ENTERPRISE:
LIST OF DEFINED TERMS AND CONCEPTS
1. A New Taxonomy for Management -
In order to govern and manage an entity, we must know what it is, both in whole and in parts. There is considerable confusion about what the entity is, such as, a corporation, business, firm or company. These confusing and overlapping terms are used to describe organized human activity, but they are not describing identical activity. Therefore, we see a need for a new taxonomy to classify these terms and to put them in their appropriate place. Our definition of the Enterprise does so.
2. Unity of Labor -
The theory of the Unity of Labor is the collective decision of individuals to organize themselves to satisfy their mutual self-interest and, thereby, to accomplish the common good. Unity of Labor postulates that individuals knowingly commit to the greater good of the Enterprise, both in pursuit of and in spite of their own best self-interests. They are willing to sacrifice themselves and their self-interest for what they perceive to be the greater common good, sometimes in total disregard for their own self-interest.
The Unity of Labor is the basic theory for management. It is the basis for all management theory and practice, because the purpose of Management is to organize human activity to accomplish tasks. The Unity of Labor is the underlying principle which guides management just as the Division of Labor is the underlying principle which guides production.
3. The Enterprise Definition, Purpose and Function -
The Enterprise is a systematic and industrious labor—an undertaking that combines risk and effort to yield rewards unachievable by an individual acting alone. It is a living, breathing entity - a living tool, designed to harness human potential energy through organizational structure.
The purpose for any Enterprise undertaken in good faith is to satisfy the customer at a profit to the shareholder. The function of the Enterprise is to mitigate the conflicts between self interest and the common good in order to accomplish certain goals and objectives. The Enterprise is the mitigating agent between self interest and the common good.
4. Enterprise Structure -
The Enterprise is a trinity of Form, Function and Forces, each having six Elements which are all in a dynamic state. These components interact organically and consensually based on the contractual will of the individual members of the Enterprise. The Enterprise is an organic entity composed of human beings who act in their own self-interest and who are willing to sublimate their self-interest to that of the group, like bees in a hive.
STRUCTURE OF THE ENTERPRISE -
FORM
1. Shareholders
2. Corporation
3. Company
4. Business
5. Product
6. Customers
FUNCTION
1. Governance & Strategy
2. Accounting, Control & Funding
3. Human Relations
4. Business Processes
5. Information Technology
6. Culture of the Firm
FORCES
1. Market Regulators
2. Financial Markets
3. Technology Markets
4. Vendor Markets
5. Product Markets & Competition
6. Public Perception
5. Enterprise Method -
The Enterprise Method® is a framework for analysis of the Enterprise by managers, financial analysts, creditors, rating agencies and vendors. It is a system for managing the Enterprise as a whole entity so that all the elements are integrated and work together to achieve common goals.
6. Enterprise - 3 Dimensional -
The Enterprise Method® is based on the idea that it is important to see the Enterprise as a three-dimensional entity existing and interacting with a surrounding environment. To aid in visualizing an Enterprise, we liken an Enterprise to the structure of an atom. This analogy may seem a bit unusual for a large Enterprise to be compared to something as small as an atom, but the parallels make it quite useful.
Organic molecules are based on carbon. The Atomic Model is an illustrative tool to see the Enterprise as a three-dimensional entity; the similarity to the structure of carbon is lagniappe. Living beings are described as organisms that can grow, change, respond and reproduce. The Enterprise is an organic entity that has all of these attributes. The carbon atom is the basic building block for all organic activity and so too is the Enterprise, small and large, the basic building block for all organized human activity.
7. Environment of the Enterprise -
As an organic entity, the Enterprise cannot exist in a vacuum. The Environment of the Enterprise is competition and markets, which are necessary for its very existence and survival. The Enterprise exists in a dynamic state with other Enterprises, both in competition and in cooperation. The nature of this dynamic relationship is Force on Force, just as two bodies exist in space and are attracted to each other through gravitational forces. This Force on Force relationship can be competitive when the Enterprises compete for the same customers, scarce resources and market share. It can be cooperative when the relationship is one between a buyer and seller or between a vendor and the Enterprise itself. Market regulators control these forces through rules and regulations that determine the conduct of both competition and cooperation.
