Re: Goldratt's "five layers of resistance"

Thought this might be of interest to some on this list ...

I wonder how the 'five layers of resistance' compares to
the 'five stages of grief'?

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----- Forwarded message from Karl Buckridge <[email protected]> -----

|To: <[email protected]>
|From: "Karl Buckridge"<[email protected]>
|Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:08:02 +0100
|Subject: Re: [agilemanagement] Help needed with a reference

David
 
It is the layers of resistance to change by Eli Goldratt.
 
He makes reference to five layers of resistance to change (now six).
What you are talking about is Layer One - This layer is noticeable when
people acknowledge that there is a problem, however they justify not
being able to resolve the issue because it is 'Not there Fault. It is
someone else to blame. In short finger pointing is rife. If you would
like to know more I can send you Goldratts paper as an attachment it is
called 'My Saga to Improve Production'
 
Regards Karl
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: David  <mailto:[email protected]> Anderson 
To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>  
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 7:19 PM
Subject: [agilemanagement] Help needed with a reference

Hi,

I hope someone in this group can help me. I'm having a brain fade 
this week.

I need to find a reference to the following and I know I came across 
whilst researching my book. So hopefully someone will recognize it 
and know where I can find it.

When assessing problems in an organization, staff grades and line 
managers usually blame senior management for constraining them and 
failing to get them what they need to be successful. Senior 
management in the same organizations tend to blame external sources 
such as the economy, the market, the stock market, the weather and 
so on.

Hence, senior people place blame externally, junior people place 
blame above them in the hierarchy. Does anyone know the original 
reference for this?

Regards,

David
[Who fully expects to be embarrassed when someone points out where 
this came from]
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