Individual ability and group success are not very well correlated. Group success tends to rely on being able to work together, leaders who do less directing and more listening, and emotion-reading. Group success does NOT depend much upon individual ability. Group success is a science, and the common sense we all developed from the artificial environment of school or IT shops does not at all teach us what works in getting group success.
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Do you have a specific text about organizational behaviour/development in mind? I'm prejudiced because of bullshit bingo sentences like "so that they can better adapt to new technologies, marketing and challenges, and the dizzying rate of change itself." but curious if you know a good source.
Simo,
I'd go with Warner Burke's Organization Change. It may be a bit over-academic, but it covers the field with a relative minimum of BS. Furthermore...I'd claim that it has roughly the same information content of a Masters degree in OD...though you'd need to read it every other month for a year, and practice in between to actually learn rather than to have reference points for other thinking. My education theory aside, it's a strong book that tells you what we know.
Simo,
Also, welcome to the blog.
Thank you for the recommendation!
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