Download or read book Successful Organizations in Action written by Srinivaas M. and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains learning from the corporate experiences of over 15 professionals who have worked at CXO level in global organizations. The authors are alumni of IITs and IIMs of India with over 100 years corporate experience, having worked in Senior Management roles in top Indian and Multinational organizations. They interpolate their experiences and learnings along with that of a number of accomplished professionals with an enviable corporate success track record. The result is the collection of essential success strategies, tools and desirable traits for achieving organizational excellence in todays competitive world. A number of important issues and real life situations that are faced by the organizations, while growing their company from an idea to the desired position of being a perpetual living giant, have been discussed in lucid detail. It is important for professionals to know what to do, but also to understand the detrimental aspects of corporate behavior one should be conscious of and avoid like plague. This book is a valuable resource for those who are short of time to read a number of books but would like to stay in touch with the contemporary issues and strategies with a refreshing and insightful perspective. Some of the topics covered: Innovation, Value creation and Capturing Value Magnetism and the Art of Marketing Consumer & Customer centricity Importance of Engagement & Experience Management 3 Hook theory of Marketing Importance of Values, Mission, Vision, Culture Sustained Development & Ethical Approach Importance of Focus, Prioritization, Passion Strategic thinking and Execution excellence Leveraging Technology and many more.. While this book is not expected to be an exhaustive resource and an in-depth coverage of key issues facing todays organizations, this will surely provoke the thoughts of the readers in the direction of desirable and undesirable traits that cause successes and failures. This will surely add a new set of tools to your armour to go for excellence in your day-today corporate life.

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Download or read book Organizations in Action written by James D. Thompson and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations act, but what determines how and when they will act? There is precedent for believing that the organization is but an extension of one or a few people, but this is a deceptively simplified approach and, in reality, makes any generalization in organizational theory enormously difficult. Modern-day organizations—manufacturing firms, hospitals, schools, armies, community agencies—are extremely complex in nature, and several strategies, employing a variety of disciplines, are needed to gain a proper understanding of them. Organizations in Action is a classic multidisciplinary study of the behavior of complex organizations as entities. Previous books on the subject focused on the behavior of people in organizational contexts, but this volume considers individual behavior only to the extent that it helps explain the nature of organizations. James D. Thompson offers ninety-five distinct propositions about the behavior of organizations, all relevant regardless of the culture in which they are found. Thompson classifies organizations according to their technologies and environments. That organizations must meet and handle uncertainty is central to his thesis. Organizations in Action is firmly grounded in concepts and theories in the social and behavioral sciences. While it does not offer an actual theory of administration, the book successfully extends the scientific base upon which any emerging administrative theory must rest. This classic work is of continuing value to organizational and management specialists, behavioral scientists, sociologists, administrators, and policymakers.

Download or read book Creative Action in Organizations written by Cameron M. Ford and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1995-07-18 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strong point in this book is its opening extensive review of creativity in organizations and professions. . . including helpful tabulations of articles that identify the motives, expectations, emotions, means, and opportunities that lead to creative acts. . . . it can provide valuable insights and encouragement to scholars and practitioners who are concerned with developing and tapping creativity in organizations. . . . Management professors and graduate students will find the book helpful. . . . --G. David Hughes in Journal of Product Innovation Management "This book definitely will be appropriate for class use in any setting focused on creativity in organizations. Presumably, these would be specialized upper-division, MBA, or Ph.D. electives. If you are interested in the topic of creativity in organizations, this is the book you must read. It is on the frontiers, and it provides a beacon for future scholarly progress on this topic because of its emphasis on how the organizational setting affects the creative process in the world of work." --Lyman Porter, University of California, Irvine "The book is itself a creative approach to creativity. The editors have attracted a talented and well-respected group of academic contributors. The message that we should abandon the romantic but flawed notion that creativity is principally the product of extraordinary individual acts is delivered forcefully, as is the companion notion that organizational contexts are the real seedbeds of creative behavior." --John R. Kimberly, Henry Bower Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "This is one of the better collections of information about creativity because it is data based, and it provides a useful comparison and contrast of conceptual and practical aspects. By clearly describing the benefits and problems associated with the topics, Creative Action in Organizations obviously practices what it preaches. I would recommend that it be used as a textbook for a graduate-level business course, particularly for an MBA program. In addition, I also recommend that it be used as a text reference for industrial ′training & development′ programs targeted at teaching employees how to develop new businesses, improve existing processes, or become better leaders (viz., corporate leadership development programs)." --Tom Wojcik, Manager, Office of Innovation, Hoechst Celanese Corporation Between the trade deficit, mergers, and the recession, the topic of creativity in organizations has become one of increasing importance. How does a company retool or refine its product with foreign and, often, less costly competition? How does human resources find creative solutions to budgeting, product development, marketing, and training? With pithy and engaging chapters from leading researchers and figures in business, government, and academia, Creative Action in Organizations explores the factors that are critical to the development and promotion of creativity to develop a revised view that is grounded in experience. This volume begins with a literature review (written as a mystery to be solved), followed by essays from researchers (Part II) and practitioners (Part III). Using the chapters as "data," the editors conclude with a content-analysis that presents a look at the most significant themes and offers a framework for conceptualizing creativity in organizations. This profound and fascinating volume is essential for students, professionals, and researchers in management and organization studies, public administration, public policy, evaluation, and psychology, as well as libraries in the above areas.

