Along the way I came to realize that there were five key subjects. I then became certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Information Technology Infrastructure Library Service Manager (ITIL-SM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Master Black Belt (MBB) in Six Sigma. The fifth discipline is the one that sets the vision for what we want to do.
In September 2006 I began writing a book to explain Best Practices for Information Technology. I explained that data processing was organized into five compartments:
- Governance to ensure the parts work together (CISA).
- Projects to make changes (PMP).
- Metrics to measure the results (MBB).
- Operations to ensure repeatable consistency (ITIL-SM).
- And an overriding vision for what is to be accomplished.
I then set out to learn all I could about organizational management and organizational psychology. Out of that effort I found a framework that allowed me to combine several of the key theories of organizational management. I then finished my best practices project.
In April 2008 I began to write “Seeking Alignment”. My goal in writing this book was to explore the framework that I had found. I began this work with a four-cell, two-dimensional framework. In July 2010 I am concluding this effort. I now have a nine-cell, three-dimensional framework. I understand the vision aspect of organizational management far beyond my initial expectations.
I also found that this journey took me to unexpected places. I set out to use the Christian Bible as case study material to help explore the implications of my framework. Those studies helped me expand and explore the framework. Those studies also changed my understanding of the Christian Bible.
The path that I followed on this exploration also led me through a study into Alcohol and Other Drug Counseling (AODC). I studied to be certified in that discipline, but I dropped out of that program. Instead, I devoted my time to writing initial versions of three books:
Coping Styles: Dealing with Life on Life's Terms is a book in progress. The purpose for this book is to explain the nine coping styles and nine helping methods. The goal is to make this book easy to read and yet adequately detailed. This book explains the two-dimensions of the framework.
Growth Rings: How We Get Connected is a book in progress. The purpose for this book is to explain the concept of developmental psychology and make that concept relevant. This book explains the third-dimension of the framework.
How Big Is Your Fishbowl? is a book in progress. The purpose for this book is to package my conceptual model into a form that works well for presentations and discussion. This book explains all three-dimensions in an introductory format. My hope is that people will start here and then read Coping Styles and then dig into Growth Rings.
I learned while writing those three books and I fed that knowledge into the concluding chapters in this book. The end result is what I call Model 5-B, shown below.
My goal now is to take the knowledge I gained while working on this book and package that material into a book that will explain theology in terms of stage-six. I hope to then publish Coping Styles, Fishbowl, Growth Rings and that next book. I am posting this book onto the internet so that it is available if anyone is interested in understanding the journey I took to get here.
I am tossing this work out into the currents of the internet, like a message in a bottle tossed into the sea. If you find this book and find it interesting, I would love to hear from you. Please send me an email addressed to Robert@RobertPerrine.biz.
Thank you.
