Misconception 2:
​No more structures, processes, rules

Category: (Mis-) understanding self-management

Oh my, almost everyone falls for this one to some degree! 

Self-management is not the absence of structures, processes and rules.  

This is a pitfall that many organizations pay the price for, until they manage to correct it. When you deconstruct the old system, but don't build up new systems, you end up with a "blob", a situation where everyone is confused, no one quite knows what they can do and can't do, results often start to slide... 

Self-Management relies on structures, processes and rules just as much as traditional organizations. It's just that they ensure power-with rather than power-over. That they exist only when they are useful. And that everyone can change them, which makes them very fluid, organic, ever changing... 

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