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An ‘Organic Organization’ is organized in such a way that its expertise evolves in time. This evolution is triggered by events such as people being hired, people going away and the changing market. The workers with their unique networks cause the organization to go into a certain direction, which can change in time. This is possible because there is no higher management which directs the organization in a specific direction. There are managers but they aren’t as disconnected from the work floor as it is happening nowadays. Workers therefore are part-time managers themselves, because managing still has to be done. New workers will be selected because they fill a void a certain percentage of workers agree on. Workers can go whenever they want.

Is such an organization possible? And will it work? There is a wikipedia entry I just found: “An organic organization is when the organization exist dependently, meaning that the organization takes into consideration the needs of their employees. Since in an organic organization the ideas and opinions of the employees are taken into consideration, this leads to group leadership and teamwork. Group leadership, is better than individual leadership because there are several people controlling the environment, instead of one person telling everyone what is expected. Since organic organizations takes into consideration the ideas of the employees this opens the doors to create teamwork among employees. The use of Organic Organizations is good because it some way it becomes an incentive to employees to perform to the best of their ability.”

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