Imprint: Triarchy Press
Published: 2007
List Price: £20.00
Format: Paperback
Extent: 140pp.
Size: 17 x 24.4 cm
ISBN: 978-0-955008-13-9
Tags: organizations, management, hierarchy, heterarchy, autonomy, triarchy theory, Gerard Fairtlough

The Three Ways of Getting Things Done
Gerard Fairtlough
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The Three Ways of Getting Things Done - Contents

 
  1. Introduction
    1. The Hegemony of Hierarchy
    2. Why I Wrote this Book
    3. The Shape of the Book
  2. A Basis for Hegemony
    1. How Hegemony Works
    2. Genes
    3. Hierarchy in Organizations
    4. The Great Man
    5. Tradition
  3. What Organizations Need
    • Coordination of Ends and Means
    • System
    • Organizational Culture
    • Leadership
    • Power
    • Exit and Voice
    • Conclusion
  4. The Three Ways of Getting Things Done
    1. Hierarchy
    2. Heterarchy
    3. Responsible Autonomy
    4. Complex Evolving Systems
    5. Encapsulation
    6. Critique
    7. Resolving Disputes
    8. Heterarchy Compared with Responsible Autonomy
    9. Ideal Types
    10. Are There Only Three Ways?
    11. The University of Barchester
  5. Advantages for Each of the Three Ways
    1. Advantages of Hierarchy
    2. Advantages of Heterarchy
    3. The Evolution of Cooperation
    4. Co-Evolution
    5. Pluralism
    6. Using Diverse Talents
    7. Advantages of Responsible Autonomy
  6. Blending the Three Ways
    1. Contingency Theories of Organization
    2. Donaldson's Contingency Theory
    3. The Future of Work
    4. Malone's Contingency Theory
    5. Force-Based Organizations
    6. Size as a Contingency
    7. Conclusion
  7. Drivers of Change
    1. Ideas are Important
    2. Skills
    3. Democracy
    4. Separation of Powers
    5. Job Rotation
    6. Project Leadership
    7. Selection by Lot
    8. Reward Systems
    9. Semco
    10. Enabling Infrastructure
    11. Participation
    12. Things that Help Heterarchy
    13. Things that Help Responsible Autonomy
  8. What is to be Done?
    1. The Time is Ripe
    2. How to Change
    3. The Centre for Computational Biology
    4. TS plc
    5. Save the Planet
    6. The London Classical Orchestra
    7. Heterarchical Practices Illustrated by These Stories
    8. Conclusion

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