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End of Bureaucracy and the Rise of the Intelligent Organization [Hardcover]

Gifford Pinchot (Author), Elizabeth Pinchot (Contributor)
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January 1, 1993
Everyone complains about bureaucracy--this book shows what can be done to replace it with more humane and effective systems of organization. The Pinchots describe effective organizations that fully utilize the intelligence of all employees, not just those at the top.


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The Pinchots ( Intrapreneuring ) here tackle the numbing influence of bureaucracies, which, they write, are "no more appropriate to sophisticated work today than serfdom was to the factory work of the early Industrial Revolution." They foresee a conversion to post-bureaucratic organizations in which teams form the basic unit of empowerment, freeing employees to concentrate on total quality, high performance tasks, reengineering and intrapreneuring. The authors bolster their arguments with case studies (Dana, ConAgra, the Canadian National Railroad) and perceptive positions on benchmarking, customer service and workplace responsibility. Their material on the factors that make teams effective illuminates ideas expounded by total quality management theoreticians. Stressing that intrapreneurial experimentation is needed so "the people upstairs notice what is working," the authors present a managerial construct worth considering.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Applying the principles of free markets and free enterprise to the structure of corporate organizations, the authors of Intrapreneuring ( LJ 3/1/85) outline an alternative to the cumbersome, pyramid-style, bottle-necking bureaucracy still entrenched in the corporate world today. They expand on their concept of "intrapreneurship" here by centering their plan on lateral associations, freedom to form teams within the corporate structure, the free flow of information, and the liberating sensation that ensues when all workers are allowed to formulate, implement, and claim ownership of corporate ideas. The effective organization utilizes the intelligence of all individuals within the corporation, relinquishing responsibility to the front-line workers who may better understand the problems of their own areas and find cost-efficient solutions. Highly recommended.
- Randy Abbott, Univ. of Evansville Libs., Ind.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 399 pages
  • Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1st edition (January 1, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1881052346
  • ISBN-13: 978-1881052340
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,160,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful!, April 11, 2001
This review is from: End of Bureaucracy and the Rise of the Intelligent Organization (Hardcover)
How can citizens of a society that exalts freedom consent to spend the majority of their lives laboring within organizations that are hierarchical, slow-moving and dictatorial? Gifford and Elizabeth Pinchot raised that question in their heralded 1993 book and provided the following answer: Not willingly and not for long. The Pinchots were among the first management scholars to predict the demise of the military-style command structure, along with its inherent secrecy and Machiavellian political sniping. Although a slew of books devoted to the same theme have been published since, none have done a better job at explaining the potential of informed and engaged employees who don't fear their bosses too much to take decisive action. We [...] strongly recommend this book, which brims with meticulous case histories showing how teams, employee-owned companies and internal free-market competition have transformed organizations. (In fact, the Pinchots coined the term "intraprenuership" to describe this process.) While you might not be convinced that a company run by consensus can ever compete with one run by The Prince, this book gives you hope that it can.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Manifesto for Good People Trapped in Bad Organizations, April 8, 2000
This review is from: End of Bureaucracy and the Rise of the Intelligent Organization (Hardcover)
The seven essentials of organizational intelligence include widespread truth and rights; freedom of enterprise, liberated teams, equality and diversity, voluntary learning networks, democratic self-rule, and limited corporate government. It was this book, and the very strong applause that the author received from all those attending OSS '96, that caused me to realize that the U.S. Intelligence Community is just chock full of very good people that want to change, but are not being allowed to change by the organizational circumstances within which they are trapped-frozen in time and budget.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Intelligent Organization is a groundbreaking book., January 11, 2011
The Intelligent Organization is a groundbreaking book that catalyzed the reinvention of the Forest Service. Using what we learned in this book we increased our productivity in a variety of areas 1.8 times while radically increasing employee satisfaction. If you want to reduce bureaucracy and increase innovation and productivity, this book has the answers.

John Phipps
Associate Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry
US Forest Sevice
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