Tomorrow's Organization Crafting Winning Capabilities in a Dynamic World

by Mohrman, Susan Albers; Galbraith, Jay R.; Lawler, Edward E.

• ISBN13: 9780787940041
• ISBN10: 0787940046
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-02-12
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Create a more flexible, responsive, and competitive business A Publication of The Center for Effective Organizations Picking up where the successful Organizing for the Future left off, this work from the Center for Effective Organizations presents a coherent set of principles and hands-on guidance for creating the successful organization of tomorrow. Celebrated contributors such as Jay Conger, David Finegold, and Tora Bikson--not to mention the editors themselves--empower a book that captures the latest thinking and new practices regarding the design of complex organizations. The emerging forms and contexts of organizations, enablers of continuous performance improvement, and change implementation processes are among the many cutting-edge topics discussed.

Author Biography

SUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN is a senior research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the University of Southern California. She has written numerous articles for professional journals and is the coauthor of nine books, including Designing Team-Based Organizations (1995) and Creating High Performance Organizations (1995), both published by Jossey-Bass. <p> JAY R. GALBRAITH is professor of management at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is currently on leave from the University of Southern California, where he holds joint appointments as professor of management and organization in the Graduate School of Business and senior research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations. <p> E. LAWLER is founding director of the University of Southern California's Center for Effective Organizations, where he is professor of management and organization in the Marshall School of Business. He is the author of twenty-seven books, including From the Ground Up (1996) and Strategic Pay (1990), both from Jossey-Bass.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(8)
About the Authors	xix
Introduction: The Challenge of Change: Organizing for Competitive Advantage	1	(20)
Jay R. Galbraith
Edward E. Lawler III
Part One: Designing Competitive Organizations	21	(110)
1 Corporate Boards: Developing Effectiveness at the Top	23	(28)
Edward E. Lawler III
David Finegold
Jay A. Conger
2 Linking Customers and Products: Organizing for Product and Customer Focus	51	(25)
Jay R. Galbraith
3 Designing the Networked Organization: Leveraging Size and Competencies	76	(27)
Jay R. Galbraith
4 Structuring Global Organizations	103	(28)
Jay R. Galbraith
Part Two: Enabling Competitive Performance	131	(78)
5 Organizing for Competencies and Capabilities: Bridging from Strategy to Effectiveness	133	(21)
David Finegold
Edward L. Lawler III
Gerald E. Ledford Jr.
6 The Changing Nature of Work: Managing the Impact of Information Technology	154	(25)
Susan G. Cohen
Don Mankin
7 Employee Involvement, Reengineering, and TQM: Focusing on Capability Development	179	(30)
Edward E. Lawler III
Susan Albers Mohrman
Part Three: Managing People in the Competitive Organization	209	(98)
8 The New Human Resources Management: Creating the Strategic Business Partnership	211	(20)
Susan Albers Mohrman
Edward E. Lawler III
9 The New Learning Partnership: Sharing Responsibility for Building Competence	231	(33)
David Finegold
10 Executive Education: A Critical Lever for Organizational Change	264	(22)
Jay A. Conger
Katherine R. Xin
11 Strategic Pay System Design	286	(21)
Edward E. Lawler III
Part Four: Transforming the Organization	307	(87)
12 Teams and Technology: Extending the Power of Collaboration	309	(21)
Don Mankin
Susan G. Cohen
Tora K. Bikson
13 Accelerating Organizational Learning During Transition	330	(32)
Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi
Susan Albers Mohrman
Allan M. Mohrman Jr.
14 Catalyzing Organizational Change and Learning: The Role of Performance Management	362	(32)
Allan M. Mohrman Jr.
Susan Albers Mohrman
Conclusion: Facing the Challenges of the Future	394	(19)
Susan Albers Mohrman
Edward E. Lawler III
References	413	(24)
Name Index	437	(6)
Subject Index	443