Ron Ashkenas

The Boundaryless Organization

Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure. Forew. by C. H. Prahalad and Lawrence A. Bossidy
Mitwirkender: Ashkenas, Ron; Jick, Todd D.; Ulrich, Dave

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: B&T / Jossey-Bass Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780787940003
• Artikelnr.: 70466009

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by: C. K. Prahalad.
Foreword by: Lawrence A. Bossidy.
Preface.
The Authors.
* A New World Order: Rising to the Challenge of New Success Factors.
Stepping Up to the Line: How Boundaryless Is Your Organization?
Part One: Free Movement Up and Down: Crossing Vertical Boundaries.
First Person: Cesar Guajardo, General Director, Praxair Mexico.
* Toward a Healthy Hierarchy.
Stepping Up to the Line: How Healthy Is Your Organization's Hierarchy?
* Rewiring and Retuning the Hierarchy.
Part Two: Free Movement Side to Side: Crossing Horizontal Boundaries.
First Person: Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG.
* Beyond Turf and Territory.
Stepping Up to the Line: How Congruent Are Your Organization's Horizontal
Boundaries?
* Integrating Resources to Serve the Customer.
Part Three: Free Movement Along the Value Chain: Crossing External
Boundaries.
First Person: Jim Madden, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, Exult.
* Toward Partnership with Customers and Suppliers.
Stepping Up to the Line: How Well Linked Is Your Organization's Value
Chain?
* Strengthening the Value Chain.
Part Four: Free Global Movement: Crossing Geographic Boundaries.
First Person: Mieko Nishimizu, Vice President, World Bank South Asia
Region.
* Toward the Global Corporation.
Stepping Up to the Line: How Far Along the Path to Globalization Is Your
Organization?
* Actions for Global Learners, Launchers, and Leaders.
* Conclusion: Leading Toward the Boundaryless Organization.
Stepping Up to the Line: Are You a Boundaryless Leader?
Notes.
Index.

Rezensionen

Winner of the Executive Leadership Award

"If your organization is ready for transformation, TheBoundaryless Organization will provide a simple but provocativeframework either for getting started or for accelerating thepace."
-- from the foreword by Lawrence A. Bossidy, chairman andCEO, Honeywell Corporation

"This is the best book on globalization and the seamlessorganization that I have read."
-- David H. Komansky, chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch &Co., Inc.

"A very important contribution."
-- from the foreword by C. K. Prahalad, coauthor ofCompeting for the Future

"Attacks the very core of traditional management structure, withall of its walls, boundaries, and limitations."
-- Quality Progress

"Outlines how companies can make the change from rigidstructures to ones where ideas, resources, and information can flowfreely."
-- HR Strategies & Tactics

"A refreshing guide to innovative ways to do business . . . .Each part includes a questionnaire that readers can use todetermine where they stand on a continuum between boundaried andboundaryless status."
-- Journal of Management Consulting

"Recommended reading."
-- CIO

"Outlines how companies can make the change from rigidstructures to ones where ideas, resources, and information can flowfreely."
-- HR Strategies & Tactics

"A refreshing guide to innovative ways to do business . . . .Each part includes a questionnaire that readers can use todetermine where they stand on a continuum between boundaried andboundaryless status."
-- Journal of Management Consulting

"Recommended reading."
-- CIO