Built to Change

Identify practices and designs that organizations can adopt so that they are able to change.
Hard cover 334 pages

In this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness experts Edward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be "built to change" so they can last and succeed in today's global economy. Instead of striving to create a highly reliable Swiss watch that consistently produces the same behavior, they argue organizations need to be designed in ways that stimulate and facilitate change. Built to Change focuses on identifying practices and designs that organizations can adopt so that they are able to change. As Lawler and Worley point out, organizations that foster continuous change are closely connected to their environments reward experimentation learn about new pactices and technologies, commit to continuously improving performance, and seek temporary competitive advantages.

Product Code: PMBTC

Vendor: John Wiley & Sons

About the Author: Edward E. Lawler III is distinguished Professor of Business and director of the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC). He joined USC in 1978 and founded and became director of the University's Center for Effective Organizations in 1979. He has consulted with over one hundred organizations on employee involvement, organizational change, corporate board effectiveness, and compensation, and has been honored as a top contributor to the fields of organizational development, organizational behavior, and compensation. His articles have appeared in leading academic journals as well as in Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and leading newspapers! His most recent books include: Rewarding Excellence (Jossey-Bass, 2000), Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top (Jossey-Bass, 2001), Organizing for High Performance (Jossey-Bass, 2001), Treat People Right! (Jossey-Bass, 2003), Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization (Stanford Press, 2003), and Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing (Jossey-Bass, 2004).

Format: Hardcover

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