The Dynamic Enterprise Tools for Turning Chaos into Strategy and Strategy into Action

by Friedman, Lisa; Gyr, Herman

• ISBN13: 9780787910143
• ISBN10: 0787910147
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-16
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Here, authors Lisa Friedman and Herman Gyr, internationally respected organizational change consultants, define the Dynamic Enterprise as one whose people can look into the future, see the big picture, and create the right changes.Friedman and Gyr describe how the Dynamic Enterprise empowers its people to build clear, collaborative strategies and translate them into action. And they present tools and strategies for making critical decisions in the midst of chaos, as well as for creating an environment that enables people to effect coordinated change at every organizational level.This comprehensive guide presents a compelling, integrated change model--The Enterprise Development framework--that can be used with a wide range of change initiatives such as strategic business planning, organization, redesign, new technology integration, culture change, team building, and leadership development.The Dynamic Enterprise offers common-sense models and specific guidance that leaders, managers, change agents, and other stakeholders can use to move their companies forward. It gives everyone in an organization the means to communicate effectively with one another, clarify their positions, and reach agreement on the organization's current state and future direction. Using this book, people in business can redesign their work to create a future they all believe in.

Author Biography

HERMAN GYR cofounders of the Enterprise Development Group, specialize in strategy development and implementation for work groups facing complex change. They consult internationally in a wide range of industries, including technology, manufacturing, health care, oil and gas, financial services, utilities, fisheries, government, and universities.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(8)
The Authors	xix
Prologue: The Gift of Perspective	1	(2)
Part One: Facing Chaos	3	(28)
1 Exponential Change and the New Business Environment	5	(8)
2 Leveraging Chaos: The Dynamic Enterprise	13	(18)
Part Two: From Chaos to Strategy	31	(192)
3 An Overview of Enterprise Development	33	(22)
4 Seeing the Whole: The Enterprise as a Dynamic System	55	(46)
5 Creating a Shared Vision of the Future Enterprise	101	(29)
6 Understanding the Past, the Present, and the Change Required	130	(19)
7 Understanding the Nature of Change: Business and Organizational Life Cycles	149	(35)
8 Mobilizing the Three Essential Drivers for Change	184	(39)
Part Three: From Strategy to Performance	223	(22)
9 Creating the Enterprise Development Workplan	225	(20)
Epilogue: Looking into the Deep Future	245	(10)
References	255	(4)
Additional Reading	259	(2)
Index	261