Download or read book Successful Organizations in Action written by Srinivaas M. and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains learning from the corporate experiences of over 15 professionals who have worked at CXO level in global organizations. The authors are alumni of IITs and IIMs of India with over 100 years corporate experience, having worked in Senior Management roles in top Indian and Multinational organizations. They interpolate their experiences and learnings along with that of a number of accomplished professionals with an enviable corporate success track record. The result is the collection of essential success strategies, tools and desirable traits for achieving organizational excellence in today's competitive world. A number of important issues and real life situations that are faced by the organizations, while growing their company from an idea to the desired position of being a perpetual living giant, have been discussed in lucid detail. It is important for professionals to know what to do, but also to understand the detrimental aspects of corporate behavior one should be conscious of and avoid like plague. This book is a valuable resource for those who are short of time to read a number of books but would like to stay in touch with the contemporary issues and strategies with a refreshing and insightful perspective. Some of the topics covered: Innovation, Value creation and Capturing Value Magnetism and the Art of Marketing Consumer & Customer centricity Importance of Engagement & Experience Management 3 Hook theory of Marketing Importance of Values, Mission, Vision, Culture Sustained Development & Ethical Approach Importance of Focus, Prioritization, Passion Strategic thinking and Execution excellence Leveraging Technology and many more.. While this book is not expected to be an exhaustive resource and an in-depth coverage of key issues facing today's organizations, this will surely provoke the thoughts of the readers in the direction of desirable and undesirable traits that cause successes and failures. This will surely add a new set of tools to your armour to go for excellence in your day-today corporate life.

Download or read book Creating Healthy Organizations written by Graham Lowe and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can you future-proof your organization by making it humanly sustainable? Creating Healthy Organizations answers this question, showing how to forge stronger links between employee well-being and the future success of any organization. The book makes a compelling case for resilient and humanly sustainable businesses by focusing on improving employees’ well-being. Employee stress, burnout, work-life conflict, and disengagement remain significant workplace problems. Yet, there are important signs of progress. The healthy organization concept has begun moving into the mainstream of corporate wellness. Scholarly research has advanced beyond making a business case for workplace health promotion to showing how successful interventions are based on a culture of health and closer ties with occupational health and safety. More companies are addressing mental health issues, striving to make workplaces psychologically healthy and safe. Expanded environmental sustainability frameworks provide an opening for the more sustainable use of human resources. As well, extensive tools are now available in many countries to guide actions aimed at developing healthy, safe, and thriving workplaces. These recent workplace trends and resources highlight the need for an updated, concise, integrated, and practical analysis of the challenges of creating a healthier organization, the hurdles that must be overcome along the way, and the key success factors that can guide the improvement process. Creating Healthy Organizations, Revised and Expanded Edition fills this gap in knowledge and practice, guiding those committed to making their organizations healthier.

Download or read book Action Learning for Developing Leaders and Organizations written by Michael J. Marquardt and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action learning is a dynamic process that involves a small group of people solving real organizational problems, while focusing on how their learning can benefit individuals, groups, and the larger organization.

Download or read book Successful Organization Concepts and Practices written by Imad Alsadeq and published by Imad Alsadeq. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you to answer the main three questions worth-asking in any organization, the first of which is why this organization was founded and why we wake up every morning – and may at night – to work for it? Second question is: what are the qualifications, potentials and management structure preparing us to achieve the organization’s mission? Third and last question is about the mechanisms of action adopted in operations of the organization to reach altogether the desired objective and planned targets whether ideas, products or services that contributes with a real added-value to the business marketplace, society and life in whole. This book is for you dear readers whether your work environment is an emerging organization taking its first steps towards the business community, an established corporate has got its way into growth but needs further balance and change of strategy, or even long life entity of an ever-growing size and needs regeneration and agility to best fitting the surrounding variables of different and various types. All such mentioned entities are called “organization” in the present book.

