In 1996, John P. Kotter's Leading Change became a runaway bestseller, outlining an eight-step program for organizational change that was embraced by executives around the world. Then, Kotter and coauthor Dan Cohen's The Heart of Change introduced the revolutionary "see-feel-change" approach, which helped executives understand the crucial role of emotion in successful change efforts. Now, this …
Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process broke fresh ground in the understanding of strategy at a time when thinking about strategy was still in its early days, and it has not been displaced since.”—David J. Hickson, Emeritus Professor of International Management & Organization, University of Bradford School of Management Originally published in 1978, Organizational Strategy, Struc…
The author offers insight on creating and managing an organization that can respond to customer demands and achieve competitive advantage. He gives suggestions for selecting and implementing efficient organizational designs, using examples from well-known companies. The first edition was published in 1995. This second edition draws on information from a project at the International Institute fo…
Most organizations consist of multiple business and support units, each populated by highly trained, experienced executives. But often the efforts of individual units are not coordinated, resulting in conflicts, lost opportunities, and diminished performance. The authors argue that the responsibility for this critical alignment lies with corporate headquarters. In this book, the authors appl…
What makes some businesses more successful than others? The answer: people. Organizations with motivated, talented employees that offer outstanding customer service are more likely to pull ahead of the competition. Performance Management is the first text to emphasize this key competitive advantage, showing readers that success in todayÂ’s globalized business world can be found, not in techn…
Performance Management, Fifth Edition covers the design and implementation of effective and successful performance management systems―the key tools that can be used to transform employee talent and motivation into a strategic business advantage. Author Herman Aguinis focuses on research-based findings and up-to-date applications that consider the changing nature of work and organizations.
It is often said that the only true source of sustained competitive advantage is people. But what does that mean and how can this be measured and managed? How many organizations know whether their human capital outperforms their competitors', or even whether it improves year-over-year? And what is the strategy for continually improving that performance?The "New Human Capital Strategy" is a road…
Authors developed the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for hierarchical decision making and the Analytic NEtwprk Process (ANP) for decicion-making in systems with dependence and feedback. This book contains the fundamentals of both theories as well as applications. The books’s protocols is follows: 1. Structure the problem to include all the factors that can influence the outcome. These fac…