On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 03:15:52PM -0800, Tom Munnecke wrote: (01)
> Sorry about the neologism, but I'd like to introduce the term "orgware"
> discuss this. Orgware is a collection of tools, people, their shared
> knowledge, and the culture which emerges. This would include knowledge
> management, virtual communities, learning organizations, networked
> improvement communities, chaords, IT applications, operating systems,
> "community operating systems," listserves, and a host of other things.
> For lack of a better name, I'll call the things pulled together by
> common orgware "orgs." Orgs need to have a sense of identity, but the
> boundaries caused by this identity also cause "stovepiping." (02)
Why do we need a new term to describe this sort of thing? What's
wrong with "organizations", "organizational systems", "communities",
"groupware", etc.? (03)
Do you have an answer to my question: What should be the first
"people" steps we should take to improve this community? (04)
> Perhaps having an anthropologist on the team is reasonable. (05)
If you know one who wants to participate, let me know. (06)
-Eugene (07)
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