Winning: Continuous Improvement Theory in High Performance Organizations (Intl Management (Dis)) - Hardcover

Obloj, Krysztof; Cushman, Donald P.; Kozminski, Andrzej

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791425215 ISBN 13: 9780791425213

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book shows how organizational frame-breaking changes can be used in order for an organization to learn from its own experience and continually improve.

Winning provides a theory of how and when to use various types of teamwork in a continuous improvement program. These include self-managed, cross-functional, benchmarking, outside linking and breakthrough teams. Also discussed are team leadership, team strategy, and examples of teamwork tools and outcomes. The book teaches how to win through continuous improvement programs.

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About the Author

Krzysztof Obloj is Professor of Strategic Management and Director of the MBA Program at the International Management Center at the University of Warsaw. He has written several books, and is coauthor of Management Systems: A Global Perspective. Donald P. Cushman is Professor of Communication at State University of New York at Albany, and coeditor of the SUNY series, Human Communication Processes. He is the author of many books including Organizational Communication and Management: A Global Perspective edited with Andrzej K. Kozminski and also published by SUNY Press. Andrzej K. Kozminski is Professor of Management and Chair of the Management and Organization Department at the School of Management at the University of Warsaw. He is the Director of the university's International Postgraduate Management Program and President of the International Business School. He is the author of Catching Up? Organizational and Management Change in the Ex-Socialist Block, also published by SUNY Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791425215
• ISBN 13: 9780791425213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 205