Introduction—Jazz Improvisation as a Metaphor for Organization Theory
以乐高公司CEO将高管团队比作爵士乐队的实例,引出爵士即兴作为组织理论隐喻的讨论,强调即兴应成为各级管理的标志。
The 1996 annual report of the LEGO Corporation featured the top management team decked out as a jazz ensemble with the CEO, Kjeld Møller Pedersen, playing the saxophone. The CEO of LEGO used the occasion to highlight his belief and expectation that improvisation is an art form that needs to become the hallmark of all levels of management, beginning at the top.