Synopses & Reviews
ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.
ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:
01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work
ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly
Synopsis
Fast track route to mastering organizational models
Covers the key areas of organizational models, from bureaucracies and infocracies to chaordic alliances and worker democracies
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including ASEA Brown Boveri, Bowstreet, Inc., Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, Softopia Japan, The Thread, and VR Techno Japan, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Lynda M. Applegate, Christopher Bartlett and Sumantra Goshal, Dee Hock, James Clawson, Geert Hofstede, Robert Hormats, Henry Mintzberg, Gareth Morgan, Denise M. Rousseau, and Don Tapscott
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide
About the Author
STEPHEN P FITZGERALD is a Los Angeles based organizational consultant specializing in collaboration among organizations for social change. He has written extensively on decision making, organizational models, appreciative inquiry and social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Express Exec
Introduction to Organizational Models
Defining Organizational Models
The Evolution of Organizational Models
The E-Dimension of Organizational Models
The Global Dimension of Organizational Models
The State of the Art of Organizational Models
Organizational Model Success Stories
Key Concepts and Thinkers in Organizational Models
Resources for Organizational Models
Ten Steps to Effective Organizational Models
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Acknowledgements
Index