Comments on: Is it a jungle out there? http://ictkm.cgiar.org/2009/07/03/is-it-a-jungle-out-there/ Collaborate, Create, Communicate Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:54:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: enrica porcari http://ictkm.cgiar.org/2009/07/03/is-it-a-jungle-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-361 enrica porcari Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:38:51 +0000 http://ictkm.wordpress.com/?p=4050#comment-361 Thanks Ajit for the spelling correction...and for leading me to want to read more about Gandhi.... Thanks Ajit for the spelling correction…and for leading me to want to read more about Gandhi….

]]> By: Ajit Maru http://ictkm.cgiar.org/2009/07/03/is-it-a-jungle-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Ajit Maru Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:02:48 +0000 http://ictkm.wordpress.com/?p=4050#comment-360 Interesting! There are several other movies that give insight into organizational structures and the behavior of their leaders such as "The Godfather"! As a student of organizations, their structures and behaviors and having also studied animal behavior as a veterinarian, I always wonder about the parallel between managing organizations effectively and efficiently and the operations of a wolf pack (and many other predatory animal groups). All that you indicate as behavior in organizational jungle is also seen in wolf packs in the real jungle. So much for progress by humans in developing "modern" organizations! There is another side of Gandhi (spelt Gandhi) that is not really revealed when movies like "Gandhi" made him into a deity. This side, as real history reveals, was as violent and ruthless as any in human organizations. Interesting!

There are several other movies that give insight into organizational structures and the behavior of their leaders such as “The Godfather”!

As a student of organizations, their structures and behaviors and having also studied animal behavior as a veterinarian, I always wonder about the parallel between managing organizations effectively and efficiently and the operations of a wolf pack (and many other predatory animal groups). All that you indicate as behavior in organizational jungle is also seen in wolf packs in the real jungle. So much for progress by humans in developing “modern” organizations!

There is another side of Gandhi (spelt Gandhi) that is not really revealed when movies like “Gandhi” made him into a deity. This side, as real history reveals, was as violent and ruthless as any in human organizations.

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