Check how an army or a huge manufacturing company like Toyota is functioning.
Toyota may the best in organizing complex tasks. They have teams of engineers working on transmissions, teams of designers working on car interiors, and a project leader for each model.
Topic: What would be the best structure for a small voluntary group? (Read 430 times)
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So - a kind of voluntary association would be great in theory, but not really optimally efficient at getting the job done.
A rational hierarchy would be more efficient - but not necessarily socially acceptable.
A rational hierarchy would be more efficient - but not necessarily socially acceptable.
There are already thousands upon thousands of voluntary associations. I am not trying to have a hidden meaning of turning this into something about how a government should be run. There are clubs with presidents, vice presidents, treasury, secretary, etc...committees, etc.
I may be grasping, there may not be a single answer, it likely depends on the group. I was just wondering if there might be some theories out there on efficient group structures.
I guess this may not have an actual answer and likely depends upon the task at hand but...
What do you think is the best decision structure for a small group with a similar goal that have voluntarily joined together to fulfill that goal.
Say you have 20 people that want to accomplish a real world task. They may put their money into a pot and agree on the task but then there are some day to day things that are required to make sure the task is completed. They could all vote on every decision but that would likely be very inefficient and leave most people to get tired of voting on such minor tasks.
Or you could have one person in charge of the day to day types of things going to the group for only major decisions.
Or a small group with an expertise elected to take on the daily tasks. Or a small group that votes for a single person, etc...
There are many examples of clubs and other types of small voluntary groups with many different structures. Is there any "best structure"?
What do you think is the best decision structure for a small group with a similar goal that have voluntarily joined together to fulfill that goal.
Say you have 20 people that want to accomplish a real world task. They may put their money into a pot and agree on the task but then there are some day to day things that are required to make sure the task is completed. They could all vote on every decision but that would likely be very inefficient and leave most people to get tired of voting on such minor tasks.
Or you could have one person in charge of the day to day types of things going to the group for only major decisions.
Or a small group with an expertise elected to take on the daily tasks. Or a small group that votes for a single person, etc...
There are many examples of clubs and other types of small voluntary groups with many different structures. Is there any "best structure"?
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