The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure, Revised and Updated
by Ron Ashkenas (Univ. of Michigan Business School); Dave Ulrich (Univ. of Michigan Business School); Todd Jick (Center for Executive Development); Steve Kerr (General Electric)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary
In this book, four top management strategists show how leading companies are busting boundaries in all directions--vertical, horizontal, external and geographic--and achieving stellar results. Using in-depth stories from such successful companies as GE, Samsung, and AlliedSignal, the book provides a practical action guide for creating boundaryless organizations.
Table of Contents
| Forewords | |
| A New World Order: Rising to the Challenge of New Success Factors | |
| Stepping Up to the Line: How Boundaryless Is Your Organization | |
| Free Movement up and Down: Crossing Vertical Boundaries | |
| Toward a Healthy Hierarchy | |
| Stepping Up to the Line: How Healthy Is Your Organization2s Hierarchy? | |
| Rewiring and Returning the Hierarchy | |
| Free Movement Side to Side: Crossing Horizontal Boundaries | |
| Beyond Turf and Territory | |
| Stepping Up to the Line: How Congruent Are Your Organization2s Horizontal Boundaries? | |
| Integrating Resources to Serve the Customer | |
| Free Movement Along the Value Chain: Crossing External Boundaries | |
| Toward Partnership with Customers and Suppliers | |
| Stepping Up to the Line: How Well Linked Is Your Organization2s Value Chain? | |
| Strengthening the Value Chain | |
| Free Global Movement: Crossing Geographical Boundaries | |
| Toward the Global Corporation | |
| Stepping Up to the Line: How Far Along the Path to Globalization Is Your Organization? | |
| Actions for Global Learners, Launchers, and Leaders | |
| Conclusion | |
| Making It Happen: Leading Toward the Boundaryless Organization | |
| Stepping Up to the Line: Are You a Boundaryless Leader? | |
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