8. Force on Force -
The Forces that surround the Enterprise, like gravitational forces, are the market Forces of the competitive world in which it exists. The Enterprise lives in these markets and relates to all other Enterprises through these markets, just like fish in water, a body in space or a buyer and seller in their market. Enterprise relates to other Enterprises Force on Force, positive on negative, buyer on seller.
Force on Force determines all Enterprise interactions and relationships.
9. Management Organization -
Management Organization implies the organic nature of the Enterprise and describes how it operates. Enterprise Structure is the architecture of the organization, while Management Structure is how the people are organized to manage the Enterprise and to fully employ all its resources. There are many different types of Management Organization and they differ with each type of Enterprise.
10. Value Helix -
The Enterprise Value Helix is an iterative process that continues in perpetuity. In other words, it is ongoing. Through a process of self-renewal, the Enterprise can live forever as long as it meets a customer’s need at a profit to the shareholders.
11. Point of Impact -
Management must delegate decision making down into and throughout the Enterprise to the Point of Impact, i.e. where the responsible individual will have both the authority and responsibility to make the appropriate decisions to implement the Enterprise Plan and/or the Business Plan. In business, the Point of Impact is servicing the customer or, in the case of military combat, contact with the enemy.
Allocation of resources can be delegated throughout the organization to the point of impact where the managers must make operational decisions and allocate resources to implement those decisions.
12. New Theory of the Firm - The Organic Tool -
The Enterprise is a living tool, created to harness human potential energy through organizational structure and used to satisfy customers at a profit to shareholders. In this way it is an organizational tool used to harness the power and potential energy of multiple people in an efficient manner towards a common end.
Because of its complexity and dynamism, the most fitting comparison for an Enterprise may be to a living thing, a “super-organism”. We thus seen an Enterprise as a living, breathing, organic entity—the next step of life beyond the individual. Viewing the Enterprise as an organic entity, we see clearly that it is something that can grow, change, respond and reproduce.
13. Governance Syllogism -
There is a causal relationship between governance and the results of the Enterprise which can best be seen in the Governance Syllogism:
THE GOVERNANCE SYLLOGISM:
• Unity of Labor determines principles
• Principles determine culture
• Culture determines standards
• Standards determine behavior (practices and procedures)
• Behavior determines results
• Results are customer satisfaction at a profit to the shareholders
• Results determine wealth
The Governance Syllogism shows the causal relationship between unity and the creation of wealth. This is the procedure which the governance of the Enterprise must employ in order to satisfy customers and create shareholder wealth.
14. Wealth -
Wealth is the sum total of all the output and profit of the Enterprise over time. Wealth is the cumulative effort and product of the Enterprise.
15. Wealth Syllogism -
In a slight variation on the Governance Syllogism, the following shows how wealth is created in each and every Enterprise.
WEALTH SYLLOGISM
• Directors and Managers determine Goals and Objectives.
• Goals and Objectives determine Strategy.
• Strategy determines Structure.
• Structure determines Behavior.
• Behavior determines Results.
• Results determine Wealth or Poverty.
Reference: "The Wealth of Enterprises: A New Foundation for Economics and Management" by William T. Nolan
www.thewealthofenterprises.com
Published by AuthorHouse
www.authorhouse.com
LIST OF DEFINED TERMS AND CONCEPTS
1. A New Taxonomy for Management -
In order to govern and manage an entity, we must know what it is, both in whole and in parts. There is considerable confusion about what the entity is, such as, a corporation, business, firm or company. These confusing and overlapping terms are used to describe organized human activity, but they are not describing identical activity. Therefore, we see a need for a new taxonomy to classify these terms and to put them in their appropriate place. Our definition of the Enterprise does so.
