1. How would working for Morning Star be different from working at a traditional, bureaucratic company? What would be the most positive and negative aspects of the experience?
2. Do you think the lattice structure is best for Morning Star? Can you identify another structure that might be more appropriate for the company's culture of empowerment and self-management?
3. Where do you think this type of lattice structure would be ineffective? What would make this type of structure inappropriate or difficult to implement?
The Morning Star Company is a highly successful and growing $700 million California tomato-processing company. It was founded on the philosophy of self-management as the company envisioned "an organization of self-managing professionals who initiate communication and coordination of their activities with fellow colleagues, customers, suppliers and fellow industry participants."