MOR 465 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sue Gardner, Jimmy Wales

• School: USC
• Department: Management and Organization
• Course: MOR 465
• Professor: padler

Document Summary

As the organization grows in size, the directors and managers need to put their operations in perspective. Wikipedia board of directors (sue gardner, jimmy wales) and. More restriction on addition of the material would reduce freedom of the volunteers. This might affect their enthusiasm and desire to contribute ; linux and apache, they are other open-source projects with significant differences compared to wikipedia, people surfing. Wikipedia to find relevant information; the people who get articles written about them- wikipedia cultivates the thoughts of many readers so it could affect the goodwill of the famous personalities. What makes wikipedia unique from most organizations is that it is not commercialized. The decision making power lies in the hands of the. They want to ensure the longevity of the organization. This gives them high motivation and ability to make changes. The contributors to wikipedia do not have much say in the internal decision making of the organization thus their ability is low.