By Leslie Pratch Measuring the Individual: Time Horizon As one goes higher in a managerial hierarchy, the most difficult problems grow increasingly complex, and as the complexity of a task increases, so does the complexity of the mental work required to handle it. This complexity, like time span, also occurs in leaps or jumps. In [...]

By Leslie Pratch Characteristics of the Work Strata Here are descriptions of the work strata, as Jaques described them in Chapter 3 of Requisite Organization Stratum I (time span: one day to three months). This stratum includes first-line manual and clerical work. A task is assigned in terms of a specific, concrete output. Examples: pack [...]