> What characteristics of organization suggest it is ready for social
> change as opposed to merely improvement?
I would say that the issue is not so much about organizations, but people.
If the hierarchy is populated with people that listen, then there is hope.
Another consideration is the competitive position of the company. If it is
monopolistic, then there is not too much reason to improve. Yet, there are
government units that have no competitive stresses, but want to do the right
thing, and the person in charge listens. There it works.
Sometimes the social change has already happened, or there is a wish for it
to happen. That's fertile territory.
On the other hand, people with controlling tendencies have a way of slowing
progress. Sometimes, these people use double-speak to hid their nature, but
because they need to realize their goals, they cannot hid behind their
double-speak for too long. A typical give-away is the use of terms like "we
are a team". The concept of team is beautiful, but some people tend to
degenerate it into the implied meaning of "you do as I say or else ...".
Victor
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Subject: [XP] Improvement vs. Change
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> As I was reading my copy of XP2E, I was struck by the first
> sentence "XP is about social change" and that prompted my to reflect
> on my efforts to create a more Agile environment for myself. It has
> been my experience that many organizations want improvement, but I
> have yet to encounter one who wants social change. If that is the
> case, am I just seeting myself up for an exercise in frustration
> where eventually I just decide to change my environment?
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> If an organziation does not identify with the need for social change,
> what hope is there for XP, or Agile in general, at that location?
> What characteristics of organization suggest it is ready for social
> change as opposed to merely improvement?
>
> Carlton
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> [I cross posted this on the XP2E board, but I thought this might
> generate interesting discussion here, too.]
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