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You've got the best employees available - all hand-picked for their knowledge, skills, and creativity. But do you know how to make the most of them? Do you know how to leverage this wealth of human capital - and make your people your most powerful competitive tool?

Gregory G. Dess bolds the Carol Martin Gatton Endowed Chair in Leadership and Strategic Management at the University of Kentucky.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Changing the Rules of the Game	p. 1
A Changing Environment: The New Economy	p. 2
Beyond Productivity: Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Age	p. 4
A Framework for Understanding	p. 8
A New Perspective	p. 18
Recipes for Success in a Changing Environment	p. 27
Finding and Keeping the Best and the Brightest	p. 31
More Effective Hiring Practices	p. 34
Leveraging Human Capital Through Employee Development	p. 42
Retaining Human Capital	p. 53
Putting It All Together	p. 59
Technology: Building Bridges and Leveraging Capabilities	p. 67
The Changing Competitive Landscape	p. 70
Leveraging Human Capital With Technology	p. 72
Linking Human Capital to Core Value-Creating Activities	p. 74
Linking Human Capital to Knowledge and Information	p. 87
Linking Human Capital to Physical and Financial Resources	p. 99
Facilitating Organizational Learning	p. 102
Designing Organizations: Eliminating the Barriers	p. 106
The Barrier-Free Organization	p. 108
The Modular Organization	p. 117
The Virtual Organization	p. 122
Moving Toward the Boundaryless Organization	p. 127
Tools and Techniques for Coordination and Integration	p. 129
The Cellular Organization	p. 132
Staying on Course: Culture, Incentives, and Boundaries	p. 142
Using Culture to Leverage Human Capital	p. 145
Leveraging Human Capital With Rewards and Incentives	p. 158
Focusing Resources With Boundaries and Constraints	p. 167
Semco, Inc.: Reducing the Need for Boundaries	p. 171
Making It Happen: Leadership and Organizational Learning	p. 179
Understanding Leadership	p. 180
The Importance of Leadership	p. 182
Creating the Learning Organization	p. 189
Chaparral Steel: Learning at Work	p. 213
Strategies for Implementation	p. 222
A Framework for Understanding	p. 223
Leveraging Human Capital	p. 226
Finding the Opportunities	p. 227
An Illustrative Example	p. 231
Developing Implementation Strategies	p. 235
Conclusion	p. 235
Index	p. 237
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