RES: [New-imc] Fwd: network organisation

[dri]

"Perhaps a more significant, less noted point is that the kind of
leader who may be most important for the development and conduct of a
netwar is not the "great man" or the administrative leader that
people are accustomed to seeing, but rather the doctrinal leadership -
the individual or set of individuals who, far from acting as
commander, is in charge of shaping the flow of communications,
the "story" expressing the netwar, and the doctrine guiding its
strategy and tactics."
from this first monday article, i thought this last part was very
interesting, specially in the context of improving communication we´re in
;)
dri

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De: new-imc-admin at lists.indymedia.org
[mailto:new-imc-admin at lists.indymedia.org]Em nome de Sheri
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 2 de maio de 2002 13:53
Para: New-IMC
Assunto: [New-imc] Fwd: network organisation


hey friends,
a while back when i started digging into the revamp of the new imc
page, i put together alot of new text that is just waiting to be
incorporated.  i also had chrisb from imc la write up some language
about why networks are important and what they are.  this latest
little tidbit from matthew in imc sydney is also very useful and
great language for how to picture a network and a successful and
productive network.  thought we could incorporate some of this into
the new imc page (and probably elsewhere).
ciao
sheri

>Delivered-To: sheri at speakeasy.org
>Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 00:34:58 +1000 (EST)
>From: Matthew Arnison <matthewa at physics.usyd.edu.au>
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>To: toni <tony at irational.org>, Sheri Herndon <sheri at speakeasy.org>
>Subject: network organisation
>
>http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/ronfeldt/index.html
>
>one to sit and read in a quiet corner and chew over.
>
>from the netwar people.
>
>a highlight:
>
>the design and performance of such networks depend on what happens across
>five levels of analysis (which are also levels of practice) [25]:
>
>Organizational level - its organizational design
>Narrative level - the story being told
>Doctrinal level - the collaborative strategies and methods
>Technological level - the information systems in use
>Social level - the personal ties that assure loyalty and trust
>
>The strength of a network, perhaps especially the all-channel design,
>depends on its functioning well across all five levels. The strongest
>networks will be those in which the organizational design is sustained by
>a winning story and a well-defined doctrine, and in which all this is
>layered atop advanced communications systems and rests on strong personal
>and social ties at the base. Each level, and the overall design, may
>benefit from redundancy and diversity. Each level's characteristics are
>likely to affect those of the other levels.
>
>[please fwd if you feel its useful]


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