The Boundary less Organization
The Boundary less Organization
General Electric’s former chairman, Jack Welch, PROBABLY coined the term boundary less organization to describe his idea of what he wanted GE to become.
He wanted to turn his company into a family grocery store. That is, to eliminate vertical and horizontal boundaries within GE and break down eternal barriers between the company and its customers and suppliers.
The boundary less organization seeks to eliminate the chain of command have limitless spans of control and replace departments with empowered teams.
It relies so heavily on information technology some have turned to calling this structure the T-form (or technology based) organization.
Other “boundaryless” co’s are - Hewlett-Packard, AT&T Motorola and Oticon A/S
GE - Current CEO = Jeff Immelt
Below is a statement about boundarylessness by Jack Welch.
GE's diversity creates a huge laboratory of innovation and ideas that reside in each of th businesses, and mining them is both our challenge and an awesome opportunity. Boundaryless behavior is what integrates us and turns this opportunity into reality, creating the real value of a multi-business company -- the big competitive advantage we call Integrated Diversity.12
Boundarylessness can be seen along four dimensions: vertical, horizontal, external, and geographic. Vertical boundaries divide management from employees and divide layers ofmanagement from each other. Do the different layers communicate effectively? Horizontal boundaries divide divisions and departments within a corporation from each other. Do different functional areas cooperate with or compete against each other? External boundaries divide a company from others in its value chain. How well does a company collaborate with its customers and suppliers ?Does it take an “us against them” attitude, or does it view cooperation and collaboration among members of its value chain as a way to improve everyone’s bottom line? Geographic boundaries are a special
General Electric’s former chairman, Jack Welch, PROBABLY coined the term boundary less organization to describe his idea of what he wanted GE to become.
He wanted to turn his company into a family grocery store. That is, to eliminate vertical and horizontal boundaries within GE and break down eternal barriers between the company and its customers and suppliers.
The boundary less organization seeks to eliminate the chain of command have limitless spans of control and replace departments with empowered teams.
It relies so heavily on information technology some have turned to calling this structure the T-form (or technology based) organization.
Other “boundaryless” co’s are - Hewlett-Packard, AT&T Motorola and Oticon A/S
GE - Current CEO = Jeff Immelt
Below is a statement about boundarylessness by Jack Welch.
GE's diversity creates a huge laboratory of innovation and ideas that reside in each of th businesses, and mining them is both our challenge and an awesome opportunity. Boundaryless behavior is what integrates us and turns this opportunity into reality, creating the real value of a multi-business company -- the big competitive advantage we call Integrated Diversity.12
Boundarylessness can be seen along four dimensions: vertical, horizontal, external, and geographic. Vertical boundaries divide management from employees and divide layers ofmanagement from each other. Do the different layers communicate effectively? Horizontal boundaries divide divisions and departments within a corporation from each other. Do different functional areas cooperate with or compete against each other? External boundaries divide a company from others in its value chain. How well does a company collaborate with its customers and suppliers ?Does it take an “us against them” attitude, or does it view cooperation and collaboration among members of its value chain as a way to improve everyone’s bottom line? Geographic boundaries are a special