Organizational Engineering and the CEO

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In his 2002 Keynote address to the Midwinter Conference of the Society of Consulting Psychology, Elliott Jaques first used the term “organizational engineering” to designate the field of organization and human resources management. This new term reflected the mature result of the evolution of the organizational problemsolving side of requisite organization theory. It is true that the term carries some unfortunate connotations, like the apparent lack of concern for human values such as mutual trust, personal achievement, job satisfaction, fairness and collaboration. Harald Solaas, an HR consultant and professor at the Universidad de Belgrano, in his article “Organizational Engineering and the CEO,” writes about how he deals with a CEO’s concerns about implementing requisite organization. The article notes that “organizational engineering” is really the engineering of mutual trust in human work organizations.

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.
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