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The dysfunctionally functional company

  • What is a dysfunctionally functional company?
  • Companies with a micro-managing chief executive officer
  • Businesses with an arrogant president
  • Multiple levels of management is dysfunctional
  • Mixed messages from senior leadership can be problematic

Leonard Wolff examines those companies that function successfully despite being dysfunctional. So, what makes for a dysfunctionally functional company and what does it mean to work for one?

 

Companies exist in many sizes and forms. They all have their own uniqueness, quirkiness, and management styles. For the most part employees adapt accordingly. Some companies or organisations exist in a manner that I suggest is dysfunctionally functional and are successful to some degree despite themselves.

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