Managing at the Speed of Chang

ISBN-13: 9780471974949 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 324 str.

Daryl R. Conner

Opis

A source for anyone - from mid-level through to top-level executives - who needs to implement business decisions on time and within budget. The author illustrates that change needs to be made quickly, effectively, economically and with as little political fallout as possible. His methods should teach today's managers to negotiate these transitions by teaching them what distinguishes resilient people from those who suffer future shock and why major change is difficult to assimilate. It teaches the key elements and the flow of events involved in human transition; what roles are central to change in organizational settings; how people become committed to change; why organizational culture is so important to a change's success; and why teamwork is at the heart of achieving change objectives. Organizations need to start managing at the speed of change to meet today's challenges with confidence. The book is based on case studies from leading international organizations such as AT&T and Pepsi-Cola.

Spis treści

THE SPEED OF CHANGE.

Resilience and the Speed of Change.

The Beast.

THE CHANGE IMPERATIVE.

Welcome to Day Twenty–Nine.

Future Shock Is Here.

LESSONS BURIED IN THE MYSTERY.

The Nature of Change.

The Process of Change.

The Roles of Change.

Resistance to Change.

Committing to Change.

Culture and Change.

ONE PLUS ONE IS GREATER THAN TWO.

Prerequisites to Synergy.

The Synergistic Process.

THE NATURE OF RESILIENCE.

Unseen Mechanisms.

Responding to the Crisis of Change.

Enhancing Resilience.

OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

The Ethical Ploy.

Epilogue.

Index.

O autorze

DARYL CONNER has, in the last twenty–three years, been a consultant, psychologist, researcher and executive. He and his consulting firm (ODR, Inc.) have been written about in such publications as the New York Times and Business Week. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. ODR, Inc. has served as "change doctor" for clients such as Georgia Pacific, Honeywell, IBM, Levi Strauss, Mobil Oil, AT&T, Chase Manhattan, JC Penney, Pepsi–Cola Company, and numerous organizations and governments in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, South Africa, and the former Soviet Union.

Blurb

"If you′re initiating major change, prepare yourself by taking two aspirin, read Darly′s book, and get plenty of rest" Craig E. Weatherup, Chairman and CEO, Pepsi–Cola North America Finally, an indispensable source for anyone – from mid–level managers through to top–level executives – who needs to implement business decisions on time and within budget. In today′s ever–fluctuating world, it′s not enough to recognize that you and the way you do business need to change. You must know how to make changes quickly, effectively and economically or you are bound to fail. Everywhere today you hear the concern of those trying to adapt to the rapid flux created by an uncertain economy, ever–changing market demands, and the threat of international competition. Businesses worry that they can′t keep up, and every day another corporation falls prey to the myth that the status quo still works. Daryl Conner, president and founder of the consulting firm Organizational Development Resources, Inc. (ODR), is the world′s number one expert on change management. Conner has taken his twenty years of change management experience and written a ground–breaking guide on resilient, successful change. His system focuses on how to change rather than what to change. Business people at all levels now face the major challenge of initiating company–wide reorganization plans, responding quickly to competition, establishing new products and markets, and adapting themselves smoothly to fluctuations in the economy.