Birkinshaw's 4 Dimensions of Management
Birkinshaw's Four Dimensions of Management take a look at four different areas that managers need to deal with, and what kind of approach will work for each of them.
Julian Birkinshaw
Julian is a recognized expert on innovation, entrepreneurship and renewal in large corporations. He has written fourteen books, including Fast/Forward, Becoming a Better Boss, Reinventing Management, and Giant Steps in Management, and over ninety articles in such journals as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Strategic Management Journal and Academy of Management Journal.
Highlight Vocabulary
Managing Objects
Managing Across: Activities
Managing Down: Decisions
Managing Individual Motivations
Managing Objects
Specific financial goals or completion date.
(all work only towards that)
Set alternate goals & paths.
(build together to a bigger goals)
Alignment
Obliquity
Managing Across: Activities
Clear, strict rules & regulations for the whole organization. (Efficient, no flexibility)
Each manager can be independent. (choice, can adjust rules, but chaotic)
Bureaucracy
Emergence
Managing Down: Decisions
Hierarchy: Authority trump everything else.
•Senior people have more experience
•Process become quick and simple
•Give managers more privilege
Collective wisdom: Everyone is welcome to help make decisions and offer up ideas
•Young employees have innovation and ideas
•More people can take responsibility to reduce risk
•Protect benefits of employees
Traditional: Hierarchy
Alternative: Collective Wisdom
Managing Individual Motivation
Extrinsic motivation:
•Use money and promotion
Advantage:
•Give material benefits
Disadvantage:
•Bonus and prize may be over used
Intrinsic motivation:
•Give enjoyment and satisfaction from the work itself
Advantages:
•Give spiritual benefits
Disadvantages:
•Not easy to find suitable motivation
Traditional: Extrinsic
Alternative: Intrinsic