Crisis & renewal : meeting the challenge of organizational change
Hurst, David K.
Crisis & renewal : meeting the challenge of organizational change - BostonUS Harvard Business School P. 1995 - xiii, [1], 229 p.
Examines the essential role of crisis in the process of organizational renewal. Uses stories of various enterprises to develop the conceptual models. Chooses examples including: the Bushmen hunters who became herders; the Quakers; Compaq Computer Corporation; and Nike. Looks at their evolution, examining their birth, growth to maturity, aging, and need for renewal. Proposes the return to learning as the formula for renewal, and distinguishes between a performance organization and a learning organization. Also distinguishes between reengineering and renewal.
LRC 12.04.01 H966
Crisis & renewal : meeting the challenge of organizational change - BostonUS Harvard Business School P. 1995 - xiii, [1], 229 p.
Examines the essential role of crisis in the process of organizational renewal. Uses stories of various enterprises to develop the conceptual models. Chooses examples including: the Bushmen hunters who became herders; the Quakers; Compaq Computer Corporation; and Nike. Looks at their evolution, examining their birth, growth to maturity, aging, and need for renewal. Proposes the return to learning as the formula for renewal, and distinguishes between a performance organization and a learning organization. Also distinguishes between reengineering and renewal.
LRC 12.04.01 H966