Home Reading. Charles Handy "Beyond Certainty"

A community responsible for its own destiny, not to be bought except with its consent, is on the face of it a license for management to do as it pleases. After the constraints of is bounded space have been met, it is accountable only to its members. This kind of self-determination has been a charter for scoundrels through the ages, or so it will be argued. I would agree that some form of authority is necessary through which the management would be accountable a board of trustees, perhaps, whose task is oversight not direction, with the ultimate power to replace the management should they fail in their task of growing the community. If this seems close to the supervisory boards of Germany, I would be tempted to say, "Well, why not, it doesn't seem to have done them too much harm?" but there are other variants, including Tricker’s notion of a twin board, half nonexecutive, which meets separately for some of the time with clearly defined duties, and half executive. An independent chairman presides over them both when they meet as one. The details, however, are less important than the principle, that the board of trustees holds the accountability of the membership of the corporate community within that hexagonal ring, It is my belief that the businesses of Germany and Japan are thought of more as communities than as properties.

Es piekrītu, ka ir vajadzīga zināma veida pilnvaras, ar kuru palīdzību vadība būtu atbildīga par pilnvaroto valdi, kuras uzdevums, iespējams, ir pārraudzīt nevis virzienu, bet gan galveno pilnvaru aizstāt ar pārvaldību, ja tās nespēs iekļauties kopienas darbā. Ja tas būtu saistīts ar Vācijas uzraudzības padomēm, es gribētu teikt: "Nu, kāpēc ne, šķiet, ka viņiem nav nodarīts pārāk daudz kaitējuma?" bet ir arī citi varianti, tostarp Tricker doma par dvīņu dēli, puse no nevaldījuma, kas sanāk atsevišķi uz laiku ar skaidri noteiktiem uzdevumiem un pusi izpildvaras. Neatkarīgs priekšsēdētājs tos pārvalda, kad viņi sanāk kopā. Sīkāka informācija tomēr nav tik svarīga kā princips, ka pilnvarotai valdei ir jāuzņemas atbildība par korporatīvās kopienas dalību šajā sešstūra gredzenā. Es uzskatu, ka Vācijas un Japānas uzņēmumi tiek domāti vairāk kā kopienas nekā kā īpašumi.…