As far as I can tell, the anarchic perspective defines hierarchies as inherently compulsive. The claim is that organization that otherwise resembles a “hierarchy” is fine so long as it’s voluntary. You can still have people who are good at coordination in “charge” of coordinating things, with the caveat that that “authority” can be rejected at any time.
Titles for employees, and formal positions are natural because people tend to specialize but i can agree it would be maybe nicer to have more diverse job responsibilities.
But like if a company knows it has to hire 50 IT workers to meet a deadline it wouldnt hire them and hope they decide to fulfill the requirements of the job. They would lock them into a specialty so they can deploy them strategically. I just dont see it as evil or wrong to have hierarchy but i can appreciate progressive workplace environments if they work
Oh personally I think that kind of strict anti-hierarchical position is too idealistic. I don’t think the people who propose that kind of extreme decentralization have ever tried to organize a functional endeavor composed of more than a dozen people. I’d like to believe a totally voluntary, spontaneously organized society could work, but I’ve coordinated too many projects to really believe it.
As far as I can tell, the anarchic perspective defines hierarchies as inherently compulsive. The claim is that organization that otherwise resembles a “hierarchy” is fine so long as it’s voluntary. You can still have people who are good at coordination in “charge” of coordinating things, with the caveat that that “authority” can be rejected at any time.
Titles for employees, and formal positions are natural because people tend to specialize but i can agree it would be maybe nicer to have more diverse job responsibilities.
But like if a company knows it has to hire 50 IT workers to meet a deadline it wouldnt hire them and hope they decide to fulfill the requirements of the job. They would lock them into a specialty so they can deploy them strategically. I just dont see it as evil or wrong to have hierarchy but i can appreciate progressive workplace environments if they work
Oh personally I think that kind of strict anti-hierarchical position is too idealistic. I don’t think the people who propose that kind of extreme decentralization have ever tried to organize a functional endeavor composed of more than a dozen people. I’d like to believe a totally voluntary, spontaneously organized society could work, but I’ve coordinated too many projects to really believe it.