The Cubrix, an Integral Framework for Managing Performance Improvement and Organisational Development

Marcel van  Marrewijk

doi:10.4236/ti.2010.11001

Marcel van Marrewijk^*

Abstract: Marcel van Marrewijk, academic director of Research to Improve, has developed an integral, multi-level, multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder management framework, based on a phase-wise development ap-proach as described by Clare Graves’ Levels of Existence Theory, Ken Wilber’s Four Quadrant Theory and the author’s Global Excellence Model. This conceptual framework is coined, the Cubrix. This paper shortly introduces the three original concepts and shows how these models have been merged into the Cubrix. In part two the author demonstrates how Research to Improve designed various surveys, scans, monitors and assessments, all based on this framework. Furthermore, the Cubrix has also been supportive in designing the Performance Improvement Cycle and offer input for developing roadmaps for transitions in organization development.

Keywords: Value Systems, Spiral Dynamics, GEM, Cubrix, Transition Matrix, Research Framework, Sustainable Performance, Organisation Development, Transformations, High Performance Organisations

Cite this paper: nullM. Marrewijk, "The Cubrix, an Integral Framework for Managing Performance Improvement and Organisational Development," Technology and Investment, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2010, pp. 1-13. doi: 10.4236/ti.2010.11001.

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