00885nam a2200109Ia 4500080002200000100002000022245007000042260004700112300002200159520057300181583002100754  aLRC 12.04.01 H966  aHurst, David K.  aCrisis & renewal : meeting the challenge of organizational change  bHarvard Business School P.aBostonUSc1995  axiii, [1], 229 p.  aExamines 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.  c9/26/01kTESSA_H