No? Don’t panic…that’s the subject of this post.
Oh, you don’t think so? Don’t worry, that’s what this post is about!
Maybe you’ve heard of Web 2.0? Oh, you don’t know about that either? It’s the new trend on the internet, called the ‘social web’! It’s not about the technology anymore, even though some people are still trying to explain it by telling how it works instead of what it brings. It’s about how we use it! Using web services is a great way to get to a different management style. It’s all about embracing a new kind of web services that can really empower social relationships, cooperation, co-building, co-thinking, and whatever else you can think of! The web is now on its way to becoming a worldwide think tank, a huge collaborative open space – how exciting!
I first used the term “management 2.0” in a post on my French blog last December. I wanted to share that I’ve noticed more and more companies are interested in collaborative practices and participative management. It’s not a brand new thing, as some people think. In fact, Mc Gregor thought about it years before! What is new is that we can use the new kind of services that are being developed to bring people-centric behaviours to the company’s information system.
That’s the really exciting part about management 2.0! It was really tough for people who tried to adopt collaborative practices before. They had to face information systems that didn’t allow them to develop social links and take added value from them. The great thing is that you can now build a real social network based on communities of interests or practices, share information and have a collaborative and creative approach to relationships between people in the company, even if they’re located all over the world and don’t even know each other!
So, what is Management 2.0 really about? Well, it’s not about web technology. It’s about management practices that are made better by social web-powered services. But what’s most important is the way we do things. The information system is just a tool, not the goal.
We’ll learn more about this in the next posts, so stay tuned!