2. Unity of Labor -
The theory of the Unity of Labor is the collective decision of individuals to organize themselves to satisfy their mutual self-interest and, thereby, to accomplish the common good. Unity of Labor postulates that individuals knowingly commit to the greater good of the Enterprise, both in pursuit of and in spite of their own best self-interests. They are willing to sacrifice themselves and their self-interest for what they perceive to be the greater common good, sometimes in total disregard for their own self-interest.
The Unity of Labor is the basic theory for management. It is the basis for all management theory and practice, because the purpose of Management is to organize human activity to accomplish tasks. The Unity of Labor is the underlying principle which guides management just as the Division of Labor is the underlying principle which guides production.
3. The Enterprise Definition, Purpose and Function -
The Enterprise is a systematic and industrious labor—an undertaking that combines risk and effort to yield rewards unachievable by an individual acting alone. It is a living, breathing entity - a living tool, designed to harness human potential energy through organizational structure.
The purpose for any Enterprise undertaken in good faith is to satisfy the customer at a profit to the shareholder. The function of the Enterprise is to mitigate the conflicts between self interest and the common good in order to accomplish certain goals and objectives. The Enterprise is the mitigating agent between self interest and the common good.
4. Enterprise Structure -
The Enterprise is a trinity of Form, Function and Forces, each having six Elements which are all in a dynamic state. These components interact organically and consensually based on the contractual will of the individual members of the Enterprise. The Enterprise is an organic entity composed of human beings who act in their own self-interest and who are willing to sublimate their self-interest to that of the group, like bees in a hive.
STRUCTURE OF THE ENTERPRISE -
FORM
1. Shareholders
2. Corporation
3. Company
4. Business
5. Product
6. Customers
FUNCTION
1. Governance & Strategy
2. Accounting, Control & Funding
3. Human Relations
4. Business Processes
5. Information Technology
6. Culture of the Firm
FORCES
1. Market Regulators
2. Financial Markets
3. Technology Markets
4. Vendor Markets
5. Product Markets & Competition
6. Public Perception
5. Enterprise Method -
The Enterprise Method® is a framework for analysis of the Enterprise by managers, financial analysts, creditors, rating agencies and vendors. It is a system for managing the Enterprise as a whole entity so that all the elements are integrated and work together to achieve common goals.
6. Enterprise - 3 Dimensional -
The Enterprise Method® is based on the idea that it is important to see the Enterprise as a three-dimensional entity existing and interacting with a surrounding environment. To aid in visualizing an Enterprise, we liken an Enterprise to the structure of an atom. This analogy may seem a bit unusual for a large Enterprise to be compared to something as small as an atom, but the parallels make it quite useful.
Organic molecules are based on carbon. The Atomic Model is an illustrative tool to see the Enterprise as a three-dimensional entity; the similarity to the structure of carbon is lagniappe. Living beings are described as organisms that can grow, change, respond and reproduce. The Enterprise is an organic entity that has all of these attributes. The carbon atom is the basic building block for all organic activity and so too is the Enterprise, small and large, the basic building block for all organized human activity.
7. Environment of the Enterprise -
As an organic entity, the Enterprise cannot exist in a vacuum. The Environment of the Enterprise is competition and markets, which are necessary for its very existence and survival. The Enterprise exists in a dynamic state with other Enterprises, both in competition and in cooperation. The nature of this dynamic relationship is Force on Force, just as two bodies exist in space and are attracted to each other through gravitational forces. This Force on Force relationship can be competitive when the Enterprises compete for the same customers, scarce resources and market share. It can be cooperative when the relationship is one between a buyer and seller or between a vendor and the Enterprise itself. Market regulators control these forces through rules and regulations that determine the conduct of both competition and cooperation.
8. Force on Force -
The Forces that surround the Enterprise, like gravitational forces, are the market Forces of the competitive world in which it exists. The Enterprise lives in these markets and relates to all other Enterprises through these markets, just like fish in water, a body in space or a buyer and seller in their market. Enterprise relates to other Enterprises Force on Force, positive on negative, buyer on seller.
Force on Force determines all Enterprise interactions and relationships.
