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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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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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