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1 online resource (x, 150 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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PDF |
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Apress business |
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Apress business.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
This book demonstrates how plasticity--the ability to change, adapt, and excel as the situation requires--enables organizations to break down barriers and collaborate in the pursuit of a common objective, and to reconfigure or rewire themselves to face down challenges or reach ever-stronger competitive positions. Through entertaining stories and astute analysis, it discusses how plasticity's principles--adaptability, flexibility, fluid networks and roles, lofty goals, and innovation, among others--and the set of abilities for plasticity called the Magic 7--purpose, focus, culture, spirit, networking, knowledge and leadership--are used: to achieve operational excellence; to eliminate wasteful efforts, groupthink, and a reliance on cash cows for revenue and profit; to create more vibrant and creative enterprises; to power up innovative thinking and products; and to respond faster and better to market signals. -- Edited summary from book. |
| Contents |
Part1: The Corporate Plasticity Manifesto; The Starting Point; A Postmortem on Classic ManagementScience; The Third Dimension; Does Plasticity Solve It All?; Part 2:Plasticity at Play; ComeTogether: Did The Beatles Deploy Plasticity?; The Miracle on Ice; D-Day; Steam Locomotives; Teleonomy; Arcimboldo; Golden Ratio; Communication of Ants; Public Spaces; The Human Brain; The Roman Military; Rugby; Wikipedia; Oakland Athletics; NATO Forces; Kodak; The European Union; The Conservation Biologist FacingSynthetic Biology; Guns, Germs, and Steel; Pack of Wolves; Orcas; SymphonyOrchestra. |
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Actorand DirectorHumans; Purpose; Focus; Culture; Spirit; Network; Knowledge; Leadership; Part 3:The Way Forward; CaseStudies; CaseStudy 1: Changi Airport; CaseStudy 2: SpaceX; CaseStudy 3: Din Tai Fung; Index; About the Authors; Other Apress Business Titles You Will Find Useful. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Organizational change -- Management.
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Organizational change.
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Changement organisationnel. |
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Organizational change -- Management |
| Added Author |
Chevreux, Laurent, author.
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Nečemar, Tomaž, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781430267492 |
| ISBN |
9781430267485 (electronic bk.) |
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1430267488 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-4302-6748-5 doi |
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