FEBRUARY 2011

RO APPLICATIONS IN MINING & HEAVY MANUFACTURING

CEO Honour Role: Wilfred Brown
Former CEO of Glacier Metals, a heavy manufacturing firm 

& long-time user of requisite concepts  
http://bit.ly/GOWilfredBrown


Application of RO in Mining and Heavy manufacturing
A special page featuring the application of Requisite Organization to design

and manage in Mining and Heavy Manufacturing organizations
http://bit.ly/ROMiningandManufacturing


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February Blogs:

Who we are: our differences and what we hold in common
By Ken Shepard

http://bit.ly/GOPresBlog

Focusing more on values as a way of defining 
negative temperament in human capability
By Herb Koplowitz 

http://bit.ly/GOHKBlog


Writing for Managers
By David Creelman

http://bit.ly/GODCBlog

La aplicación de la OR en minería y manufactura pesada
By Harald Solaas

http://bit.ly/HSBloges

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News Items:

Warren Kinston announces new website
THEE:  the Taxonomy of Human Elements in Endeavour
Warren Kinston was recruited by Elliott Jaques to join BIOSS, was introduced

to the levels of work complexity and went on to use levels concepts to develop a values taxonomy that promises to be useful in diagnosis and implementation 
of requisite concepts
http://thee-online.com


Report: GO Society Summit, October 22-25, 2010 in Toronto
at the BMO Institute for Learning

  • The GO Board and 25 of the Society's most senior practitioners met to explore the state of our field and to set priorities for future work.
  • Michelle Carter, Jan Ake Karlsson and Paul Juniper were elected to the Board. Thanks to Jack Fallow and Judy Hobrough for long years of board service. They now move to the GO Advisory Council.
  • Next GO World Conference is planned for Canada in late 2012 (either in Toronto or Calgary).
  • GO University will include face-to-face clinics, on-line learning, and mentoring -- with strong commitment by most senior practitioners to staff professional development programs
  • Increased focus on the manager's needs in the context of ever changing external environments
  • Recruitment of younger practitioners
  • Building active global networks for manager practitioners, academics and consultants
  • Support for practitioner writing for publication
  • Building private project collaborative work areas on the GO site for those signing Participation Agreements.


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Toward an integrated theory of designing and managing organizations
based on the concepts of levels of work, levels of human capability,
accountability and other concepts by Wilfred Brown and Elliott Jaques.



Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations