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Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness

Lawler III, Edward E., Worley, Chris

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In this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness experts Edward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be built to change so they can last and succeed in today's global economy. Instead of striving to create a highly reliable Swiss watch that consistently produces the same behavior, they argue organizations need to be designed in ways that stimulate and facilitate change. Built to Change focuses on identifying practices and designs that organizations can adopt so that they are able to change. As Lawler and Worley point out, organizations that foster continuous change Are closely connected to their environments Reward experimentation Learn about new practices and technologies Commit to continuously improving performance Seek temporary competitive advantages

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Title of ebook: Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
ISBN: 9780787982959
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Internet download file size: 1348 kb
Pages: 352
Released online for download: 02-10-2006
Author of eBook: Lawler III, Edward E.
Author of eBook: Worley, Chris
Foreword by: Porras, Jerry

Built to Change

How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness

Chapter One

Why Build Organizations to Change

Built-to-Change Strategy: Seek Temporary Advantages

All organizations are experiencing a business environment characterized by rapid change. This is not news to most people -their lives have changed because of it. What may be news is just how much the speed of change has increased. An analysis of Fortune 1000 corporations shows that between 1973 and 1983, 35 percent of the companies in the top twenty were new. The number of new companies increases to 45 percent when the comparison is between 1983 and 1993. It increases even further, to 60 percent, when the comparison is between 1993 and 2003. Any bets as to where it will be between 2003 and 2013? A ... read full excerpt from Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness ebook