Amoeba organization

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The amoeba organization is a nature-imitated form of corporate management . The amoeba is an organism that can adapt to almost any environment , as it is extremely stable on the inside and very adaptable on the outside. A prominent example is WL Gore & Associates GmbH, founded by Bill Gore in 1958 , which developed new areas of application for the plastic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and became the world market leader thanks to its high level of innovation and productivity .

features

Just like its namesake, the amoeba organization is a single-cell organism that permanently “scans” its environment with so-called pseudopods . Everything that serves the organization is absorbed; if the organization encounters harmful particles, it quickly pulls in its pseudopod. From a certain size, the organization divides into new single-cell organisms. Similarly, the amoeba organization consists of teams capable of learning and making decisions, which are linked by flat hierarchies and constantly scan the market for opportunities. It is just as quick to discard an idea that turns out to be inefficient. The employees work on projects that match their skills and interests and benefit from the growth of their company through a participation plan.

literature

  • Andrea Bittelmeyer: The hybrid organization. Decentralized corporate management . In: managerSeminare, issue 121, April 2008
  • Kurt G. Blüchel : How we can use nature's secret blueprints . Munich.
  • Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckström: The Starfish and the Spider: The Enduring Strength of a Headless Organization . Weinheim.
  • Bernd Fröndhoff: As flexible as an amoeba . In: Handelsblatt September 18, 2006.
  • Daniel F. Pinnow : Corporate Organization of the Future . Campus, Frankfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-593-39472-5 .