ORGANIZATIONAL change

ORGANIZATIONAL change

 
A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance Chevalier, Roger AMACOM , 2007 Human Resources, Management

At one time or another, most managers have experienced dissatisfaction with their employees' performance. Despite the strong temptation to fall prey to the assumption that poor performance is a result of unchangeable...

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The Innovation Killer Barton Rabe, Cynthia AMACOM , 2006 Innovation

Forget conventional wisdom. Forget the thought that the more you know, the better off you’ll be. Forget the idea that knowledge and expertise are the only true routes to success and innovation in business. Education...

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Billy, Alfred, and General Motors Johnson, Lydia Brown AMACOM , 2006 Business Biographies, Entrepreneurship, Major Works

In the 1950s, GM was a juggernaut, dominating every market it entered and influencing American manufacturing, marketing, and even society like no other company, before nor since. Now, as the company approaches its...

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Built To Change. Lawler III, Edward E. | Worley, Christopher G. Jossey-Bass , 2006 Change Management, Innovation, Management

In Built to Change, Edward Lawler III and Christopher Worley address an important and ever-prevalent element of modern business that challenges organizations big and small, old and new. That immense issue is change,...

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Designing the Customer-Centric Organization Galbraith, Jay R. Jossey-Bass , 2005 Customer Focus, Leadership Development, Management, Productivity

Studies show that, because sales to existing customers are more profitable than sales to new customers, today’s businesses are recognizing that establishing long-term customer relationships is the best way to ensure...

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Building the Bridge As You Walk On It Quinn, Robert E. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2004 Change Management, Human Resources, Leadership, Personal Growth

"Building the Bridge as You Walk on It" is Robert Quinn’s final book in the trilogy focusing on personal change and organizational leadership that began with "Deep Change" in 1996. In "Deep Change," Quinn teaches that...

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Leveraging The New Human Capital Burud, Sandra | Tumolo, Marie Davies-Black Publishing , 2004 Diversity, Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

According to Burud and Tumolo, people live and work differently today than they did in the past. Because employees no longer have the “invisible” support of the home-based partner who backed workers of the Industrial...

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Shaping the Future Belgard, William P. | Rayner, Steven R. AMACOM , 2004 Leadership, Management

Change management should, theoretically, be an ongoing element of every company’s growth. However, with three-quarters of all change initiatives failing to achieve the intended results, change management has become a...

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X-Engineering the Corporation Champy, James Warner Books , 2002 Management

In Reengineering the Corporation, 1993, Michael Hammer, with coauthor, Champy, offered the advice that work would have to be reengineered in terms of processes, if businesses were to respond successfully to the mega...

 
 
Managing Innovation and Change Henry, Jane | Mayle, David Sage Publications , 2002 Innovation, Management

As organizations struggle to keep pace with the globalization of the economy, the explosive growth of the Internet, deregulation, the drive to increase the bottom line, faster product development times, rampant...