Organizational 'Vital Signs' LO19371

d.l.dwiggins@computer.org
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:15:54 -0700

Replying to LO19246 --

Jason Smith writes:
> Most organizations still organize themselves using bureaucratic design
> principles. That's not an accusation; rather it's my observation.
> Consequently, if I'm the EMT called in to triage an organization, I go
> straight to the top of the patient -- the office of the CEO.

> Questions to the CEO will very quickly reveal how serious the situation
> is:

I think these are good questions for a patient with a chronic complaint,
particularly if it's non-specific ("Doc, I been feelin' poorly goin' on
some time now"), but not for a life-threatening emergency. On the other
hand, given the nature of this list, it might be more relevant to talk
about chronic complaints, since most of the LO methods I've seen aren't
really for short-term life-threatening emergencies.

-- 

Don Dwiggins "Solvitur Ambulando" SEI Information Technology d.l.dwiggins@computer.org

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