9. Management Organization -
Management Organization implies the organic nature of the Enterprise and describes how it operates. Enterprise Structure is the architecture of the organization, while Management Structure is how the people are organized to manage the Enterprise and to fully employ all its resources. There are many different types of Management Organization and they differ with each type of Enterprise.
10. Value Helix -
The Enterprise Value Helix is an iterative process that continues in perpetuity. In other words, it is ongoing. Through a process of self-renewal, the Enterprise can live forever as long as it meets a customer’s need at a profit to the shareholders.
11. Point of Impact -
Management must delegate decision making down into and throughout the Enterprise to the Point of Impact, i.e. where the responsible individual will have both the authority and responsibility to make the appropriate decisions to implement the Enterprise Plan and/or the Business Plan. In business, the Point of Impact is servicing the customer or, in the case of military combat, contact with the enemy.
Allocation of resources can be delegated throughout the organization to the point of impact where the managers must make operational decisions and allocate resources to implement those decisions.
12. New Theory of the Firm - The Organic Tool -
The Enterprise is a living tool, created to harness human potential energy through organizational structure and used to satisfy customers at a profit to shareholders. In this way it is an organizational tool used to harness the power and potential energy of multiple people in an efficient manner towards a common end.
Because of its complexity and dynamism, the most fitting comparison for an Enterprise may be to a living thing, a “super-organism”. We thus seen an Enterprise as a living, breathing, organic entity—the next step of life beyond the individual. Viewing the Enterprise as an organic entity, we see clearly that it is something that can grow, change, respond and reproduce.
13. Governance Syllogism -
There is a causal relationship between governance and the results of the Enterprise which can best be seen in the Governance Syllogism:
THE GOVERNANCE SYLLOGISM:
• Unity of Labor determines principles
• Principles determine culture
• Culture determines standards
• Standards determine behavior (practices and procedures)
• Behavior determines results
• Results are customer satisfaction at a profit to the shareholders
• Results determine wealth
The Governance Syllogism shows the causal relationship between unity and the creation of wealth. This is the procedure which the governance of the Enterprise must employ in order to satisfy customers and create shareholder wealth.
14. Wealth -
Wealth is the sum total of all the output and profit of the Enterprise over time. Wealth is the cumulative effort and product of the Enterprise.
15. Wealth Syllogism -
In a slight variation on the Governance Syllogism, the following shows how wealth is created in each and every Enterprise.
WEALTH SYLLOGISM
• Directors and Managers determine Goals and Objectives.
• Goals and Objectives determine Strategy.
• Strategy determines Structure.
• Structure determines Behavior.
• Behavior determines Results.
• Results determine Wealth or Poverty.
Reference: "The Wealth of Enterprises: A New Foundation for Economics and Management" by William T. Nolan
www.thewealthofenterprises.com
Published by AuthorHouse
www.authorhouse.com
Bush Raps is a presidential parody collaboration album released in 2004 from various artists all over the world, organized by the virtual band named The Bots. The band normally deals with computer-synthesized music, however, in this case, the band created a 15,000 word database created from speeches made by US. President George W. Bush to make an album. Using this, they made the parody song "Fuzzy Math". The song gained popularity and was later made into a music video. Reacting to the popularity of "Fuzzy Math", The Bots put the database on their site so it could be downloaded by others, and announced a contest in which they would give away software to the people who made the best songs. The response was overwhelming with over 60 entries received, all of which can be heard at the band's website. The Bots proceeded to put 20 of their favorite entries together along with "Fuzzy Math" on a CD which they named Bush Raps. They have since been selling the CD on their website to help cover the cost of webhosting, although everyone is still free to download the songs off of the website and are encouraged to make their own CD.
The sites for the individual artists are linked to at The Bots' site, although some of them are no longer up. Interestingly, song number 21, "The True Confessions of George W. Bush", does not use the contest database at all, and rather is composed of the actual artist singing along with the commercial clip, "My Name is George W. Bush and I approve this message." The message was then edited to say "My name is George W. Bush and I approve this mess."
The winning track, "The Evil Plans of George W. Bush III" was written by ex-UK producer Chelfyn Baxter after finding himself trapped in the US for 5 days after 9/11 while emigrating to live in New Zealand.
