A key challenge companies face today is the transformation from a command & control structure to a "freedom, time and supportive collaboration" model. The old world of command and control did a fine job addressing the needs of the smoke-stack industrial companies of the 19th century, but entirely fails the fast-moving, highly innovative growth corporations of today. This book shows you how today's most successful companies form a kind of leadership sandwich, with top and bottom layers fundamenta...
Disrupt Bias, Drive Value (Center for Talent Innovation)
by Ripa Rashid and Laura Sherbin
Over the past decade, increasing competition has created immense opportunities for businesses globally. As such, it important to research new methods and systems for creating optimal business cultures. Cases on Quality Initiatives for Organizational Longevity is a scholarly publication that examines cases on practices in organizations and how they have facilitated transformation over the years. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as customer loyalty, benchmarking, and employee tra...
Prerequisites for Healthy Organizational Change
by Per Oystein Saksvik
The Routledge Handbook of Systems Thinking (Routledge International Handbooks)
This Handbook presents Systems Thinking applied to management and policy. It shows both the diversity of the field and also patterns that unify this diversity. It offers a rich resource of approaches, theories, methodologies and methods to tackle complex ecological, social and organizational problems. It is widely held that Systems Thinking has undergone three somewhat distinct "waves" (or paradigms) of development. The first wave, from the 1950s to the 1970s, focused primarily on using expert,...
The Digital Transformation Playbook (Columbia Business School Publishing)
by Dr David Rogers
The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality
by W Edwards Deming
The name W. Edwards Deming is synonymous with the most insightful views, ideas, and commentary on management and quality control. Referred to as "the high prophet of quality" by the New York Times, Deming was instrumental in the spectacular rise of Japanese industry after World War II and influenced many of the world's most innovative managers in the ensuing decades. His original ideas led directly to the creation of relationships with suppliers and a plethora of quality initiatives.Now, with Th...
For half a century, Donald Rumsfeld has been at the center of our country's history. As a Naval aviator, US Congressman, a top aide to four American presidents, an ambassador, and the only twice-serving Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld knows government from the inside out-how it works, how it doesn't and what it tells us about our country. Less well-known than his career in public service is Mr. Rumsfeld's two decades at the top of American business, as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies. With R...
Decision-Making in an Organizational Context: Beyond Economic Criteria
by Josep Maria Rosanas
Boundary-Spanning in Organizations: Network, Influence and Conflict (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations, and Society)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Strategic Planning
by Ma Sphr Pcm Lin Grensing-Pophal
Businesses must create initiatives and adopt eco-friendly practices in order to adhere to the sustainability goals of a globalized world. Recycling, product service systems, and green manufacturing are just a few methods businesses use within a sustainable supply chain. However, these tools and techniques must also ensure business growth in order to remain relevant in an environmentally-conscious world. The Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable S...
Curso para los que empiezan Volunteer Project Management
by I Lokatis
