Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness

Edward E. Lawler, III

ISBN 10: 0787980617 / ISBN 13: 9780787980610

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2006

About this Item

Renowned management expert Ed Lawler and coauthor Chris Worley show how to create an organization that encourages experimentation, learning about new practices and technologies, monitoring the environment, assessing performance, and a commitment to continuously improving performance. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676. . 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787980617
• ISBN 13: 9780787980610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 practices and technologies
• Commit to continuously improving performance
• Seek temporary competitive advantages

About the Author

THE AUTHORS

Edward E. Lawler III is distinguished professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business and founder and director of USC's Center for Effective Organizations. He is the author of Treat People Right! and a leading consultant to major corporations.

Christopher G. Worley is a research scientist at USC's Center for Effective Organizations and the former director of the Master of Science in Organization Development (MSOD) program at Pepperdine University. He is the author of Integrated Strategic Change.