Management Reset: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness - Hardcover

Lawler III, Edward E.; Worley, Christopher G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470637986 ISBN 13: 9780470637982

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2011

Synopsis

Provocative new management principles and practices that create effective organizations for shareholders and society Management experts Lawler and Worley have developed a set of management principles that enable organizations to be both successful and responsible. Existing command & control and high-involvement management styles depend too much on stable conditions and focus too narrowly on economic outcomes. They convincingly argue that we need to "reset" our approach to management to one that fits today's demanding business environment. Starting with a change in how success is measured and a more realistic view of risk, Lawler and Worley take us through how strategy, governance, organization structure and talent should be managed. The result is an organization that can reliable produce financial, social, and ecological results. * Includes illustrative lessons from Microsoft, Cisco, Netflix, DaVita, Starbucks, Nokia, and the U.S. Secret Service * Offers clear prescriptions for managers who want to organize for sustainable performance effectiveness * Lawler and Worley are the authors of the bestselling Built to Change Lawler and Worley outline why and how the current practice of management must change in order for organizations to achieve sustained organizational effectiveness.

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 352 in Publisher: John Wiley Praise for Management the Reset Management Reset is a call to action for any business leader looking to create sustainable growth and value in an increasingly interconnected. Thus ethically neglect world Ed Lawler. and Chris Worley illustrate why new approaches to culture and leadership are the greatest sources of competitive advantage available today.-Dov Seidman. founder. chairman. CEO of LRN; and author. How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything ... in Business (and in Life) Until now. there has been no authoritative review of what sustainability actually requires in terms of the nuts and bolts of organizational strategy. structure. systems. and rewards. Management Reset superbly fills that gap by providing leaders with the practical tools and know-how needed to create truly sustainable businesses. This book...

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MANAGEMENT RESET

"is not about convincing you that organizations need to be sustainably effective; it is a book about how organizations can be sustainably effective."
--EXCERPT FROM THE INTRODUCTION

In Management Reset, the acclaimed management experts and authors of the best-selling book Built to Change offer a next-step resource for any organization that wants to thrive in our difficult economic environment. While organizations must perform well financially, Edward E. Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley contend that companies also need to address their social and environmental impact to be viable in the long term.

Management Reset shows how organizations can be sustainably effective by becoming agile and developing the ability to adjust their strategy, organization design, and leadership practices to support profitability, social justice, and environmental health. The book is filled with illustrative lessons from such leading organizations as Microsoft, Cisco, Netflix, DaVita, Starbucks, Nokia, and the United States Secret Service. The authors offer clear, easy to implement principles and practices for managers, leaders, and consultants who want to organize for sustainable performance effectiveness.

By putting in place Lawler and Worley's innovative organization designs and management practices, forward-thinking organizations can remake themselves to better serve both their shareholders and society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470637986
• ISBN 13: 9780470637982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352