1. Nicolás Jodal ARTech jnj@artech.com.uy A Guide for Understanding Organizations

3. What makes an organization grow old?

4. When is an organization efficient in the medium and long term?

5. What is the purpose of an organization?

6. P - Production The purpose of the organization is satisfying its clients.

7. RoleImpactTime Peffectiveness short term Summary

8. A - Administration ●It means ●Systematizing ●Transforming into a routine ●Scheduling activities ●So that things are done at the right time and with the right intensity ●It means ●Systematizing ●Transforming into a routine ●Scheduling activities ●So that things are done at the right time and with the right intensity

9. A - Administration ●The administrator must: ●Facilitate implementation ●Control work ●But they must not: ●Carry out production tasks ●Define what has to be produced ●The administrator must: ●Facilitate implementation ●Control work ●But they must not: ●Carry out production tasks ●Define what has to be produced

10. RoleImpactTime Peffectivenessshort term Aefficiencyshort term Summary:

11. E - Entrepreneurship ●Acting proactively and not reactively towards the future ●Creativity ●Assuming risk ●Acting proactively and not reactively towards the future ●Creativity ●Assuming risk

12. RoleImpactTime P efficiency short term A efficiency short term E effectivenesslong term Summary

13. I - Integration

14. From a Mechanistic mindset… … to an Organic mindset From a Mechanistic mindset… … to an Organic mindset

15. When is an organization efficient and effective in both the short and long term?

16. RoleImpactTime P effectiveness short term A efficiency short term E effectiveness long term I efficiency long term When it fulfills the four roles

17. What makes an Organization grow old?

18. What does young or old mean? High Low Prime Growth Aging FlexibilityControl

19. Courtship (paEi)

20. Courthsip (paEi) Affair (--E-)

21. Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-)

22. Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

23. Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

24. Founder’s trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

25. Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

26. Divorce Premature Aging (PAeI) Frustrated Entrepreneur (paEi) Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

27. Prime (PAEi) Divorce Premature Aging (PAeI) Frustrated Entrepreneur (paEi) Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

28. Stable (PAeI) Prime (PAEi) Divorce Premature Aging (PAeI) Frustrated Entrepreneur (paEi) Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

29. Aristocracy (pAeI) Stable (PAeI) Prime (PAEi) Divorce Premature Aging (PAeI) Frustrated Entrepreneur (paEi) Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

30. Aristocracy (pAeI) Early Bureaucracy (pA-i) Stable (PAeI) Prime (PAEi) Divorce Premature Aging (PAeI) Frustrated Entrepreneur (paEi) Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s Trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

31. Early Bureaucracy (pA-i) Bureaucracy (-A--) Aristocracy (pAeI) Stable (PAeI) Prime (PAEi) Divorce Premature Aging (PAeI) Frustrated Entrepreneur (paEi) Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s Trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

32. Death Early Bureaucracy (pA-i) Bureaucracy (-A--) Aristocracy (pAeI) Prime (PAEi) Divorce Premature Aging (PAeI) Frustradte Entrepreneur (paEi) Adolescence (pAEi) Founder’s Trap (P-E-) Go-Go (PaEi) Courtship (paEi) Infancy (Paei) Affair (--E-) Infant Mortality (P---)

33. What makes an Organization grow old? An Organization grows old when it loses its E LQQD

34. Test GrowthAging Success through risk-taking Cash flow problems From why and what to do Everything is permitted if not prohibited Problems are considered opportunities Success through risk-avoidance Good cash flow To how it was done and who did it Everything is prohibited unless expressely permitted Opportunities are considered problems

35. Aging It keeps people for their personality, regardless of their contribution to the organization

36. Growth It keeps people for their contribuion, regardless of their personality

37. What are we doing to keep our organizations young?