Organization Modeling: Innovative Architectures for the 21st Century

This book introduces the revolutionary discipline of object-oriented organizational modeling -- the first formal technique for managers seeking to architect their organizations for maximum competitive advantage.KEY TOPICS:The authors synthesize leading-edge organizational theory and object-oriented modeling techniques, giving leaders powerful new tools for understanding their organization's environment, goals, processes, resources, structure, technology, even culture. It goes far beyond traditional business classes -- which represent an "application" view of a business -- providing a complete framework for modeling the entire organization. Most important, this is the first book to demonstrate how to model optimized structures and behaviors which dramatically improve effectiveness -- and can actually be implemented.MARKET:For all IT planners, analysts, designers, software professionals, and executives seeking to improve the effectiveness of their organizations.

JOSEPH MORABITO holds a Ph.D. in Information Management and has done extensive research and publishing in enterprise architectures, business process design, and information modeling. He consults to a wide variety of organizations. He is a contributing author of Information Modeling (Prentice Hall PTR, 199).

IRA SACK holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computer Science and has published several papers on information modeling, organization theory, and the business foundations of e-commerce.

ANILKUMAR BHATE consults in the areas of technology and product development, engineering design, and quality assurance. He has published numerous papers on information modeling and culture.