Structural Adjustment category: 94 books
The Strategy Paradox
Why committing to success leads to failure (and what to do about it)
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2007
A compelling vision. Bold leadership. Decisive action. Unfortunately, these prerequisites of success are almost always the ingredients of failure, too. In fact, most managers seeking to maximize their chances for glory are often unwittingly setting themselves up for ruin. The sad truth is that most...
The Chocolate Conversation
Lead Bittersweet Change, Transform Your Business
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The single factor that determines success or failure in big business today is conversation. Great leaders use public and private conversation to send a clear message, cultivate a common worldview, set high standards and reachable goals, and uncover concerns that can undermine an organization. So what...
Corporate Rehabilitation
Companies in Distress
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
This is a guidebook for personal and corporate self-assessment. It was written with a market research approach in mind where many hard questions are asked amidst the different conditions that may have caused or is causing a company to be in distress with an imminent possibility of total bankruptcy.
Data-driven Organization Design
Sustaining the Competitive Edge Through Organizational Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2015
Data is changing the nature of competition. Making sense of it is tough; taking advantage of it is even tougher. There is a clear business opportunity for organizations to use data and analytics to transform business performance. Data-driven Organization Design provides a practical framework for HR...
Make Waves
Be the One to Start Change at Work and in Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Make Waves encourages readers to step up and be the one to initiate change in their work and lives. Author Patti Johnson walks readers through the tools and techniques that they can use to create change in their own situations. Johnson elaborates on these tools even further to give readers a sense of...
Whole-Scale Change
Unleashing the Magic in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2000
PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONs of all types-public and private, large and small-have for years had to wrestle with the formidable challenge of successfully planning and implementing changes in how they do business. Today, the demand for faster approaches is increasing across a broad spectrum of organizations...
21st Century Workforces and Workplaces
The Challenges and Opportunities for Future Work Practices and Labour Markets
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
What does the future of work look like?
Every day, workplace decisions are made that directly impact and change the workforce of tomorrow. From the way we are managed to the rewards we receive, all aspects of our work life are determined by the changing dynamics of the workplace. Recent concerns...
Transitions
Making Sense of Life's Changes
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2019
Celebrating 40 years of the best-selling guide for coping with life's changes, named one of the 50 all-time best books in self-help and personal development -- with a new Discussion Guide for readers, written by Susan Bridges and aimed at today's current people and organizations facing unprecedented...
The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook
For Leaders of Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
One of today’s most popular change methods, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has been used to undertake transformational initiatives in dozens of organizations, ranging from McDonald’s to the U.S. Navy to Save the Children. The assumption of AI is simple. Every organization has things that work right—things...
The Lean Machine
How Harley-Davidson Drove Top-Line Growth and Profitability with Revolutionary Lean Product Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2010
From near-extinction in the early eighties, Harley-Davidson rose to worldwide recognition and is still today one of the great, iconic American motorcycle brands. In this insider guide, former Harley-Davidson executive Dantar Oosterwal offers an exclusive look at how Harley-Davidson was able to adapt...
The Social Leader
Redefining Leadership for the Complex Social Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Technology, global economics, and demographics are colluding to create workspaces that thrive on communities rather than hierarchies. Our industrial paradigm with its roots in the military is swiftly being replaced by a paradigm based on networks that are held together by passion and social connections,...
by Gopal Ranjan, Tanmay Vora
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Implement the world's most powerful improvement Methodology in 30 Days
Lean and Six Sigma are two of the most important developments to come out of management theory. On their own they offer clear strategies for improving efficiency and controlling quality; together they are an even more formidable...
by George Labovitz, Victor Rosansky
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The alignment tools you need to win in today’s complex, fast-paced business world
“In The Power of Alignment, Labovitz and Rosansky showed us that organizational alignment was essential for success. They helped us focus on mission accomplishment while driving out cost. In Rapid Realignment...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
This volume is a joint publication in the Research in Management Consulting and Contemporary Trends in Organizational Change and Development series. This dual focus reflects the reality that consulting for organizational change is a special type of management consultation, a complex field of endeavor...