Lawler / Worley Built to Change

How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-7879-8295-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

In this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness expertsEdward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be"built to change" so they can last and succeed intoday's global economy. Instead of striving to create ahighly reliable Swiss watch that consistently produces the samebehavior, they argue organizations need to be designed in ways thatstimulate and facilitate change. Built to Change focuses onidentifying practices and designs that organizations can adopt sothat they are able to change. As Lawler and Worley point out,organizations that foster continuous change
* Are closely connected to their environments
* Reward experimentation
* Learn about new practices and technologies
* Commit to continuously improving performance
* Seek temporary competitive advantages

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawler, Edward E.

Worley, Christopher G.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Porras, Jerry

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Jerry Porras.
Preface.
Chapter 1: Why Build Organizations to Change.
Chapter 2: A Dynamic View of Organizational Effectiveness.
Chapter 3: Strategizing.
Chapter 4: Structuring for Effectiveness and Change.
Chapter 5: Developing the Right Information, Measurement, andDecision-Making Processes.
Chapter 6: Acquiring the Right Talent.
Chapter 7: Managing Human Capital.
Chapter 8: Meeting the Leadership Challenge.
Chapter 9: Designing Reward Systems.
Chapter 10: Rewarding Performance and Change.
Chapter 11: Creating a Built-to-Change Organization.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

THE AUTHORS
Edward E. Lawler III is distinguished professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business and founder and director of USC's Center for Effective Organizations. He is the author of Treat People Right! and a leading consultant to major corporations.
Christopher G. Worley is a research scientist at USC's Center for Effective Organizations and the former director of the Master of Science in Organization Development (MSOD) program at Pepperdine University. He is the author ofIntegrated Strategic Change.