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Endo and Exoskeleton plus natural metaphors for organizational capacity

Mike Cardus

Business metaphors often return to McGregor’s theory x and theory y of manager’s perceptions of workers. Dragonfly and constraints on change. With endoskeletons, the animal growth or capacity constraint is held to the internal strength or resilience to carry weight or size, etc. ” Below is my response.

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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Later attempts to bring science into management included the development of the theory of constraints, management by objectives, reengineering, Six Sigma, the “waterfall” method of software development, and the like. Douglas McGregor’s “Theory Y” is representative of the genre.