While surveying literature in organizational excellence, I notice a significant emphasis on reliance on leadership (a few persons as a noun not as an act or thought process) to bring a change in an organization. The whole organization looks toward select few who are in the position of authority due to appointment to bring in the change. Everybody looking toward a few for the solution.
Does this culture smell a broken and rotten thought process? Do we have outsourced our thinking process to select few and become intellectually lazy? We need a ready-made solution. Someone else should do the thinking and analysis, we will just enjoy the fruit of success and/or become arm-chair critic during the change. Does excessive reliance on leadership is one of the manifestations of this phenomenon?
Or due to the complex nature and size of the organizations, few of the motivated people (generally in the position of authority) take charge of directing the course and even determining what the success is.
I think the truth lies in the combination of both arguments. What do you think? Are there any other arguments?
Does this culture smell a broken and rotten thought process? Do we have outsourced our thinking process to select few and become intellectually lazy? We need a ready-made solution. Someone else should do the thinking and analysis, we will just enjoy the fruit of success and/or become arm-chair critic during the change. Does excessive reliance on leadership is one of the manifestations of this phenomenon?
Or due to the complex nature and size of the organizations, few of the motivated people (generally in the position of authority) take charge of directing the course and even determining what the success is.
I think the truth lies in the combination of both arguments. What do you think? Are there any other arguments?
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