A little illustrated book of Organization

The book can be previewed at the link below where you can browse and read portions of the book to evaluate participating in the book club/review process mentioned below. Special link to buy the draft version of the book for a pre-intro price of USD$5 each.

https://www.flipsnack.com/stevemorlidge/the-little-book-of-organisation-special-edition/full-view.html

The book covers an extensive list of topics from VSM, ST, and Complexity science:

• Introduction to Organizations (What, why the need, effective, types, challenges)

• Organizational Complexity (Internal/External, motivating people, Structures, System Models, learning from biology)

• Structure (Economies, Scaling complexity, Environment, Variety, exploiting scale, adapting organizations, Viability, People, Roles)

• Regulation (Information flow, Action, Feedback and Complexity, Order, Models, Regulation approaches, Mechanisms, Balance, Self-Organization, Data, Decision Making, Goals, Rules, Resource Allocation, Forecasting, Planning, Planning process, Strategy, Resilience)

• Design, Diagnosis, Origins (Growth, Pathologies, VSM)

The book is presented in a form where each topic is well-illustrated to cover knowledge in this vast-topic area, equivalent to reading a score of books on these topics.

Initial kickoff meeting: 7 August 2020 Noon-12:30 PM/ ET

Session #1 - 14 August 2020: 12-1 PM/ET

Preread required for session #1: Book pages 1-25

Session #2 - 21 August 2020: 12-1 PM/ET

Preread required for session #2: Book pages 26-49

Session #3 - 28 August 2020: 12-1 PM/ET

Preread required for session #3: Book pages 50-75

Session #4 - 4 September 2020: 12-1 PM/ET

Preread required for session #4: Book pages 76-99

Session #5 - 11 September 2020: 12-1 PM/ET

Preread required for session #5: Book pages 100-118 and wrap-up

Adjustments will be made to these sessions or additional sessions may be added as required.