Organizations
must be built to perform and change. But, in today’s
highly competitive business environment the focus on performance
often overshadows the ability to change and change frequently.
Organizations cannot sustain excellent performance unless they
embrace change.
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.
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
- Pursue
a string of temporary competitive advantages
Built
to Change is filled with illustrative examples
from companies—Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson,
Limited Brands, and Toyota—that
have been able to change time
and again to meet changing business demands. The
book outlines what it takes to become an organization
that continuously and rapidly changes. It includes
information about creating strategies, structures,
reward systems, communication processes, and human
resource management practices that are designed to
facilitate the ability of an organization to change.
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