Brief Description
Managers of the future will require new and innovative approaches to designing and structuring their organizations, approaches that are now being developed and tested in some of the most well-respected companies in the U.S. Based on over 10 years consulting with such corporate leaders at AT&T, Citicorp, Corning, American Express, and PepsiCo, the authors reveal emerging techniques for dealing with the range of strategic issues facing organizations--mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, high performance work systems, and total quality management. The authors present a proven model for understanding organizations and demonstrate how it can be used to effect positive change in both formal and informal organizational systems. Finally, they look at how executive-level work has evolved from an individual to a team orientation, and they offer suggestions for selecting team members and using executive teams to collaborate on corporate strategy.
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The authors of Organizational Architecture present new and innovative approaches to designing and structuring organizations, approaches that are now being developed and tested in some of the most well respected companies in the United States. Based on over ten years of consulting with such corporate leaders as AT&T, Corning, Alcoa, American Express, Xerox, and PepsiCo, the authors reveal emerging techniques for answering the challenges senior managers face today--challenges to improve organizational quality, create powerful long-range strategies, tighten operations, and inspire team performance. Organizational Architecture presents a proven model for understanding organizations and demonstrates how the model can be used to effect positive change in both formal and informal organizational systems. It shows how to expertly manage mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and high-performance work systems. It also explains how to bring about enhanced organizational learning, increased risk-taking behavior, and improvements in total quality management strategy. The book gives advice on designing the most effective role for senior management. It recommends a strategic selection process for staffing executive teams, presents a model for executive team effectiveness, and tells how to help executive teams develop collaborative strategy. Finally, it presents ten common misconceptions that ensure corporate decline and summarizes the roles strategy, design, quality, and learning can play in improving corporate competitiveness.
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Emerging techniques for answering the challenges senior managers face today: improving organizational quality, inspiring team performance, and creating powerful long-range strategy. The book presents a proven model for understanding organizations and demonstrates how it can be used to effect positive change in organizational systems. "Designing and implementing an organization that is effective for a particular business is one of the most significant and highly leveraged responsibilities of senior executives. Organizational Architecture is unique in fully exploring the various structural options available in meeting this responsibility, while at the same time giving invaluable information on the implementation process itself."--Roger G. Ackerman, president, Corning, Inc.
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Reveals emerging techniques for answering the challenges senior managers face today: improving organizational quality, inspiring team performance, and creating powerful long-range strategy. Presents a proven model for understanding organizations and demonstrates how it can be used to effect positive change in organizational systems.
Review Quotes
1. "Designing and implementing an organization that is effective for a particular business is one of the most significant and highly leveraged responsibilities of senior executives. Organizational Architecture is unique in fully exploring the various structural options available in meeting this responsibility, while at the same time giving invaluable information on the implementation process itself." (Roger G. Ackerman, president, Corning, Inc.)
