[PDF] How Organizations Work eBook

Author : Alan P. Brache
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,54 MB
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471200336

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A groundbreaking approach to successful performance improvement Almost every executive in business today is faced with the challenge of improving performance, from incremental improvements to wholesale organizational change. Here, a world-renowned expert in organizational improvement asserts that most hard-won changes don't last for long, however, because of the inability to identify the root causes of the problem. How Organizations Work offers a clear, integrated solution to performance improvement via a new "Enterprise Model"-which takes into account all variables that influence performance. Alan Brache provides a comprehensive "physical exam" for checking an organization's vital signs and a 360-degree picture of how organizational dynamics can be harnessed to effect permanent improvements in performance.

Author : Brigitte Liebig
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3847408496

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This book is dedicated to the role of work organizations when it comes to the realization of an active fatherhood. Firstly, it deals with barriers for active fatherhood and its correlating mechanisms of inequality: Which aspects of discrimination and social closure do fathers face today if they assert a claim for active fatherhood, and with what kind of barriers are they confronted? Secondly, capabilities of fathers are addressed: Which is their possible scope of action, who are relevant actors, what is the effect of policies and programs on change and organizational learning with respect to fatherhood?

Author : Fr?d?ric Laloux
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782960133516

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"The way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date. Deep inside, we sense that more is possible. We long for soulful workplaces, for authenticity, community, passion, and purpose. In this groundbreaking book, the author shows that every time, in the past, when humanity has shifted to a new stage of consciousness, it has achieved extraordinary breakthroughs in collaboration. A new shift in consciousness is currently underway. Could it help us invent a more soulful and purposeful way to run our businesses and nonprofits, schools and hospitals? A few pioneers have already cracked the code and they show us, in practical detail, how it can be done. Leaders, founders, coaches, and consultants will find this work a joyful handbook, full of insights, examples, and inspiring stories."--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Sharon K. Parker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2016-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317752570

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By providing insight on key advances and future directions for proactivity theory, research, and practice, this book synthesizes what we know and identifies what we still need to learn about 'making things happen' at work.

Author : Jacob Morgan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,71 MB
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1118877241

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Throughout the history of business employees had to adapt to managers and managers had to adapt to organizations. In the future this is reversed with managers and organizations adapting to employees. This means that in order to succeed and thrive organizations must rethink and challenge everything they know about work. The demographics of employees are changing and so are employee expectations, values, attitudes, and styles of working. Conventional management models must be replaced with leadership approaches adapted to the future employee. Organizations must also rethink their traditional structure, how they empower employees, and what they need to do to remain competitive in a rapidly changing world. This is a book about how employees of the future will work, how managers will lead, and what organizations of the future will look like. The Future of Work will help you: Stay ahead of the competition Create better leaders Tap into the freelancer economy Attract and retain top talent Rethink management Structure effective teams Embrace flexible work environments Adapt to the changing workforce Build the organization of the future And more The book features uncommon examples and easy to understand concepts which will challenge and inspire you to work differently.

Author : Sanjay Rishi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1119814804

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Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of work has undergone a lasting transformation. Individuals, organizations and institutions are seeking the right balance of workspace opportunities. Workers want to know how remote work can fit into their lives, and how the office can meet their needs. In The Workplace You Need Now: Shaping Spaces for the Future of Work, work environment executives and experts Dr. Sanjay Rishi, Benjamin Breslau and Peter Miscovich deliver a practical framework for how to plan, invest in and create effective digital/physical hybrid workplaces that are beginning to define the world of work. The book explores paths to creating new workplaces that drive the four C's of value: culture, collaboration, creativity, and community. It walks you through the design of custom, flexible, digitally integrated workplaces that manifest new ways of working, and attract tomorrow's top talent. You'll discover the personalized, responsible, and experiential workplace that individuals and organizations alike seek to encourage human interaction, and fuel creativity and growth. You’ll learn the path to the purposeful, resilient workplace that incorporates the emerging imperatives of health, wellness and environmental sustainability. Rich with examples from leading organizations from across the globe, The Workplace You Need Now is an indispensable resource for individuals, as well as businesses of all shapes and sizes trying to find the right solution that works for them right now.

Author : Thomas H. Davenport
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 31,92 MB
Release : 2000-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1422160688

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This influential book establishes the enduring vocabulary and concepts in the burgeoning field of knowledge management. It serves as the hands-on resource of choice for companies that recognize knowledge as the only sustainable source of competitive advantage going forward. Drawing from their work with more than thirty knowledge-rich firms, Davenport and Prusak--experienced consultants with a track record of success--examine how all types of companies can effectively understand, analyze, measure, and manage their intellectual assets, turning corporate wisdom into market value. They categorize knowledge work into four sequential activities--accessing, generating, embedding, and transferring--and look at the key skills, techniques, and processes of each. While they present a practical approach to cataloging and storing knowledge so that employees can easily leverage it throughout the firm, the authors caution readers on the limits of communications and information technology in managing intellectual capital.

Author : Alan P. Brache
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 28,84 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471210579

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A groundbreaking approach to successful performanceimprovement Almost every executive in business today is faced with thechallenge of improving performance, from incremental improvementsto wholesale organizational change. Here, a world-renowned expertin organizational improvement asserts that most hard-won changesdon't last for long, however, because of the inability to identifythe root causes of the problem. How Organizations Work offers aclear, integrated solution to performance improvement via a new"Enterprise Model"-which takes into account all variables thatinfluence performance. Alan Brache provides a comprehensive"physical exam" for checking an organization's vital signs and a360-degree picture of how organizational dynamics can be harnessedto effect permanent improvements in performance.

Author : Stefan Kühl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 27,33 MB
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1351913301

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From businesses, public administrations, universities and schools, to hospitals, prisons, political parties, or the military, peoples’ lives are inextricably bound up with organizations from cradle to grave. Yet we receive little training in how - as members, customers, voters, or patients - to deal with them. In Organizations Stefan Kühl asks and answers many questions. What are these entities that wield such strong influence in our society? What makes them tick? What are our options for intervening, either from within or without? This book explains how organizations function by examining their three central features: their purposes or goals, their hierarchies, and their memberships. The author presents the three aspects of organizations - the display, formal, and informal aspects, explaining them in metaphorical terms as façades, machines, and games. Acknowledging that the seminal systems theory developed by sociologist Niklas Luhmann is not easily accessible, Professor Kühl presents Luhmann’s organizational concept in a succinct and user-friendly form that will be readily grasped by a practitioner audience and provides new insights in this ambitious theory.