Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 17, 2011 - Business & Economics - 352 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 practices and technologies
  • Commit to continuously improving performance
  • Seek temporary competitive advantages
 

Contents

Making Processes
Acquiring the Right Talent
Managing Human Capital
Meeting the Leadership Challenge
Designing Reward Systems
Rewarding Performance and Change
Creating a BuilttoChange Organization
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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.

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