{"id":4714,"date":"2010-02-15T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2010\/02\/15\/organizational-boundaries-via-amorphous\/"},"modified":"2010-02-15T04:08:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T04:08:00","slug":"organizational-boundaries-via-amorphous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2010\/02\/15\/organizational-boundaries-via-amorphous\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizational Boundaries (via Amorphous)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/n3m6.posterous.com\/organizational-boundaries'>Organizational Boundaries (via Amorphous)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.posterous.com\/n3m6\/wxqZF4p2VfrCtRPNkdEsNU9q5XfXVpT5cWtjxirTaltBAosoccRLEFFDCExS\/IMAG0018.jpg?w=400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The letters on the top right corner of the image reads &ldquo;officers only&rdquo;. The &ldquo;officers only&rdquo; zone refers to parking space allocated for officers on a *public* road. This is not strange or peculiar, given that other organizations make use of public space as well.<\/p>\n<p>Giving the top brass of an organization exclusive parking space in one of the busiest districts in town seems like a great way to reward your employees. The other interesting thing about this image is the strict demarcation between officers and lower staff, given that the said organization uses a tall ladder ranking scheme, with a myriad different ranks.<\/p>\n<p>This image then gives evidence to how the organization&rsquo;s internal and external boundaries are used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizational Boundaries (via Amorphous) The letters on the top right corner of the image reads &ldquo;officers only&rdquo;. The &ldquo;officers only&rdquo; zone refers to parking space allocated for officers on a *public* road. This is not strange or peculiar, given that other organizations make use of public space as well. Giving the top brass of an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[265,91,8,24,51,264,263],"class_list":["post-4714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","tag-boundaries","tag-magumathee","tag-maldives","tag-male","tag-organization","tag-publicspace","tag-street","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1e2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4788,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2010\/01\/16\/amorphous-day-rooms-for-rent\/","url_meta":{"origin":4714,"position":0},"title":"Amorphous: Day rooms for rent","author":"monochromist","date":"January 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"One can see these posters popping up everywhere in Male. 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