This thesis shows the main characteristics of alternative organizational models looking back on the evolution of the company Zappos.com after its acquisition by Amazon in 2009. It focuses on the evolution of the company from Holacracy’s implementation and the implementation of market-based dynamics (MBD) up to the introduction of quantum management and Rendanhey. It focuses particularly on the holacratic model, describing its origins, functioning, characteristics and positive and negative effects found in the practical case. For this purpose, parameters such as company ranking, employee turnover, customer satisfaction are taken into consideration as well as some testimonies from employees who have experienced the implementation of the holacratic model in Zappos.com. 220 The thesis also aims to investigate the relationship between the organizational structure and contingent factors such as size, environment, technology and organizational culture, with references to the factors that have determined, from industrial revolutions to Industry 4.0, production flows and organizational models. Next, the role of internal communication in the implementation of organizational models is stressed and in particular how a structured internal communication played a fundamental role in the implementation of the holacratic model for Zappos.com. Lastly, explains how holacracy borrows elements from both traditional vertical organizational models and self-management and how alternative organizational models can be considered as a valid alternative to bureaucracy and Taylorism and how they can contribute to the survival of companies in the Future within the troubled context of Industry 4.0.
La tesi illustra le caratteristiche salienti dei modelli organizzativi alternativi ripercorrendoli attraverso l’evoluzione dell’azienda Zappos.com dopo l’acquisizione da parte di Amazon nel 2009. Si concentra sull’evoluzione dell’azienda dall’attuazione del modello olocratico, passando per l’implementazione delle market-based dynamics (MBD) fino all’avvicinamento al quantum management e al Rendanhey. Particolare focus viene riposto sul modello olocratico descrivendone ragioni di nascita, funzionamento, caratteristiche e effetti positivi e negativi riscontrati dal caso pratico. A questo scopo, vengono presi in considerazione parametri come ranking dell’azienda, turnover dei dipendenti, customer satisfaction oltre che alcune testimonianze di ex dipendenti che hanno vissuto l’implementazione del modello olocratico in Zappos.com. La tesi mira, inoltre, ad indagare la relazione tra la struttura organizzativa e i fattori contingenti come dimensione, ambiente, tecnologia e cultura organizzativa, con cenni ai fattori 219 che hanno determinato, dalle rivoluzioni industriali all’industria 4.0, i flussi produttivi e i modelli organizzativi. Evidenzia poi, il ruolo della comunicazione interna nell’implementazione dei modelli organizzativi e in particolare come un sistema di comunicazione interna strutturato sia stato alla base dell’implementazione del modello olocratico in Zappos.com. Viene chiarito infine, come il modello olocratico incorpori sia elementi di verticalità che del self management e come nel contesto turbolento dell’industria 4.0, i modelli organizzativi alternativi possano essere considerati una valida alternativa a burocrazia e taylorismo e in che modo possano contribuire alla sopravvivenza delle aziende in Futuro.
"Olocrazia" e modelli non-tradizionali nelle organizzazioni aziendali.
NASCIMBENE, SARA
2022/2023
Abstract
This thesis shows the main characteristics of alternative organizational models looking back on the evolution of the company Zappos.com after its acquisition by Amazon in 2009. It focuses on the evolution of the company from Holacracy’s implementation and the implementation of market-based dynamics (MBD) up to the introduction of quantum management and Rendanhey. It focuses particularly on the holacratic model, describing its origins, functioning, characteristics and positive and negative effects found in the practical case. For this purpose, parameters such as company ranking, employee turnover, customer satisfaction are taken into consideration as well as some testimonies from employees who have experienced the implementation of the holacratic model in Zappos.com. 220 The thesis also aims to investigate the relationship between the organizational structure and contingent factors such as size, environment, technology and organizational culture, with references to the factors that have determined, from industrial revolutions to Industry 4.0, production flows and organizational models. Next, the role of internal communication in the implementation of organizational models is stressed and in particular how a structured internal communication played a fundamental role in the implementation of the holacratic model for Zappos.com. Lastly, explains how holacracy borrows elements from both traditional vertical organizational models and self-management and how alternative organizational models can be considered as a valid alternative to bureaucracy and Taylorism and how they can contribute to the survival of companies in the Future within the troubled context of Industry 4.0.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14239/3822