Organising Codes and Principles - The Psychosocial DNA
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Survival Band
Instinct Driven |
- herd like behaviour
- strong members protect weaker ones
- group bands together
- movements determined by weather and food & water availability
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Tribal Order
Safety Driven
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- circular tribal structure
- led by elder(s), shaman or chief
- roles determined by kinship, sex, age, strength
- ways of tribe are sacred and rigidly preserved
- demand obedience in leader(s)
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- power-oriented -- strongest survive
- most powerful makes decision
- Big Boss directs Working Bosses who drive masses
- communication downward only
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Exploitive Empire
Power Driven
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Authority Structure
Order Driven
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- rigid rules for structure and rank
- person with appropriate position power makes decision
- divine authority speaks through secular authority
- communication downward and horizontally accross classes
- people stay in their rightfull places
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- bureaucratic and status- oriented
- person with delegated authority makes decisions
- distribution of specific amount of responsibility
- communication up, down and accross
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Strategic Enterprise
Success Driven
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Social Network
People Driven
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- organisation of equals for mutual benefit
- little concern for status or privilege
- the 'people' make decisions as a group
- frequent communication in all directions
- emphasis on consensus, sensitivity to feelings and human needs
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- structure according to task at hand
- project centered with changing 'functional' leadership
- competent person makes the decisions
- communication only as needed
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Systematic Flow
Process Oriented
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Holistic Organism
Synthesis Oriented
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(Currently Evolving)
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