ERA 1: SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
1900–1920
Taylor · Ford · Fayol · Weber
Time-motion studies, scalar chain. First scientific management.
→ Fleet: SOSTLE hierarchy, standardized pipeline stages
ERA 2: HUMAN RELATIONS
1930–1950
Hawthorne · Maslow · McGregor · Herzberg
People matter. Intrinsic motivation. Theory X vs Y.
→ Fleet: Crew regulon psychology, autonomy-by-silo, Theory Y default
ERA 3: STRATEGY & PLANNING
1960–1970
SWOT · Ansoff · BCG · GE Matrix
Long-range planning. Portfolio logic. Strategy as formal discipline.
→ Fleet: ARB strategic decisions, sorry portfolio, silo investment mix
ERA 4: QUALITY MOVEMENT
1950–1980
Deming · Juran · PDCA · TPS · Lean · Six Sigma · TQM
Quality is everyone's job. Zero defects. Japan as proof.
→ Fleet: MELIGBRIX gates, FC quality validation, sorry graduation
ERA 5: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY
1980
Porter Five Forces · Generic Strategies · Value Chain
Competition as organizing metaphor. Sustainable advantage.
→ Fleet: PELEGO competition model, novelty gate, fleet vs cloud
ERA 6: REENGINEERING & PROCESS
1990
BPR · Core Competencies · Learning Org · Balanced Scorecard
Radical redesign. Not improvement — reinvention. Knowledge as asset.
→ Fleet: BPR as LAAM blueprint, 7 BPR principles in pipeline
ERA 7: INNOVATION & DISRUPTION
2000–2010
Christensen · Blue Ocean · BMC · Lean Startup · Design Thinking
Disruption beats incumbents. Customer JTBD. Fast iteration.
→ Fleet: Yeast school (Crabtree), forge/lounge novelty, PELEGO gate
ERA 8: AGILE & MODERN
2000–present
Agile Manifesto · Scrum · Kanban · DevOps · SAFe · OKRs · Holacracy
Adaptability over plans. Distributed authority.
→ Fleet: Sprint cycles, KCF bonixer, crew structure, silo sovereignty
ERA 9: SYSTEMS & COMPLEXITY
Cross-cutting (1960s–present)
Systems Thinking · TOC · Cynefin · VSM · Antifragile
Organizations as complex adaptive systems. Feedback loops.
→ Fleet: THE most applicable cluster. VSM=fleet architecture. Cynefin=SOSTLE.
ERA 10: DATA & DECISIONS
2010–present
Data-Driven Mgmt · Bayesian Management · Real Options · AI augmentation
Evidence beats intuition. Probabilistic reasoning. AI as partner.
→ Fleet: PEMCLAU as decision engine, GraphRAG, 2-hop reasoning