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Organizational Architecture: Designs for Changing Organizations
David A. Nadler, Marc C. Gerstein, Robert B. Shaw
ISBN: 978-1-55542-443-5
Hardcover
304 pages
May 1992
US $52.00 add_to_cart.gif

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Table of Contents
 
Introduction: Organizational Architecture: A Metaphor for Change.

ARCHITECTURES OF CHANGE.

1. From Machine Bureaucracies to Networked Organizations: An Architectural Journey.

2. Designing Organizations That Have Good Fit: A Framework for Understanding New Architectures.

DESIGNING FORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.

3. Managing the Dynamics of Acquisitions: Successfully Moving from Decision to Integration.

4. Building Strategic Partnerships: Creating and Managing Effective Joint Ventures.

5. Designing High-Performance Work Systems: Organizing People, Work, Technology, and Information.

TRANSFORMING THE INFORMAL ORGANIZATION.

6. Implementing Total Quality Management: A Process of Cultural Change.

7. The Capacity to Act: Creating a Context for Empowerment.

8. Teaching Organizations to Learn: The Power for Productive Failures.

DESIGNING SENIOR MANAGEMENT.

9. Strategic Selection: Staffing the Executive Team.

10. Teamwork at the Top: Creating Executive Teams That Work.

11. Strategic Choice: Engaging the Executive Team in Collaborative Strategy Planning.

THE ROAD FROM DECLINE TO COMPETITIVENESS.

12. Key Leverage Points for Improving Competitive Performance.

13. Organizational Architecture for the Twenty-First Century.