Book description
Provocative new management principles and practices that create
effective organizations for shareholders and society
Management experts Lawler and Worley have developed a set of
management principles that enable organizations to be both successful
and responsible. Existing command & control and high-involvement
management styles depend too much on stable conditions and focus too
narrowly on economic outcomes. They convincingly argue that we need to
"reset" our approach to management to one that fits today's
demanding business environment. Starting with a change in how success
is measured and a more realistic view of risk, Lawler and Worley take
us through how strategy, governance, organization structure and talent
should be managed. The result is an organization that can reliable
produce financial, social, and ecological results.
- Includes illustrative lessons from Microsoft, Cisco, Netflix,
DaVita, Starbucks, Nokia, and the U. S. Secret Service
- Offers clear prescriptions for managers who want to organize for
sustainable performance effectiveness
- Lawler and Worley are the authors of the bestselling Built to Change
Lawler and Worley outline why and how the current practice of
management must change in order for organizations to achieve sustained
organizational effectiveness.
Edward E. Lawler III is the Director of the Center
for Effective Organizations at University of Southern California and
Distinguished Professor of Business in Marshall School of Business at
University of Southern California. He is the author or coauthor of
numerous books including Treat People Right!, From the
Ground Up, Organizing for High Performance, Rewarding
Excellence, The Ultimate Advantage, and Talent, all
from Jossey-Bass.
Christopher G. Worley is a Senior Research Scientist at the
Center for Effective Organizations at University of Southern
California, and Professor of Management at Pepperdine University's
Graziadio School of Business and Management. He has authored five
editions of Organization Development and Change, the
largest-selling textbook in OD, and numerous articles on organization
design. Lawler and Worley are the coauthors of Built to Change
from Jossey-Bass.
