Managing on the Edge: Companies That Use Conflict to Stay Ahead

Managing on the Edge: Companies That Use Conflict to Stay AheadAuthor: Richard Tanner PascaleTitle: Managing on the Edge: Companies That Use Conflict to Stay AheadPublication: Simon and SchusterEdition: FIRST EDITIONDescription: First Edition, Second Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1990. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Seller ID: 320598Subject: Business

Pascale suggests that to avoid stagnation and to be renewed, an organization should operate on the principles of fit, split, contend, and transcend. Fit deals with an organization's internal consistency; split is a technique for breaking a bigger organization into smaller units; contend is a management process that harnesses the contradictions that are inevitable in organizations; and transcend is the complexity that is necessary to successfully manage the renewal process. This is a complex concept that is intentionally different from One Minute Manager -type books. Pascale shows how this has worked in many companies including Honda, Ford, IBM, etc. Recommended for all business collections. --Michael D. Kathman, St. John's Univ., Collegeville, Minn.
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