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內容簡介: |
The level of complexity in most organizations today is
staggering-and it''s only getting worse. There are so many choices
to be made, people to involve, processes to manage, and facts to
analyze, it''s impossible to get things done. And in today''s
hypercompetitive world, that can be fatal.
Yet complexity doesn''t happen on its own. Managers unwittingly
create it, often through well-intended decisions. In Simply
Effective, Ron Ashkenas provides a playbook for regaining control,
focused on the four major causes of complexity:
-Constant changes in organizational structures
-Proliferation of products and services
-Evolution of business processes
-Time-wasting managerial behaviors
The author provides a diagnostic for identifying how these causes
of complexity are affecting your organization-and presents
practical tactics for combating each one.
Ashkenas also explains how to craft a strategy that will make
simplification an ongoing driver of your company''s success-no
matter where you work in your organization. Abundant examples from
companies like ConAgra Foods, GE, Cisco, Zurich Financial Services,
and Johnson Johnson illuminate his points.
A crucial resource in today''s overly complex age, Simply
Effective should be required reading for everyone on your
management team.
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關於作者: |
Ron Ashkenas is a Managing Partner of Robert H. Schaffer
Associates, where he consults to CEOs and senior executives on
leadership, organizational transformation, and postmerger
integration. He has served on the faculty of executive education
programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of
Business, Kellogg School of Management, University of Michigan Ross
School of Business, and Weatherhead School of Management. He is the
coauthor of The Boundaryless Organization, The GE Work-Out, and
Rapid Results.
罗恩·阿什肯纳斯(Ron Ashkenas)是谢弗咨询公司(Schaffer
Consulting)的高级合伙人,,在机构改革方面,是CEO的首席咨询师,是《无边界组织》和《通用电气“群策群力”》两本书的主要作者。
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目錄:
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PREFACE ix
oNE Unmasking Organizational Complexity
TWO Simplifying Structure
THREE Reducing Product Proliferation
FOUR Streamlining Processes
FIVE Curbing Complexity-Causing Behaviors
six Strategy for Simplicity
SEVEN Simplicity Starts with You
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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