From The Ground Up: Six Principles for Building the New Logic Corporation

by Edward E. Lawler, III

• ISBN13: 9780787902414
• ISBN10: 0787902411
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-08-06
• Publisher: Wiley Professional Development (P&T)

Summary

Selection of the Executive Program Book Club For any manager or executive who2s had it with quick-fix approaches to organizational transformation, here2s a proven approach that lasts. In this paperback edition of the best-selling original work, management expert Ed Lawler presents six principles--and plenty of practical guidance--for overhauling an enterprise from bottom to top and bringing it into alignment with the realities of today2s marketplace. Don2t fall for yet another silver-bullet solution. This is the definitive approach to making the kind of substantive changes that will bolster your company2s competitive stance, now and for years to come.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Author	xv
Introduction: The New Realities of Business Competition	1	(18)
Part One: The New Logic Principles	19	(40)
Changing the Assumptions: The New Logic Principles for Organizing	21	(23)
Achieving High Performance: Turning Principles into Practice	44	(15)
Part Two: Putting the Principles to Work: Strategy and Structure	59	(110)
Business Strategy: Creating the Winning Formula	61	(21)
Corporate Architecture: Structuring for High Performance	82	(20)
Organization Design: Matching the Organization to the Business	102	(19)
Work Design: Moving Beyond the Limits of Jobs to Work and Involvement	121	(22)
Teams: Keys to Making Them Successful	143	(26)
Part Three: Putting the Principles to Work: People, Rewards, Communication, and Measurement	169	(76)
Human Resources: Managing People in New Logic Corporations	171	(23)
Reward Systems: Paying for Teamwork, Competencies, and Performance	194	(25)
Communication and Measurement: Supporting New Logic Management	219	(26)
Part Four: Managing Change: The New Logic Corporation and Beyond	245	(46)
Making It Happen: Creating the New Logic Corporation	247	(19)
Beyond the Corporation: The Impact of the New Logic on Society	266	(25)
Notes	291	(10)
Index	301