Ulrich Steger, Wolfgang Amann, Martha Maznevski

Managing Complexity in Global Organizations

Herausgegeben von Steger, Ulrich; Amann, Wolfgang; Maznevski, Martha L.

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Produktbeschreibung

Managing Complexity in Global Organizations offers insights on an emerging management challenge-increasing and overwhelming complexity. The book outlines a conceptual framework developed by one of the world's leading business schools on the drivers of complexity-diversity, interdependence, ambiguity and flux-that allows readers to understand the core threads of complexity and identify what needs to be managed. In addition, it provides solutions to specific issues in a variety of industries and a range of markets, including China, India and other developing nations.

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This book delivers new and proven insights on an emerging management challenge - how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Globally active organizations have to cope with the most complex of all managerial decision-making environments. On one side, a greater diversity of cultures, customers, competitors and regulations compounds complexity; on the other, competitive pressures cause expanding companies to extract more synergies across products and regions throughout their entire value web. In such a climate, a new way of thinking, acting and organizing is needed beyond the familiar 'control' mindset.

Drawing together insights from across the expert faculty, Managing Complexity in the Global Organizations presents IMD's framework on how to better understand complexity and its four key drivers (diversity; interdependence; ambiguity and flux), along with solutions on specific issues in a variety of functions, industries and markets (including developing nations such as China and India). The focus is on providing relevant solutions for managers and executives based on a meaningful illustrations and real-life examples.

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Produktdetails

• IMD Executive Development Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14551072000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 174mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780470510728
• ISBN-10: 0470510722
• Artikelnr.: 22793116

Autorenporträt

Ulrich Steger holds the Alcan Chair of Environmental Management at IMD. Switzerland, and is Director of the school's research project on Corporate Sustainability Management. He also directs major partnership programs including DaimlerChrysler and Allianz, and is or has been on the boards of several major organizations - including Volkswagen, where he was in charge of worldwide environmental strategy. Prior to becoming involved in management education he was Minister of Economics and Technology in the German state of Hesse, with particular responsibility for transport, traffic and energy. Wolfgang Amann is a Fellow in Strategic Direction and International Business at Henley Management Centre, UK. He joined Henley from IMD, and has also been visiting fellow at the Wharton School and Indian Institute of Management. Prior to pursuing his PhD he worked for DaimlerChrysler and subsequently in management consulting. He has directed, delivered and contributed to open and in-company programs and courses on strategy, internationalization and governance in the US, Europe, China and India. His recent case study series on Hindustan Lever in India won the 2006 Oikos sustainability case competition. IMD is one of the worlds leading business schools, with a particular focus on developing state-of-the-art concepts for the experienced manager.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors.
Foreword by the Editors.
Acknowledgements.
Part I Conceptual Framework and Trends on the Macro-level.
Chapter 1 Managing Complexity in Global Organizations as the Meta-challenge
(Martha Maznevski, Ulrich Steger, and Wolfgang Amann).
Chapter 2 The Complexity of Managing Corporate Social Responsibility in
Multinationals (Michael Yaziji and Karin Oppegaard).
Chapter 3 Opportunities and Threats in the Global Political and Economic
Environment (Jean-Pierre Lehmann).
Part II Impact of Changes in the Competitive Landscape and Business Models
on Complexity in Selected Industries.
Chapter 4 The Need to Look at Complexity at the Industry Level (Ulrich
Steger and Wolfgang Amann).
Chapter 5 Shipping Organizations - The Ultimate Global Players (Peter
Lorange).
Chapter 6 Managing Complexity Caused by Industry Dilemmas: The Case of the
Automotive Industry (Ulrich Steger).
Chapter 7 Managing Complexity with an Electronic Manufacturing Services
Supplier (Wolfgang Amann, Carlos Cordon, Ralf W. Seifert, and Thomas E.
Vollmann).
Chapter 8 Managing Complexity in the Financial Services Industry (Arturo
Bris).
Part III Solutions for Managing Complexity on the Functional Level.
Chapter 9 Breaking Down Complexity Management to the Functional Level
(Wolfgang Amann and Ulrich Steger).
Chapter 10 Complexity in Global Business Strategies: The Cumulative Impact
of the Crisis of Choices (Jean-Pierre Jeannet).
Chapter 11 Various Dimensions of Complexity in Effectively Managing the
Innovation Process - The Role of China (Georges Haour).
Chapter 12 Managing Complexity with Management Diversity (Martha Maznevski
and Karsten Jonsen).
Chapter 13 The Role of Information in Creating Value Efficiently (Don
Marchand and Amy Hykes).
Chapter 14 Dealing with Complexity by Managing Knowledge-Based Competence
of the Organization (Kazuo Ichijo).
Chapter 15 Managing Complexity in Marketing and Supply Chains (Ralf W.
Seifert and Wolfgang Amann).
Part IV Additional Complexity Challenges.
Chapter 16 The Price Tag of Ignoring Complexity in the Globalization
Process (Wolfgang Amann).
Chapter 17 Managing Complexity in Mergers and Alliances (Ulrich Steger).
Chapter 18 Managing Complexity: The Family Business Experience (John Ward)
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Chapter 19 The Future of Managing Complexity (Wolfgang Amann, Ulrich
Steger, and Martha Maznevski).
Index.