Exploring an idea formed after reading Matt Ridley's The origins of virtue — "Heavy government makes people more selfish, not less." [p.263]. He argues that top heavy intrusive governance has lead to a breakdown in community spirit and a lowered sense of individual responsibility. I wonder whether this would also be true within organisations?
Does authoritarian management lead to less reciprocity and trust, and a tendency towards self-interested behaviours, e.g. do work, get paid, go home; nothing more, nothing less? A lack of social contracts [see first paper] would have an impact.
Are more cooperative [flat] organisations more akin to Ridley's examples of groups of cooperating individuals for the good of the group? Trust is essential...
Hayek's views
The central roles of the state [read organisation/management?] should be to maintain the rule of law [read focus?], with as little arbitrary intervention as possible.
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