The Inventive Organization

By - Janov, Jill

Floor - Floor 2

Published - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1994.

ISBN 10 - 1555426271

ISBN 13 - 9781555426279

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Organizational change.

Shelf No - 17

Call Number - 658.406 JAN

Physical Description - xxii, 395 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes - Includes Index

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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.

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