Peter Scott-Morgan, author of the best-selling, The Unwritten Rules of the Game, and his colleagues at Arthur D. Little have discovered that Fortune 500 companies are currently spending twice their profits on change initiatives; yet they are only satisfied with half the results. The obvious question is "How can we stop this?"The paradigm-shifting answer, based on a six year study of Fortune 500 companies, is: concentrate on maximizing stability within a changing environment--don't fixate on change. This book explains how by developing the six competencies needed to achieve dynamic stability--the management stabilizers of strategy, tactics, operations, and the enabling stabilizers of teamwork, quality, and communication--companies can avoid being swamped by the disruption of unending turbulence.
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An entirely fresh approach to managing in a changing world It's a fast=moving, cyber-linked, overcommunicated world out there these days. Change seems to happen much more rapidly and with far less predictability. It's no wonder the store shelves are crammed with books for beleaguered managers who are desperately trying to navigate through this torrent of change. This one is different from the rest. Here is a book that shows you how to turn your organization into one that continually meets the challenges of change, in a business world strewn with the survivors of yesterday's fads. The Accelerating Organization features the cutting-edge, experience-tested principles being taught by Arthur D. Little and Innovation Associates. It's not another take on reengineering nor a rewarmed learning organization tome. It's the best of both methods--and a whole lot more. Learn how you can: refocus strategic goals and galvanize for never-ending change; Get to know your organization's unwritten rules and use them to gain leverage; Change policies and structures simultaneously, while avoiding performance disruption; Make your people the agents of change, not its victims; Instill a continuous learning mindset aimed at sustaining high performance. Accessible and practical, this whole new approach to managing in an ever-changing world provides you with the knowledge and tools to ensure that your organization is flexible, nimble, and ready to handle whatever might come next.--.--.be it a minor tremor or a seismic shift.
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It's people, people, people!,
This review is from: The Accelerating Organization: Embracing the Human Face of Change (Hardcover)
I have always been interested in culture and human aspects of the firm. This book was highly recommended by my teacher on strategic management as his favorite on change management. It's an easy read on the human aspects of change and is helped by a novel structure in the book (each subsection of the chapter reads like an individual chapter, which assists the dropping and picking up). It's no nonsense. Anyone who liked 'The Fifth Discipline', will much appreciate this as well. I hope to read more of this type material.
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It's people, people, people!,
This review is from: The Accelerating Organization: Embracing the Human Face of Change (Hardcover)
I have always been interested in culture and human aspects of the firm. This book was highly recommended by my teacher on strategic management as his favorite on change management. It's an easy read on the human aspects of change and is helped by a novel structure in the book (each subsection of the chapter reads like an individual chapter, which assists the dropping and picking up). It's no nonsense. Anyone who liked 'The Fifth Discipline', will much appreciate this as well. I hope to read more of this type material.
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A "do-able" resource on the constantly learning organization,
By Myke Merrill (MykeSGM@aol.com) (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Accelerating Organization: Embracing the Human Face of Change (Hardcover)
The Accelerating Organization is an excellent resource of ideas on how to develop a constantly learning organization. Maira and Scott-Morgan provide many clear and concise concepts in developing a new organization or moving an existing organization into a learning system. Every point is illustrated from a plethora of international business situations. Not only is "The Accelerating Organization" informative, it is "do-able."
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- The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge on page 22, and page 212
- The United States and Japan (Editors' Choice Series) on page 7
- Corporate Culture and Performance by John P. Kotter on page 12
- The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production by James P. Womack on page 279
- Great Place to Work by Robert Levering on page 183
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- All Connected Now: Life in the First Global Civilization by Walter Truett Anderson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- All Connected Now: Life In The First Global Civilization by Walter Truett Anderson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Building Trust at the Speed of Change: The Power of the Relationship-Based Corporation by Edward M. Marshall in Back Matter
- Shaping the Future: Leadership through Communities of Aspiration in India and Beyond by Arun Maira on page 113
- Tools and Tips for Today's Project Manager by Ralph L., Pmp Kliem in Back Matter
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