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Crisis & renewal : meeting the challenge of organizational change

By:

Hurst, David K

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Harvard Business School P. BostonUS 1995Description: xiii, [1], 229 pAction note:

9/26/01 TESSA_H

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Monograph	CARICOM Documentation Centre	LRC 12.04.01 H966 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0000000017796

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.

9/26/01 TESSA_H

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