Example: Richardson’s Morning --Kotter, 1982
7:35am R arrives at work, unpacks, gets coffee, makes a list of activities for the day
7:45am B (a subordinate) and R have a conversation and exchange pictures recently taken on summer vacations
8:00am R and B talk about a schedule and priorities for the day
8:20am W (a subordinate) and R talk about some personnel problems and crack jokes in the process
8:45am R’s secretary arrives. They discuss her new apartment and
arrangements for the meeting later in the morning
8:55am R goes to a morning meeting run by one of his subordinates. 30 people attend. R reads during the meeting.
11:05am R and his subordinates return to the office and discuss a difficult problem. They try to define the problem and outline possible alternatives. R lets the discussion roam away from and back to the topic again and again., Finally, they agree on a next step.