{"id":686,"date":"2011-01-03T01:33:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T06:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=686"},"modified":"2010-12-27T15:46:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T20:46:57","slug":"the-moi-model-part-2-of-3-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2011\/01\/the-moi-model-part-2-of-3-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"The MOI Model – part 2 of 3 – Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

The vast majority of people need some type of organization. There is, however, a limit to\u00a0 organization that leads to effectiveness. Adding more organization after this limit only leads to lesser effectiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are a few posts on the MOI model from author and consultant Jerry Weinberg<\/a>. The MOI model comprises three parts:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Motivation<\/li>\n
  2. Organization<\/li>\n
  3. Information<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This posts discusses organization.<\/p>\n

    If there is one person working on a project, especially if that one person is me, little is required in the form of management organization. I just do the work. Add a second person, and now we need some type of organization so that the two of us can talk (at this point, just ensuring that the two of us have a common language is almost enough organization). Add a third person, and we need more organization. Add a fourth, fifth, and so on person and, well you see that we need even more organization.<\/p>\n

    Like motivation, the MOI model shows that there is a period of time where more organization leads to more effectiveness (see the graph below). Ah, I love that part of the graph. You see, I love to organize things and lead people. One of my problems, however, is that given the time, I tend to start organizing the people. I mean, I guess given enough<\/strong> time, I start organizing the lives<\/strong> of the people. Hmmm, is that a bad thing ;-).<\/p>\n

    Move to the center portion of the graph. More organization leads to a leveling in effectiveness. Maybe people don’t need to have a team meeting in the morning and<\/strong> in the afternoon. Maybe one team meal a week is sufficient.<\/p>\n

    Move to the right, and more organizing leads to less effectiveness. I guess sitting in team meetings six hours a day reduces the amount of time that the team has to do the work. I should have realized that one.<\/p>\n

    Managers like me mean well. We want our teams to succeed on their projects. We want this success so much, that we just add a little more help in the form of organizing. Then we add a little more help, and then we add a little more help, and then we add…well you know.<\/p>\n

    The key question for the manager is,<\/p>\n

    How much organizing is too much organizing.<\/p>\n

    The answer differs for every different group of people and every different project. Like in the Motivation part of the MOI model, the manager needs to observe.<\/p>\n

    Notice yourself.<\/p>\n

    Notice the team.<\/p>\n

    \"The<\/a>

    The Organization Part of the MOI Model<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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