The horizontal revolution : reengineering your organization through teams
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The horizontal revolution : reengineering your organization through teams
（The Jossey-Bass management series）
Jossey-Bass, c1994
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Foreword by Stephen Covey Draws on firsthand experience at implementing and developing hundreds off-diredirected work teams and horizontal initiatives within such corporate revolutionaries as GE, The Walt Disney Company, ITT, and Litton Industries. Offers a strategic and unique guide for those involved in the frontline action of this revolution. Takes a candid and realistic look at the ongoing challenges and ultimate benefits of reengineering organizations through teams.The Horizontal Revolution documents the radical shift in workplace roles, goals, and souls and presents a step-by-step approach to creating horizontal operations through high-involvement teaming and coaching. It guides readers through the four stages of change: pioneering through reactive and proactive processes, settling-in by rewriting the work contract, tilting the organizational structure toward interdependence, and transforming and exploring new tools for continuous improvement.
Filled with hands-on prescriptions, insights, and proven techniques for redistributing ownership and responsibility, and minimizing us versus them conditions, the book delivers a practical approach to making the workplace the center of learning and leadership.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Revolutionary Change for Revolutionary Times
- Part One: Staging the Revolution
- 1. Stage One Pioneering: A Manager's Guide to Teams
- 2. Stage Two Settling-In: Rewriting the Constitution for How Work Gets Done
- 3. Stage Three Horizontalizing: Moving from "That's Not My Job" to "How Are We Going to Do This?"
- 4. Stage Four Transforming: Tools for Continuous Improvement and Success
- Part Two: Leading the Team-Powered Organization
- 5. The Horizontal Leader: Making the Commitment and Building Your Skills
- 6. Horizontal Coaching: How to Keep Teams Fit and in Balance
- Part Three: Keeping the Revolution Alive
- 7. Reward Success: Tracking Performance and Sharing the Gains
- 8. Revolutionary Prescriptions: Continuous Learning and Hard Work
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