Likert’s Linking Pin Concept

Likert noted that any effective System 4 will need to break into work groups that are: small enough to work and communicate together, and close enough to the problem to make effective, creative decisions.

This requires the pyramidal structure depicted on p. 191 in which there is someone linked to groups above and below a group’s place on the organization chart.

Likert noted that any effective System 4 will need to break into work groups that are: small enough to work and communicate together, and close enough to the problem to make effective, creative decisions.