Another perspective on work and organisations from Mark Federman:
http://whatisthemessage.blogspot.com/2008/08/department-of-give-damn.html

"It seems to me that Giving-a-Damn is an emergent effect of individuals having a strong, reciprocal Socio-Psychological valence connection to the organization. Smaller organizational units within the larger organization that have similarly strong and reciprocal SP-valences can equally Give-a-Damn. If you care about your organization, and your organization demonstrably cares about you, then you’re likely to Give-a-Damn"

A two-way flow of power & authority enables people to give-a-damn. A one-way flow turns that off. Work literacy, without a framework like Wirearchy, or Federman's valence theory, may just wither away if workers don't see their new-found literacy valued by the organisation. Just like Mark's post about 'Leslie':

"Over the past number of months, both Leslie’s direct manager, and the organization as a whole have been sending signals that they don’t Give-a-Damn very much about Leslie, and others in Leslie's organizational milieu. It's not that they don't like Leslie, or don't appreciate what Leslie does (as demonstrated by the pretty good salary bump Leslie received at the last review). It's more like organizational apathy towards the people, and maintaining a tight focus on bringing in those results for stockholders ..."