The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal

The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal
Author: Michael Beer
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780875842394

The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal is a practical and effective agenda for revitalizing the corporation. Through an in depth analysis of six companies that have undergone fundamental changes, the authors describe what works and what doesn't in corporate renewal. Describes the many common errors companies make in getting started. The human sources of competitive advantage--coordination, commitment, and competence--cannot be enhanced through programs. Successful corporate renewal occurs only when plants, divisions, and departments involve employees. That must be done through a carefully designed series of steps--the critical path--led by unit general managers. Companies that have followed this strategy have flatter and less hierarchical organizations, employees who take initiative to reduce costs and improve quality, and enhanced teamwork at all levels.

Change Forces

Change Forces
Author: Michael Fullan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136616098

Knowledge of the processes of educational change is said to be the missing ingredient in attempts to bring about educational innovation and reform. Whether these efforts involve grass roots innovation or large-scale societal reform, failure to understand and act on existing knowledge of the change process has accounted for the widespread lack of success in making educational improvements. This volume analyzes what is known about successful or productive change processes, and identifies corresponding action strategies at the individual, school, local and state levels. Included in this book is a major treatment of the topic of the 'ethics of planned change', a neglected topic in recent literature, especially since strategies for intervening in the change process are receiving more attention. This book is intended to be used by teachers in training and in service, teacher trainers, educational researchers, education historians and administrators.

Performance Measurement, Management, and Appraisal Sourcebook

Performance Measurement, Management, and Appraisal Sourcebook
Author: Craig E. Schneier
Publisher: Human Resource Development
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780874252651

This sourcebook provides complete, up-to-date coverage of all aspects of performance management -- communication, coaching, measuring, rating, reviewing, and developing. It is a collection of articles from today's most authoritative sources which have been pre-selected and organized by experts to make it easy for you to get the best information on current trends in the field. This is an invaluable resource for those who are designing, managing, and evaluating performance management systems. It links performance management to strategy, and discusses it as an organizational culture change mechanism. The articles and other resources have been carefully selected to emphasize application, which makes this a practical how to sourcebook on all aspects of performance. Also included are ready-to-use, fully reproducible handouts, questionnaires, transparency masters, and other materials to use in presentations and training.

Essential Readings in Management Learning

Essential Readings in Management Learning
Author: Christopher Grey
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2004-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781412901420

This collection provides readings grouped under six key headings: organizational learning and learning organizations; individual learning; learning and new technology; critical approaches to management education; pedagogical practice; and globalization and management learning.

Research in Organizational Change and Development

Research in Organizational Change and Development
Author: Debra A. Noumair
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839090855

Volume 28 of Research in Organizational Change and Development continues the tradition of providing insightful and thought provoking chapters with new conceptual insights and robust empirical studies. This volume provides an enriching body of knowledge on contemporary challenges in organizational change and development.

Creativity and Strategic Innovation Management

Creativity and Strategic Innovation Management
Author: Malcolm Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136249443

Many organizations in both the private and public sector are confronted with stiff challenges as they face rapid changes in the business environment. Understanding the causes of these changes is essential if organizations are to fashion suitable management responses. In a highly competitive and globalized scenario, business creativity provides the spark that fosters the development and implementation of innovation and organizational change. Increased understanding of the concepts of business creativity and strategic innovation management provides valuable insights into how organizations can change to meet new challenges. The book aims to: explain the nature of the acceleration in discontinuous change that is affecting the Western business environment emphasise the importance of taking a strategic approach to management responses to encourage creative and innovative skills indicate how a detailed strategic plan can be developed to support organizations intent on profitable survival in the twenty-first century. This textbook will be the perfect accompaniment to postgraduate courses on innovation management and creativity management. The wide-ranging approach means that the book will also be useful supplementary reading on a range of courses from management of technology to strategic management.

Beyond the Hype

Beyond the Hype
Author: Robert G. Eccles
Publisher: Beard Books
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781587982224

This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals with good mangement based on action and the judgment of the individual manager on deciding appropriate action.

Research in Organizational Change and Development

Research in Organizational Change and Development
Author: William A. Pasmore
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2011-07-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1780520239

In this diverse volume new methodologies are introduced, such as the strategic fitness process for engaging leaders in better understanding the reactions of employees to strategic change efforts (Beer); Jazz as a metaphor for organizational improvisation (Bernstein & Barrett); and new theories for understanding change processes (Gomez & Ballard).