Is a disordered company necessarily a bad one?
Not long ago, I saw a passage in James Scott's perspective of the state. I read it to you, saying: "formal systems are always parasitic on informal processes to a large extent. Although formal systems do not recognize the existence of informal processes, they cannot survive without them."
This passage is very profound. If we understand a country or a company from the outside, what we see is always a formal system.
But in fact, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Under the sea, most of them are informal processes. It's all kinds of tacit understanding, consensus, conventions and customs that support the operation of this system.
So in those systems that are developing very fast, you will see a lot of irregularities.
But don't think that's a mess. There are a lot of informal institutions under the sea.
As long as these informal systems can constantly emerge from the sea and be solidified into formal systems, as long as this process continues to occur, the system can't be any worse.
This is the classic work of James C. Scott, a famous scholar. It gives a panoramic description of the rise of modern countries.
乱公司,一定是坏公司吗?
前不久我看到詹姆斯·斯科特的《国家的视角》这本书里有一段话,我给你念念,说:“正式制度在很大程度上总是寄生于非正规过程,虽然正式制度并不承认非正规过程的存在,但没有它们又无法生存。”
这段话说得非常深刻。我们从外部去了解一个国家也好,一个公司也好,看到的从来都是正式制度。
但其实那只是冰山一角,海面下面绝大多数都是非正规过程,就是各种默契、共识、惯例、习俗在支撑着这个体系的运作。
所以在那些发展速度非常快的体系里面,你会看到大量不守规矩的现象。
但是别以为那就是一团糟,海面下面其实是有大量非正式制度的。
只要这些非正式制度能够不断地冒出海面,被固化成正式制度,这过程只要持续在发生,那这个体系再差其实也差不到哪儿去。
为你推荐电子书《国家的视角》,这是著名学者詹姆斯·C·斯科特的经典之作,对现代国家崛起做了全景式的描述。
重点词汇
long ago 从前 ; 老早
of the state 国
in fact 事实上,其实 ; 准确地说;确切地说
most of 大多数
all kinds of 各种类型的 ; 五花八门的
see a lot of 经常见到,经常和…在一起
nice
这个版本为啥看不了文本