Joseph Shuster 5908 155th Ave. NE  -  Redmond, WA  98052 (425)-869-8521  -  joShu@msn.com

Organization, Communication and Values Spectrum

Description: This document gives a sense of the variety of organizations and people I have worked with.

	Sector	Organizational Structure	Primary Personalities and Values*
Director of Technology Catalysis Corporation	§ .COM § Marketing § Ecommerce § Technology	§ Matrix	§ Material gain, leveraging, profit. § Productivity and winning. § Goal-oriented high-tech and high status. § Image conscious, how to win niches. § Bigger, better, newer, faster, more popular. § Option analysis and justification. § PRO: productive, goal-oriented, focused. § CON: self-absorbed, compulsive achievers.
Technology Division Manager King County, Department of Judicial Administration	§ .GOV § Government § Law and Legal § Court System § Technology	§ Classic hierarchy	§ Reverence for law and justice. § Duty, honor, country. § Adhere to tradition and known methods. § Cautious, careful and risk-averse. § Orders and truth from authority. § Purpose in causes. § PRO: responsible, honorable, moral. § CON: rigid, intolerant, punitive, over-cautious.
Chief of Information Technology Seattle Art Museum	§ .ORG § Museum § Cultural Institution § Interactive Media	§ Directed-consensus	§ Egalitarian and relative. § All must collaborate and reach consensus. § Explore feelings and share experiences. § Harmony is highly valued. § Political correctness is important. § PRO: consensual, inclusive, sensitive. § CON: group-think, denies uniqueness, feely.
Director of Technical Services, Manager, Supervisor, Quality Coordinator Pac Services, Inc.	§ .COM § Manufacturing § Quality Control § Technology	§ Matrix	§ Profit and productivity. § Results, competition and winning. § Achieving abundance. § Free-market § Play to win. § PRO: energized, creates wealth. § CON: materialistic, short-sighted.
Air Force Officer US Air Force	§ .MIL § Technology	§ Authoritarian § Classic hierarchy	§ Chain of command and rank. § “Big boss”, dictatorial. § Trusty, power-heroes and displays of power. § Duty, honor, country, power, respect. § Tough-love tactics. § Orders from authority. § Rules and regulations. § Simple language and blunt images. § PRO: action-oriented, unconstrained, fun. § CON: Inflated egos, guiltless.

* Leverages work from Graves, Beck and Cowan.