The inventive organization : hope and daring at work
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The inventive organization : hope and daring at work
(The Jossey-Bass management series)
Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-383) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Drawing on her extensive consulting experience with such organizations as Johnson & Johnson, Xerox, Ford, and 3M Company, Jill Janov explores how these and other companies are making the transition to high-performance, inventive organizations where self-regulation, interdependence, and partnerships are the rule. Janov shows how any organization that hopes to thrive into the next century can learn to develop the essential building blocks to inventiveness: focus on customer needs; concentrate on core work; practice living organizational values; think systemically; promote self-regulation; build and support interdependence; and understand leading as guiding the development of the system and following as pursuing common cause. Janov offers inspiration, frameworks, and practical applications for executives, managers, and organization consultants who are facing the fundamental challenges in organizations today: how to sustain success in a constantly changing global economy, how to redesign work processes for optimal effectiveness, and how to realign roles and relationships as flattened hierarchies necessitate self-regulation throughout the entire organization.
Table of Contents
Part One: The Problem and the Promise 1. Why Are We Confused and Hurting at Work? 2. Choosing a Third Path: The Inventive Organization Part Two: Hope Building Frameworks for Invention 3. Customers: Designing the Organization Through Their Eyes 4. Core Work: Defining and Doing the Essentials 5. Values: Walking Our Talk 6. Systems Thinking: Seeing Organizations as Relationships in Action 7. Self-Regulation: Control and Support for Everyone 8. Interdependence: All for One and One for All Part Three: Daring: Bold Acts of Leading and Following that Redefine Our Roles, Relationships, and Power 9. The Acts of Leading and Following versus the Roles of Leader and Follower 10. Personal Power: The Source of Lasting Relationships 11. Style: Choosing Partnership Over Dependency 12. Expertise: Choosing Invention Over Maintenance Part Four: Making the Transition: The Start of the Reconstruction 13. The Wisdom Is in the System: Start from Where You Are 14. Looking to the Future: Hope and Daring at Work
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