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Book SynopsisIn todaya s world of rapid change, companies must unleash energy at all levels to identify new opportunities. But unleashing energy creates centrifugal forces that can pull the organization apart. Setting energy in motion isna t enough--it has to be focused.
Table of ContentsBOTTOM-UP ORGANIZATION.
Introducing Bottom-up Organization (P. Strebel).
Pathways to Bottom-up Organization (P. Strebel).
ENERGIZING THE ORGANIZATION.
Pioneering Spirit (P. Lorange).
Growth Catalysts (J. Horovitz).
Craft Networks (A. Boynton).
Boundary-crossing Networks (T. Vollmann).
Reconfigurable Organizations (J. Galbraith).
Competence-sharing across Boundaries (P. Morosini).
FOCUSING THE ENERGY.
Balancing Bottom-up with Top-down (P. Lorange).
Focusing on Breakthrough Options (P. Strebel).
Developing Strategy from Within (P. Killing).
Using Collective Learning to Focus the Energized Organization (X. Gilbert).
Using Information to Channel Human Energy (D. Marchand).
Focusing People around Processes (J.-P. Deschamps).
Co-ordinating Laterally (J. Galbraith).
Personal Compacts (P. Strebel).
Turbo-kaizen (T. Vollmann).
The Leadership Paradox (J. Kassarjian).
Contributors.
Index.
