Drawing on case examples from a wide range of companies in the US and the rest of the world, the book builds on three core ideas. First, a management modelinvolves choices at the level of the management principles that then shape the specific practices and behaviours in the firm. Second, by understanding the management principles operating in firms, and the alternatives that exist, it is possible for firms to make conscious changes to their management models that can be enormously beneficial to competitiveness (the book provides many examples of success stories where this has been done). Third, there is no one bestmanagement model rather, there are choices to be made, and the appropriate choice depends on a host of circumstantial and competitive factors. The book develops a comprehensive framework for clarifying the choices that make up a firms management model. Four core dimensions of management are identified setting objectives, motivating employees, coordinating activities, making decisions- and for each one the key choices are identified and discussed (e.g. making decisions can be done through hierarchy or through collective wisdom). It then explains, using detailed examples, how companies have made changes along these four dimensions, and how mid-level as well as top-level executives can take the initiative to effect similar changes inside their own organisations. If you want to understand the nature of management in the modern organisation, and to use your management model as a tool for sharpening your competitive advantage, this book is for you.Julian Birkinshaw is Professor of Strategy and International Management at the London Business School and Deputy Dean of Programmes. He is co-founder with Gary Hamel of the Management Lab (MLab). He is the author of ten books, including Giant Steps in Management (Pearson 2007), and two recent articles in the Sloan Management Review, the second of which, entitled: What is Your ManagementModel, will appear in January 2009 and trail his new book. He is active as a consultant and executive educator to many large companies, including Rio Tinto, SAP, ABN, Amro, Ericsson, and several others. In 1998 Management Today profiled him as one of six of the Next Generation of Management Gurus and he writesa regular column for People Management. He is regularly quoted in international media outlets such as The Economist and the Wall Street Journal. Juian Birkinshaws research and consulting for the past five years has focused on understanding the nature of management models in todays business world, and on of historical and contemporary management innovators, as well as action-research identifying their potential for competitive advantage. Under the auspices of the Management Innovation Lab (MLab) and London Business School, this research hasincluded detailed studies projects inside companies that are seeking to change their management models.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-75011-7
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 314
- Fecha Publicación: 05/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés