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9780743233224

Fit, Failure & the Hall of Fame

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  • ISBN13:

    9780743233224

  • ISBN10:

    0743233220

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-29
  • Publisher: Free Press
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Summary

In this incisive analysis of corporate success and failure, the authors maintain that success is derived from a mix of ingredients--a company's strategy, its structure, and its processes working in concert. This book will supply managers with the fundamentals of achieving lasting success.

Author Biography

Charles C. Snow is a co-author of Fit, Failure, & the Hall of Fame, a Free Press book.

Raymond E. Miles is a co-author of Fit, Failure, & the Hall of Fame, a Free Press book.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Part One. Why Organizations Succeed 7(56)
The Process of Achieving Fit
11(14)
Early Fit: Creating New Recipes for Success
25(19)
The Modern Transition
44(19)
Part Two. Why Organizations Fail 63(32)
The Process of Misfit
65(5)
Failure to Respond to External Change
70(13)
Unraveling From Within
83(12)
Part Three. Future Fit: The Twenty-First Century Challenge 95(62)
The Network Organization
97(24)
Triple Fit: Network Roles and the Spherical Form
121(20)
A New Managerial Philosophy: The Human Investment Model
141(16)
Part Four. Dynamic Fit: The Process of Organizational Renewal 157(44)
The Process of Corporate Redesign
159(10)
The Self-Renewing Organization: Learning and Teaching Adaptation
169(17)
From Idealistic Oughts to Economic Musts
186(15)
Endnotes 201(8)
Acknowledgments 209(2)
Index 211(4)
About the Authors 215

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