The Management Myth: Exploring the Essence of Future Organizations

by Richard David Hames; Richard David Hames; Kim Webber

• ISBN13: 9781875680085
• ISBN10: 187568008X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Business & Professional Publishing

Summary

The Management Myth not only explores alternative ways of thinking about the world in which we work, it also highlights the impact of technological and global change, and brings together in a highly perceptive and challenging way the key issues, dilemmas and paradoxes confronting today's organisations. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Futurist, corporate philosopher, company director and composer, Dr. Richard David Hames is internationally recognised for his systemic approach to adaptive strategic management, futures research and leadership. Richard was educated in Europe, and, in 1983, after a distinguished career in academia in both the UK and Australia, he was appointed Group Chief Executive to Arts Media International in London. He is a founding Director of Australian Business Network and General Manager of ABN Consulting Group.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Welcome to the Postmodern Age
Living on the hinge of history	p. 3
Hi-tech: reality isn't what it used to be	p. 11
Progress at what cost: contemporary dilemmas	p. 20
New worlds of work	p. 26
Global shifts: paths to diverse futures	p. 36
Transformation in Mind
Myths that hold us back	p. 57
The emergent paradigm: an ecology of appreciative systems	p. 70
New metaphors for designing organisations	p. 80
The 'critical learning' system	p. 82
The 'requisite' group	p. 95
The 'dreaming' community	p. 104
The 'fractal' organisation	p. 113
The 'ephemeral' mindset	p. 123
The 'ethical' society	p. 128
Towards an Ecology of Appreciation
Making the paradigm shift	p. 141
Imagining alternative forms of organisation	p. 149
Aligning the system's components	p. 166
The contextual sub-system	p. 176
The cultural sub-system	p. 189
The transformative sub-system	p. 200
Strategic management in appreciative systems	p. 209
Leadership of appreciative systems	p. 234
New theory for the next age	p. 256
Endnotes	p. 275
Glossary	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 287
Index	p. 291
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