Track listing
1. The Evil Plans of George W. Bush III - Chelfyn
2. Fuzzy Math- The Bots
3. Death of Democracy- 37Hz
4. Dick is a Killer- The Party Party
5. Recycled Stuff- The Solano Project
6. The Tactics of Potholes- James Hopkinson
7. Party Tonight- The Loran Swelk Orchestra
8. We All Want Peace- Charltones
9. Fudge The Numbers- Lthrboots
10. Abu Garum- Dr. Laniac
11. Orange Plus- Namaste
12. Peace March- Pine
13. Bush's Prayer- Frenz
14. Slice 'O Heaven- Orri
15. The New Bushisms- MC Quake
16. Bush Don't Quit- Internal
17. wwwBush- MC Articulate
18. GBMD- Brian Nowhere
19. Hundreds of Pounds- Broken Snowman
20. With You At My Side- Howard Amb & The Aborted
21. The True Confessions of George W. Bush- Michael R. Anderson & Band in America
The sites for the individual artists are linked to at The Bots' site, although some of them are no longer up. Interestingly, song number 21, "The True Confessions of George W. Bush", does not use the contest database at all, and rather is composed of the actual artist singing along with the commercial clip, "My Name is George W. Bush and I approve this message." The message was then edited to say "My name is George W. Bush and I approve this mess."
The winning track, "The Evil Plans of George W. Bush III" was written by ex-UK producer Chelfyn Baxter after finding himself trapped in the US for 5 days after 9/11 while emigrating to live in New Zealand.
Track listing
1. The Evil Plans of George W. Bush III - Chelfyn
2. Fuzzy Math- The Bots
3. Death of Democracy- 37Hz
4. Dick is a Killer- The Party Party
5. Recycled Stuff- The Solano Project
6. The Tactics of Potholes- James Hopkinson
7. Party Tonight- The Loran Swelk Orchestra
8. We All Want Peace- Charltones
9. Fudge The Numbers- Lthrboots
10. Abu Garum- Dr. Laniac
11. Orange Plus- Namaste
12. Peace March- Pine
13. Bush's Prayer- Frenz
14. Slice 'O Heaven- Orri
15. The New Bushisms- MC Quake
16. Bush Don't Quit- Internal
17. wwwBush- MC Articulate
18. GBMD- Brian Nowhere
19. Hundreds of Pounds- Broken Snowman
20. With You At My Side- Howard Amb & The Aborted
21. The True Confessions of George W. Bush- Michael R. Anderson & Band in America
Joe Burrus was an escape artist in the San Francisco area who died October 30, 1990, while attempting to be buried alive. There was a camera crew present, as his attempt was being filmed for a tv show.
Incident
He was contained inside an acrylic glass clear box, or coffin, of his own construction. After it was lowered into a hole, his crew began filling the hole with dirt around the sides of the coffin. Then they began filling the hole with wet concrete.
Joe had practiced this stunt before, but only with dirt, not with concrete. As a result, he had failed to correctly estimate the higher weight of wet concrete versus that of dry earth. Thus, as the concrete was being poured into the hole, there was a sudden drop of height as the coffin collapsed.
It took some time but the safety crew was able to excavate the concrete-filled hole enough to reach Joe, at which point he was long dead.
Incident
He was contained inside an acrylic glass clear box, or coffin, of his own construction. After it was lowered into a hole, his crew began filling the hole with dirt around the sides of the coffin. Then they began filling the hole with wet concrete.
Joe had practiced this stunt before, but only with dirt, not with concrete. As a result, he had failed to correctly estimate the higher weight of wet concrete versus that of dry earth. Thus, as the concrete was being poured into the hole, there was a sudden drop of height as the coffin collapsed.
It took some time but the safety crew was able to excavate the concrete-filled hole enough to reach Joe, at which point he was long dead.
James J. Flaherty (born January 18, 1952) is the founder of New Ventures West, a coach training and business consulting company, and author of Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others.
