1. ALE Assignment 5 Carol Longman & Neil Quin The spinning
top is used as a n analogy for a sustainable organisation.
2. for the spinning top to spin optimally, it must be designed
with a low centre of gravity. Form for an organisation to be
sustainable, it is should recruit value aligned employees.
Alignment likened to the form of the spinning top
3. Alignment through recruitment Aligned employees make sound
decision about priorities Aligned teams are more likely to work as
one Aligned organisations are able to adapt to changing situations
As the form of the spinning top enhances its ability to spin
efficiently, so to should the recruitment methodology of the
organisation perpetuate its need for value aligned employees to
support the succession of people.
4. for the spinning top to spin it must remain precisely
balanced. for an organisation to be sustainable, it is should adopt
a values based constitution. Balance Culture likened to the balance
of the spinning top
5. Culture By spinning the top rapidly, centrifugal force and
inertia allows the top to spin around its axis and remain upright,
so to should the values constitution of the organisation be the
cornerstone for aligned decision making and promote guidance to
employees. The culture is predicated on Personal responsibility It
promotes consistency and sustainability It establishes connectivity
between people and organisation direction
6. the top will continue spinning until acted upon by outside
forces (friction and gravity) Friction for an organisation to
remain sustainable, it is should establish a platform for all of
its people to be engaged. Engagement
7. Engaged employees As would the forces of friction and
gravity diminish the tops ability to maintain its balance, and
function, so too would the lack of forces to support employee
engagement diminish the organisations ability to be sustainable in
the long term Engaged employees promote commitment and focus
promote efficiency, productivity and creativity are more likely to
support long term sustainability
8. The spinning top is designed to support the most efficient
use of transferred (kinetic) energy through the manipulation of
internal and external forces So too can an organisation only be as
sustainable as the construct of its strategies for
multi-generational succession through total engagement of all of
its people