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Thoughts on management, HR, social networks…and enterprise 2.0

" The most successful companies are those that think jointly technological change, work design and the changes in internal social relationships.” Antoine Riboud.
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Sharing knowledge is not a task but a way of working

March 18th, 2008 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Intranets & collaborative tools, information, social computing

I just saw this interesting post on this topic,  thanks to Martin Roulleaux-Dugage. The difference between traditional KM and its “2.0″ evolution is that it’s not a task anymore but a way of doing things, a on-the-flow activity.
Take time to classify, fill in forms, stock is real burden that often lead KM projects to fail. [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 and Process Killing

March 18th, 2008 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

I’m convinced that enterprise 2.0 doesn’t mean processes hunt in purpose to play a pure informal game but offers new opportunities to take the most of informal and non-structured assets. Though… what I thing being a rule has its exceptions. I’m not about to join the dreamer’s clan but a discussion I had with [...]

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What to do today with McGregor

July 26th, 2006 · View Comments · Organization & Management

You know Douglas McGregor? It’s the kind of guy you can’t ignore just because every management education must have at least a few words about him. According to McGregor there are two management models: the X model and the Y model.Theory X:
The average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it [...]

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