00972nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000220001710000200003924500700005926000470012930000220017652005730019858300210077194200170079299900170080920260716043429.0  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  cMmH966kLRC  c47117d47117