Tall Performance from Short Organizations Through We/Me Power

Tall organizations perform short. Short organizations perform tall. Tall organizations have the tradional hierarchical organizational structure with layers of commands and controls. Short organizations have a relatively flat organizational structure and few layers of intervening management. Empowered people will invariably outperform commanded and controlled people.Short organizations have the potential for We/Me power that can''t be tapped by tall organizations. That''s why a hierarchy is better at being a bureaucracy than at being a business and may not survive in the long run. Dr. Brumback a veteran industrial/organizational psychologist first presents four basic principles and then goes step-by-step through a new We/Me model of MBR or managing behaviors and results to show how responsibly empowered teams in business can reach and sustain performance that is both highly competitive and ethical. Among the many unique features of the new model are a skillful blending of individual and team performance a new bottom line for business that accounts not only for the results obtained but also for the manner in which they were obtained and a new way to do performance appraisals which have never been done right through the centuries and still aren''t. While many books exist on teams performance management and ethics only this book integrates these critical matters into one unique model. In the Book Review section of From Personnel Psychology Book Review Section Summer Issue 2004 548-550 reviewer Robert Fitzpatrick Consulting Psychologist wrote that ---the model that Brumback proposes is a compelling and unique one---It could possibly be the practical way to go in tomorrow''s world. ---a stimulating alternative view optimistically picturing what the best organizations might be.