What is Management Drives? A new way of looking at organizations Management Drives® is a new way of looking at organizations. It is a method which is founded on the premise that people and organizations have specific dominant mind-frames. We measure these mind-frames in the form of drives. Experience shows that people and organizations have a strong tendency to over-emphasise their personal mind-frames. We are, in effect, prisoners of our mind-frames. The effect of these mind-frames extends much further than many people realize. These drives largely determine how individuals and organizations perform. An individual’s drive governs their behaviour, their perceptions, their motivation for doing or not doing something, the issues they prefer to focus on, and their management and decision-making styles. Moreover this mind-frame also determines what is never enough, or what is always too much… The combination of drives is present in every form of collaboration, and ultimately determines the interactions that take place. Do we understand each other and support each other – or are we continually at loggerheads and always talking at cross-purposes? Management Drives® works as cultural method – not as a psychological tool. The cultural method is rooted in the relationship between behaviour and the surrounding culture. It does not assume a solid physiological nucleus as explanation for behaviour. The behavioural repertoire of the individual is explained by the perceived external circumstances > more... |
Aim 2: To sustainably manage culture within organisations and alliances . Aim 3: To provide a simple language of culture that enables all members of organisations and alliances to share a common framework for understanding, discussing, communicating, planning and managing culture. Aim 4: Since the culture of an organisation is founded on the individuals who make up the organisation, the cultural management system should provide personal as well as group insights and opportunities. |