Transforming Organizations

by Kochan, Thomas A.; Useem, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780195065046
• ISBN10: 0195065042
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-02-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book examines how organizations can, and should, transform their practices to compete in a world economy. Research results from a multi-disciplinary team of MIT researchers, along with the experiences and insights of a select group of industry practitioners, are integrated into a model that stresses the need for systemic and transformative rather than piecemeal or incremental changes in organization practices and public policy. This integration of research and experience results in an argument for a new organizational learning model--one capable of gaining advantage from employee diversity, cooperation across organizational boundaries, strategic restructuring, and advanced technology. The book begins with a foreword by Lester C. Thurow.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Achieving Systemic Organizational Change	p. 3
Strategic restructuring
Japan's Version of Managerial Capitalism	p. 17
The Political Embeddedness of Industrial Change: Corporate Restructuring and Local Politics in Contemporary Italy	p. 28
Corporate Restructuring and Organizational Behavior	p. 44
The Effect of Changes in Corporate Control on Firm Performance	p. 61
The Role of the CEO in the Management of Change: The Case of Information Technology	p. 80
Strategic Alignment: A Model for Organizational Transformation Through Information Technology	p. 97
Technological Change and the Management of Architectural Knowledge	p. 118
Dialogue on Strategic Restructuring	p. 133
Using human resources for strategic advantage
Using Human Resources in Skill Formation: The Role of Training	p. 139
Cross-Functional Teams: Blessing or Curse for New Product Development?	p. 154
Human Resources, Organizational Governance, and Public Policy: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation	p. 169
Changing the Conditions of Work: Responding to Increasing Work Force Diversity and New Family Patterns	p. 188
Dialogue on Using Human Resources for Strategic Advantage	p. 203
Using technology for strategic advantage
Integrating Technology and Human Resources for High-Performance Manufacturing: Evidence from the International Auto Industry	p. 209
Managing the Introduction of New Process Technology: An International Comparison	p. 227
Organizational Change and the Internationalization of RandD	p. 245
The Effects of Information Technology on Management and Organizations	p. 261
Organizational Change and Decision Making About New Technology	p. 280
Dialogue on Using Technology for Strategic Advantage	p. 299
Redesigning organizational structures and boundaries
Work, Labor, and Action: Work Experience in a System of Flexible Production	p. 307
Informal Information Trading Between Firms	p. 320
Strategic Alternatives for Technology-Based Product and Business Development	p. 337
Systems Thinking and Organizational Learning: Acting Locally and Thinking Globally in the Organization of the Future	p. 353
Dialogue on Redesigning Organizational Structures and Boundaries	p. 372
Leadership and change: the practitioners' perspective
A CEO's Perspective	p. 377
A Labor Leader's Perspective	p. 381
Dialogue on Leadership and Change	p. 384
Conclusion
Creating the Learning Organization	p. 391
Contributors and Participants	p. 407
Index	p. 411
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