What is an autonomous organization?

Building an autonomous company means the organization and its processes must be the center hub, rather than a person. Remember management guru Peter Drucker’s words: “The bottleneck is always at the top of the bottle.”

Are people autonomous?

And unlike springs and gears, people are, speaking colloquially, “autonomous”. They don’t behave according to simple, predictable physical rules. It is therefore odd that to suggest that something made out of people, like an organization, could be autonomous.

What is an example of an autonomous work group?

For example, if a nonprofit focusing on children's literacy creates an autonomous work group to plan and execute fundraisers, upper management might meet with them early in their process to brainstorm events that address the organization's mission, like book drives or magazine subscription sales.

What does Autónomos mean?

Greek autónomos "sself-governing, independent" (from auto- auto- + -nomos, adjective derivative of nómos "custom, convention, law") + -ous — more at nomothetic “Autonomous.”