Biography
Flaherty was born in Boston, Massachusetts. The second of seven children, he was educated in the public and parochial schools of Massachusetts and New York until age 14, when he moved to California. There he attended Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose.
After high school he entered the Jesuit seminary in Santa Barbara, intending to become a Catholic priest. He left after a year, clearly seeing that that way of life was not for him, and returned to his home near Palo Alto, California. After a year of attending junior college classes and volunteering at an elementary school and a pediatrics ward, James returned to formal education at the University of California Santa Cruz, where he studied literature and psychology.
At age 23, he moved to San Francisco and became involved with the work of Werner Erhard, learning to lead workshops and holding various staff positions. He met Fernando Flores, who was then a partner with Werner in bringing public workshops designed around Fernando’s work to Werner’s network. In this same period of time James was also trained as a Rolfer, and Fernando became his client. Based upon many mutual interests, a friendship arose and developed into an interesting working relationship: James worked free for Fernando one day per week, and Fernando tutored and mentored him in philosophy, human biology, language and adult learning. The education was intense and far reaching, forming in many ways the foundation for what would follow. James eventually went on and led the workshops that Fernando had designed and offered through his company, Hermenet.
When Fernando and Werner’s partnership ended, James went out on his own, taking what he had learned and adding his own experience to it. After various twists and turns, in 1985 he founded New Ventures West, a coach training and business consulting company. Since then, much has been added to the intellectual foundation of James’s work. He became a serious Zen student, studying with Norman Fischer, and folded the wisdom of that long tradition into his work, as well as that of Ken Wilber, Jürgen Habermas, Martin Heidegger, Humberto Maturana, Robert Kegan, George Lakoff, Charles Taylor, John Searle, Robert Solomon, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, and many, many, others to invent a new discipline that he calls Integral Coaching.
He wrote Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others, a book is now in its second edition. The programs of New Ventures West are offered in the United States, Mexico, South Africa, Canada and soon in Asia.
James married Stacy Keller in 1977 and they have a daughter, Devin, born in 1985.
Biography
Flaherty was born in Boston, Massachusetts. The second of seven children, he was educated in the public and parochial schools of Massachusetts and New York until age 14, when he moved to California. There he attended Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose.
After high school he entered the Jesuit seminary in Santa Barbara, intending to become a Catholic priest. He left after a year, clearly seeing that that way of life was not for him, and returned to his home near Palo Alto, California. After a year of attending junior college classes and volunteering at an elementary school and a pediatrics ward, James returned to formal education at the University of California Santa Cruz, where he studied literature and psychology.
At age 23, he moved to San Francisco and became involved with the work of Werner Erhard, learning to lead workshops and holding various staff positions. He met Fernando Flores, who was then a partner with Werner in bringing public workshops designed around Fernando’s work to Werner’s network. In this same period of time James was also trained as a Rolfer, and Fernando became his client. Based upon many mutual interests, a friendship arose and developed into an interesting working relationship: James worked free for Fernando one day per week, and Fernando tutored and mentored him in philosophy, human biology, language and adult learning. The education was intense and far reaching, forming in many ways the foundation for what would follow. James eventually went on and led the workshops that Fernando had designed and offered through his company, Hermenet.
When Fernando and Werner’s partnership ended, James went out on his own, taking what he had learned and adding his own experience to it. After various twists and turns, in 1985 he founded New Ventures West, a coach training and business consulting company. Since then, much has been added to the intellectual foundation of James’s work. He became a serious Zen student, studying with Norman Fischer, and folded the wisdom of that long tradition into his work, as well as that of Ken Wilber, Jürgen Habermas, Martin Heidegger, Humberto Maturana, Robert Kegan, George Lakoff, Charles Taylor, John Searle, Robert Solomon, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, and many, many, others to invent a new discipline that he calls Integral Coaching.
He wrote Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others, a book is now in its second edition. The programs of New Ventures West are offered in the United States, Mexico, South Africa, Canada and soon in Asia.
James married Stacy Keller in 1977 and they have a daughter, Devin, born in 1985.