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May 27, 2026·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Chapter 8: Vital Intelligence Doctrine (VID) - From Centralized Control to Lean Networks – Unleashing Governance Potential

Minh Trí Phạm

Chapter 8 explores the structural limitations of centralized management models within an increasingly volatile global environment. It critically examines how traditional hierarchical "pyramid" structures inadvertently create operational bottlenecks and decision-making convergence points that compromise organizational agility. The chapter introduces the concept of the Lean Network as a strategic evolution, where decentralized, autonomous units—or "Vital Intelligence Nodes"—replace static bureaucratic layers. By leveraging Artificial Intelligence for operational optimization and transitioning toward a "Management by Values" framework, this chapter argues that leaders can liberate themselves from the burden of micro-management. Ultimately, the transition to a lean, decentralized architecture is presented not as a loss of authority, but as a mechanism to enhance systemic resilience, ensuring institutional longevity and leadership efficacy in the era of Vital Intelligence. Keywords: Lean Management⁠, ⁠Decentralized Governance⁠, ⁠Organizational Architecture⁠, ⁠Management by Values⁠, ⁠Vital Intelligence Doctrine⁠, ⁠VID⁠.

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Corporate Management and Leadership
Artificial Intelligence Applications
Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
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Jan 1, 2021·Archiv für die civilistische Praxis
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Dezentrale (autonome) Organisationen

Sophia Schwemmer

Die Blockchain-Technologie basiert auf dem Prinzip der Dezentralisierung. Dieses Grundprinzip strukturiert nicht nur die technologische Ebene der Speicherung von Information. Es strukturiert vielmehr auch die verbandsrechtliche Organisation blockchainbasierter Unternehmen und Projekte. So diskutiert die Blockchain-Szene seit einigen Jahren das Konzept der sog. Decentralized Autonomous Organization (»DAO«) bzw. der Decentralized Organisation (»DO«). Dabei geht es im Kern darum, die Verwaltung von (Plattform-)Projekten auf der Blockchain oder von Vermögensgegenständen in einem dezentralen Netzwerk zu organisieren. Die Mitglieder einer dezentralen Organisation sollen sich mittels auf der Blockchain gespeicherter Softwareprotokolle koordinieren und sie so unmittelbar selbst verwalten. In einer dezentralen autonomen Organisation übernimmt demgegenüber eine autonom agierende künstliche Intelligenz zumindest Teile der Leitungsfunktion. Ein zentrales, hierarchisch strukturiertes Management soll in beiden Fällen überflüssig sein. So sollen die agency costs tradierter Gesellschaftsformen umgangen werden und Unternehmen dynamischer und effizienter werden. Damit greift das Konzept der dezentralen Organisation einen Trend aus der Managementlehre auf. Nicht nur in Startups werden zunehmend Entscheidungen in Teams ohne Hierarchien erarbeitet. Die Verbandsformen des Handelsrechts gehen aber von hierarchischen Strukturen aus, wenn sie Leitungsorganen zentrale Verantwortung und Haftung zuweisen. Dezentrale Organisationen sollen nun heterarchische Unternehmensphilosophien in der Organisationsverfassung des Verbands abbilden.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
Corporate Management and Leadership
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Aug 14, 2019·Informatik-Spektrum
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Distributed Ledger und Governance

Ursula Sury

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Public Administration and Political Analysis
Corporate Management and Leadership
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Jun 25, 1998·Trust Within And Between Organizations
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Introduction: Theories and Issues in the Study of Trust

Christel Lane

Abstract Recent changes in the global business environment have radically increased the demands which businesses have to fulfil to stay in the competitive race. Firms in the advanced countries are facing tremendous challenges from a number of sources: demands for enhanced quality and variability of goods and constant innovation in product development; severe price competition from low-wage countries; and much increased costs of new technology. Some of these demands are also beginning to impinge on newly industrializing societies (NIS). To cope with these new challenges, firms have begun to implement organizational innovations within firms and in their relations with other firms. Among the latter, relational contracting, networks, strategic alliances and horizontal co-operation in industrial districts have become particularly prevalent (Piorc and Sabel 1984; Powell 1990; Ring and van de Ven 1992; Alter and Hage 1993; Sydow 1996). Within organizations, networking, semi-autonomous working groups, and reciprocity are also accorded new importance (Rajan, van Eupen, and Jaspers 1997: 36; Turner and Auer 1994), as are forms of organizational decentralization of responsibility.

Innovation and Knowledge Management
Social Capital and Networks
Corporate Management and Leadership
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