank-Based Logic--------Peer-Based Logic
Exclusive----------------------Inclusive
Commanding-----------------Influencing
Domineering-----------------Participating
Scarcity based----------------Abundance based
Individualistic----------------Community formulated
Inequitable-------------------Equitable
As you can see, the column on the left contains those elements that are part of the logic of rank-based organizations, while the column on the right identifies the logic of peer-based organizations. I will spend the rest of the week further developing these distinctions. Which column favors your organization?

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