I read The Tyranny of Structurelessness because of it being mentioned in this post, and I found it very applicable to EA groups, and to other non-structured groups I’ve been a part of. I’m not a sociologist, but I enjoy adopting the lens of sociology to look at social psychology and group dynamics. So I wanted to thank you for sharing a reference to something that I found interesting and useful.
I read The Tyranny of Structurelessness because of it being mentioned in this post, and I found it very applicable to EA groups, and to other non-structured groups I’ve been a part of. I’m not a sociologist, but I enjoy adopting the lens of sociology to look at social psychology and group dynamics. So I wanted to thank you for sharing a reference to something that I found interesting and useful.
Thanks.
Some more suggestions for longer / more advanced reading you might enjoy, in rough order of how strongly I recommend them:
Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline
James Q. Wilson, Bureaucracy
Hofstede, Cultures and Organisations
Blau and Scott, Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach
Graham Allison, Essence of Decision