Professor calls hierarchical, top-down management ‘outdated’
Posted: March 25, 2010 Filed under: Democratic Principles, Management Innovation, workplace democracy | Tags: democratic company, democratic workplace, enlightened leadership, Fischler School of Education and Human Services, Leadership in High-Performance Organizational Cultures, Management Innovation, Miami Herald, Nova Southeastern University, Stanley Truskie, workplace democracy 1 Comment
Stanley D. Truskie, a program professor at the Fischler School of Education, Nova Southeastern University, and author of Leadership in High-Performance Organizational Cultures, wrote an opinion in the Miami Herald where he called for a new, “enlightened” style of management.
Truskie recommends the following leadership practices to help companies quickly adapt and stay at the forefront of their industries:
- Lead from the center.
- Focus on culture.
- Implement 3-C planning.
- Move swiftly.
Truskie argues that “old-style, top-down” management is outdated and that rigid, hierarchical organizations run the risk of falling behind in today’s rapidly changing competitive environment.
Click here to read the entire opinion article.
Workplace Democracy 
Been calling this out for 2 years now, don’t need a professor to tell me that a Dickensian business model is outdated 😉