Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books.) (Paperback)

by Subir Chowdhury (Author) "To lead in the present and the future, organizations must emphasize two things: talent and environment..." (more)
Key Phrases: affirm employees, building organizational fitness, getting hierarchy, Royal Dutch, United States, Jack Welch (more...)

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Organization 21C brings together wholly original, never-before-published essays by many of the world's leading management thinkers, offering unprecedented insight into the shape of tomorrow's winning organization. The follow-up to the global best-seller Management 21C, this book covers all four elements of organizational success: leadership, process, people, and organizational design. Among the topics illuminated here: the unique challenges of global leadership; James A. Champy's new X-engineering approach to process change across organizational boundaries; Total Rewards Management; the new boardroom and the exercise of power and influence in the 21st century; the sustainability of organizations; and best practices for leading organizational change. The essayists are renowned leaders in business thought from every continent. Like its predecessor, this book will be an indispensable resource for every organizational leader seeking to meet the new challenges of the 21st century.

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Building tomorrow's winning organization: breakthrough ideas, practical solutions.

In Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way, leading management thinker Subir Chowdhury brings together 28 of the world's leading management thinkers, covering all four key drivers of organizational success: leadership, process, people, and organizational design. You'll find breakthrough ideas and practical solutions for virtually every management and leadership challenge you face-tactical and strategic.

These renowned leaders in business thought are from every continent, from James A. Champy and Gareth Jones to Manfred F. R. Kets De Vries and Richard E. Boyatzis. Among the many topics they illuminate: the unique challenges of global leadership, the new X-engineering approach to process change across organizational boundaries, Total Rewards Management, the "New Boardroom," the changing nature of power and influence, building workable hierarchies and sustainable organizations, and new best practices for leading organizational change.

Like its internationally acclaimed predecessor, Management 21C, this book will be an indispensable resource for every organizational leader seeking to meet the new challenges of the 21st century.

"The real work of organization development is just now starting and Chowdhury's superb anthology is a great place to begin in grasping its depth and breadth."—Peter M. Senge, Founder, Society for Organizational Learning, MIT
Author, The Fifth Discipline

"A thought-provoking collection from leading thinkers around the world on a broad sweep of issues confronting the 21st century business organization. Those who want to understand and shape the future of business should read this book."—Laura Tyson, Dean, London Business School

"This is an essential book for the leader of the future, written by great thought leaders whose vision of the future challenges and inspires."--Frances Hesselbein, Chairman and Founding President, The Peter F. Drucker Foundation

"This book is of the highest importance."—Peter Lorange, President, IMD Switzerland

"Subir Chowdhury has assembled a who's who of experts in organization and leadership to summarize their latest thinking for this exceptional volume." —Christopher A. Bartlett, Professor, Harvard Business School

"Organization 21C is the 'next stop' in a series of great works by Subir Chowdhury. His work provides great practical assistance to leaders around the world. Chowdhury has done something that would make Dick Beckhard proud!"—Marshall Goldsmith, Founding Director of the Alliance for Strategic Leadership,
listed in Forbes as one of the five top executive coaches
and The Wall Street Journal as a "Top 10 executive educator"

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: FT Press; 1 edition (September 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130603147
• ISBN-13: 978-0130603142
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #747,026 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "The future of the business will be different", September 25, 2002

By	Turgay BUGDACIGIL (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

An excellent study from 26 distinguished thinkers and authors. As written by S.Chowdhury, "the book you are reading reveals the collective thoughts and visions of some of the world's great minds...Management 21C brings together visions for the new millennium in one concise book, allowing you to understand the changes happening now and what changes you can expect. The future of business will be different : whose versions are you reading?...Management 21C is for those who believe in creative war, for those who inspire other people, for those who believe in others and not just themselves, for those who celebrate diversity, for those who constantly search for a dream, for those who want to reshape the world of tomorrow. Someday we'll all manage this way (from the Preface p.xiii)."

In this context, for instance :

* J.M.Kouzes and B.Z.Posner introduce "The Janusian Leader"-the leader with the capacity to look forward and back, to preside over endings and beginnings, sunsets and daybreaks. They also present seven key lessons that stand the test of time and are worthy of being carried with us from one millennium to another (see pp.17-32).

* S.Ghoshal, C.A.Bartlett and P.Moran suggest : "When the solution to a recurring problem is always 'Try harder', there is usually something wrong with the terms, not the execution. So it is time for both managers and management academics to throw out the old paradigm and to start experimenting with new, more fertile possibilities (see pp.121-140)."

* C.K.Prahalad argues : "In the new millennium, the methods and skills needed to manage large and small organizations will be different from those needed to be successful during the past three decades. Newer concepts and tools will emerge." He then discusses the emerging nature of managerial work and suggests that this transformation of managerial work will demand basic organizational innovations (see pp.141-150).

* P.M.Senge and K.H.Kaufer write : "Faced with profoundly new business realities-unprecedented demands from global competition, new technologies, emerging markets, possible mergers and alliances, and growing environmental pressures-many companies are falling back on old leadership habits...Rather than making executives less important, we argue that understanding leadership communities brings the unique roles of executive leaders into much clearer relief, as it does the roles for other types of leaders- all of whom will ultimately depend upon one another in creating successful 21st century enterprises (see pp.186-204)."

* D.Ulrich suggests : "Since the future is unpredictable but coming anyway, we need to prepare as best we can by projecting about context, organization and people." He then gives his observations about the contextual factors impacting on organizations, how organizations will operate, and how individuals must prepare themselves today to respond tomorrow (see pp.235-249).

* R.Moss Kanter argues : "Brainpower is to the global information economy as oil was to the industrial economy...Business leaders increasingly understand that one of their new roles in the 21st century is to contribute to creating such environments in the communities in which their companies operate. World-class leaders will be cosmopolitans who avoid insularity, enjoy the challenge of confronting new and different ideas, encourage cross-fertilization and learning across boundaries, and support their people in developing and using their brainpower in pursuit of innovation (see pp.250-261)."

Highly recommended.