Teaming: A new way of working - Teaming to learn, innovate and compete; Organizing to learn: The power of framing - Making it safe to team - Failing better to succeed faster - Teaming across boundaries; Execution-as-learning: Putting teaming and learning to work - Leadership mak…
This pragmatic guide shows how to create an organization of learners. The stories in this book show that businesses, schools, agencies and even communities can undo their "learning disabilities" and achieve superior performance. The Fifth Discipline is based on fifteen years of…
Drawing together group researchers from social psychology and organizational studies, this book considers how groups try to accomplish their goals and how they operate in organizational settings. Chapters focus on theoretical perspectives, social and motivational processes, conf…
"Most organizations contain multiple business and support units, each led by highly trained, experienced executives and staffed by talented employees. But too often, different units fail to coordinate: they work at cross-purposes and have conflicting goals. Results? Performance-…
In organizations everywhere, allies, enemies, and strangers are forging collaborative alliances to produce dramatic breakthroughs in creativity and productivity. Glenn Parker has written a definitive practical guide to fluid and productive collaborations, with brand new examples…
Presents managers and leaders with a framework for understanding how organisations work. Cases studies are presented from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the private and public sectors.
This fourth edition maintains the lively and solid structure while offering a clear understanding and managing organizations. It is filled with new case examples such as Hurricane Katrina and profiles of great leaders such as Mother Theresa, Thomas Keller, and others.
