Frances Hesselbein / Marshall Goldsmith / Richard Beckhard (Hgg.)

The Drucker Foundation, the Organization of the Future

Mitwirkender: Hesselbein, Frances; Beckhard, Richard; Goldsmith, Marshall

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Welchen Herausforderungen müssen sich moderne Unternehmen in der Zukunft stellen, und wie können sie sich schon heute darauf vorbereiten, um auch in der Zukunft erfolgreich zu sein. Mit Originalaufsätzen von internationalen Spitzenexperten, die exklusive für diesen Band geschrieben wurden: Hier lesen Sie alles über die neuesten Erkenntnisse und besten Ideen von Michael Hammer, James Champy, C. K. Prahalad, Warren Bennis, Philip Kotler - um nur einige Namen zu nennen. "This is a treasure-trove of some of the best thinking today on leadership, management, and strategy."

--Journal of Management Consulting

"The Organization of the Future is required reading.... If you don t use this book to help guide your organization through the changes, you may well be left behind."

--Nonprofit World

What do employees expect from the organizations they support? How can organizations maintain stability in times of massive change? These are the questions modern organizations face as they struggle to grow and evolve. The Organization of the Future offers timeless responses from such leading authorities as Peter F. Drucker, C.K. Prahalad, Nathaniel Branden, Lewis E. Platt, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jay R. Galbraith, and Deepak Sethi. Their incisive essays reveal:
How to build "know-how" and "know-who" to develop successful teams
How to prepare for "breakdowns" and create the nimble, change-adept company
How to attract, motivate, and retain the best employees
How seven basic policies can lead to high performance and high self-esteem
How to support work-life balance and provide flexibility for knowledge workers
Each essay provides observations that will help leaders in business, nonprofits, and government keep their organizations healthy, competitive, and poised for the future.

Produktdetails

• Drucker Foundation Future Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780787952037
• ISBN-10: 0787952036
• Artikelnr.: 22136851

Autorenporträt

FRANCES HESSELBEIN is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief of its journal, Leader to Leader. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH is a founding director of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company, one of America's key providers of customized leadership development. He is a cofounder of the Learning Network, an association of the world's top consultants. RICHARD BECKHARD is an organization development consultant, author of six books, and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Toward the New Organization Peter F. Drucker Part I: Shaping
Tomorrow's Organizations 1. Preparing for Organizational Change James A.
Champy 2. How Generational Shifts Will Transform Organizational Life Jay A.
Conger 3. The Soul of the New Organization Michael Hammer 4. The "Big"
Organization of the Future Ric Ducques, Paul Gaske 5. Will the Organization
of the Future Make the Mistakes of the Past? Jeffrey Pfeffer 6. Designing
for Implementability Orit Gadiesh, Scott Olivet 7. New Competencies for a
New World Iain Somerville, John Edwin Mroz Part II: New Models for Working
and Organizing 8. The Circular Organization Frances Hesselbein 9. The
Reconfigurable Organization Jay R. Galbraith 10. The Organization's New
Clothes Ron Ashkenas 11. The Mondragon Model: A New Pathway for the
Twenty-First Century Joel A. Barker 12. The Future Organization: A
Chameleon in All Its Glory Doug Miller 13. Creating a Leadership
Organization with a Learning Mission Glenn R. Jones Part III: Organizing
for Strategic Advantage 14. Restoring People to the Heart of the
Organization of the Future Rosabeth Moss Kanter 15. Competitiveness and
Civic Character Philip Kotler 16. The Work of New Age Manners in the
Emerging Competitive Landscape C.K. Prahalad 17. Organizing for Endless
Winning Martin E. Hanaka, Bill Hawkins 18. Creating Sustainable Learning
Communities for the Twenty-First Century Stephanie Pace Marshall 19.
Organizing Around Capabilities Dave Ulrich Part IV: Working and Organizing
in a Wired World 20. Human Capital in the Digital Economy Anthony F. Smith,
Tim Kelly 21. Shock Waves from the Communications Revolution Edward D.
Miller 22. Self-Esteem in the Information Age Nathaniel Branden 23. The
Seven R's of Self-Esteem Deepak Sethi 24. Future Present Frederick G.
Harmon Part V: Leading People in the Organization of the Future 25. Passing
the Baton: Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders James G. Brocksmith Jr. 26.
Retaining Your Top Performers Marshall Goldsmith 27. Situational Leadership
in the Multicultural Organization Paul Hersey, Dewey E. Johnson 28.
Emotions, Tempo, and Timing in Managing People Pierre J. Everaert 29.
Leading Across Cultures: Five Vital Capabilities John Alexander, Meena S.
Wilson 30. Cultivating Inner Resources for Leadership Diana Chapman Walsh
31. Learning to Lead Robert H. Rosen Part VI: New Definitions of
Organizational Health 32. Employee Work-Life Balance: The Competitive
Advantage Lewis E. Platt 33. The Healthy Organization: A Profile Richard
Beckhard 34. Diversity and Organizations of the Future R. Roosevelt Thomas
Jr. 35. Producing Social Results Greg Parston 36. The Voluntary Health
Organization of the Future John R. Seffrin 37. Building a Healthy
Company--For the Long Term A.W. Dahlberg, David W. Connell, Jennifer
Landrum 38. The Next Challenge Chris Argyris The Last Word Unimagined
Futures Charles Handy

Rezensionen

"The Organization of the Future is required reading.... If you don't use this book to help guide your organization through the changes, you may well be left behind." -Nonprofit World

"A book to visit occasionally for something new to stretch our understanding, to think about, and to integrate into our work.... This is a treasure-trove of some of the best thinking today on leadership, management, and strategy. If we use it as a self-paced seminar on how to advise, create, and lead the organizations of our future, we will be better equipped by far than most of our competitors." -Journal of Management Consulting

"Editors Hesselbein, Goldsmith, and Beckhard have brought together the latest views of noted experts about the future of human enterprise in the Peter Drucker context of government, business, and community.... This volume is highly recommended for organizational executives, academics, and advanced students of management." -Choice

"If you're interested in what tomorrow's organizations will look like and what challenges our business leaders will face, this book is a must read. Anyone seeking a glimpse of the future will find this collection informative and thought-provoking." -Personnel Psychology

"Avoiding platitudes, these wide-ranging essays provide a wealth of innovative thinking on leadership and management strategy." -Publisher's Weekly

"The book is forward looking without being futuristic.... The total content has been assembled with a great deal of thought." (Professional Manager, September 2000)