Download or read book Successful Organizational Transformation written by Marvin Washington and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of organizational change is receiving increasing attention. Whether it is re-inventing government, re-engineering corporations, or reforming churches, all kinds of organizations are attempting major transformations. This book will "walk" you through our framework of the five ingredients of transformation: Burning Platform, why should you do anything; Vision, where are you going; Leadership, are you leading the effort, and do you have the skills necessary to lead; Technical Plan, how will you close the gap between the vision and the burning platform; Social Plan, how will you enroll others in the plan. At the end of reading this book, you will understand why change efforts fail, what ingredients are needed to ensure success, and what skills are needed at the organizational, group, and individual level to maximize improvement efforts.

Download or read book Action Learning in Action written by Michael J. Marquardt and published by Davies-Black Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marquardt brings together the six essential elements with realistic advice, practical wisdom, and such tools as checklists and a comprehensive glossary of terms. Readers can learn to leverage action learning to solve problems, develop employees, enhance personal growth, and create organizational learning.

Download or read book The Fearless Organization written by Amy C. Edmondson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of “fitting in” and “going along” spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule or intimidate. Not every idea is good, and yes there are stupid questions, and yes dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal, and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing. This book explores this culture of psychological safety, and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation. Explore the link between psychological safety and high performance Create a culture where it’s “safe” to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes Nurture the level of engagement and candor required in today’s knowledge economy Follow a step-by-step framework for establishing psychological safety in your team or organization Shed the “yes-men” approach and step into real performance. Fertilize creativity, clarify goals, achieve accountability, redefine leadership, and much more. The Fearless Organization helps you bring about this most critical transformation.

Download or read book The Art of Action written by Stephen Bungay and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2011-02-16 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you want me to do? This question is the enduring management issue, a perennial problem that Stephen Bungay shows has an old solution that is counter-intuitive and yet common sense. The Art of Action is a thought-provoking and fresh look at how managers can turn planning into execution, and execution into results. Drawing on his experience as a consultant, senior manager and a highly respected military historian, Stephen Bungay takes a close look at the nineteenth-century Prussian Army, which built its agility on the initiative of its highly empowered junior officers, to show business leaders how they can build more effective, productive organizations. Based on a theoretical framework which has been tested in practice over 150 years, Bungay shows how the approach known as 'mission command' has been applied in businesses as diverse as pharmaceuticals and F1 racing today. The Art of Action is scholarly but engaging, rigorous but pragmatic, and shows how common sense can sometimes be surprising.

Download or read book Action Learning written by Lyle Yorks and published by Berrett-Koehler. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Business of Talk written by Deirdre Boden and published by Polity. This book was released on 1994-10-27 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a bold and innovative analysis of the role of talk in business firms and organizations in general. Like all other organizations, business firms are run primarily through talk. Boden illustrates the significance of conversation analysis as a means of studying organizational structures.

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Download or read book Working Knowledge written by Thomas H. Davenport and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2000-04-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This influential book establishes the enduring vocabulary and concepts in the burgeoning field of knowledge management. It serves as the hands-on resource of choice for companies that recognize knowledge as the only sustainable source of competitive advantage going forward. Drawing from their work with more than thirty knowledge-rich firms, Davenport and Prusak--experienced consultants with a track record of success--examine how all types of companies can effectively understand, analyze, measure, and manage their intellectual assets, turning corporate wisdom into market value. They categorize knowledge work into four sequential activities--accessing, generating, embedding, and transferring--and look at the key skills, techniques, and processes of each. While they present a practical approach to cataloging and storing knowledge so that employees can easily leverage it throughout the firm, the authors caution readers on the limits of communications and information technology in managing intellectual capital.

Download or read book Organizational Change written by Tupper F. Cawsey and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awaken, mobilize, accelerate, and institutionalize change. With a rapidly changing environment, aggressive competition, and ever-increasing customer demands, organizations must understand how to effectively adapt to challenges and find opportunities to successfully implement change. Bridging current theory with practical applications, Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit, Third Edition combines conceptual models with concrete examples and useful exercises to dramatically improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of students in creating effective change. Students will learn to identify needs, communicate a powerful vision, and engage others in the process. This unique toolkit by Tupper Cawsey, Gene Deszca, and Cynthia Ingols will provide readers with practical insights and tools to implement, measure, and monitor sustainable change initiatives to guide organizations to desired outcomes.