Mark C. Scott

Reinspiring the Corporation

The Seven Seminal Paths to Corporate Greatness

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Heutige Unternehmen sind die endlosen "Management-Maschen" leid - immer wieder neue, vielversprechende Ansätze, die letztlich nur der Sicherheit und Unternehmenstreue der Mitarbeiter schaden. In den letzten Jahren wurde dadurch gesundes Wachstum und Innovation verhindert. Mark Scott führt den Leser durch die verschiedenen Strategien der letzten Jahrzehnte (z.B. Restrukturierung, Personalabbau, Outsourcing), indem er gleichzeitig ihre jeweiligen Schwachpunkte erläutert. Er zeigt auf, warum Unternehmen und ihre Mitarbeiter heute "neu inspiriert" werden müssen, damit sie wieder wachsen und sich entwickeln können. Die Neuinspirierung ist ein ethischer, ein positiver Schritt nach vorn, mit dem Ziel, durch die Erneuerung der vertraglichen Verpflichtung zwischen Angestellten und Unternehmen eine kollektive Kreativität und Überzeugung zu fördern. Anhand der erfolgreichsten und beständigsten Organisationen in der Geschichte - den großen Weltreligionen - erläutert Mark Scott, was Menschen dazu bringt, um des Erfolgs willen zusammenzuarbeiten. Er kombiniert diese Erkenntnisse mit praktischen Werkzeugen, die dem Unternehmen den Weg ins 21. Jahrhundert weisen. Job Spec: Construction of Cathedral in Chartres, North West France Dimensions: 34m high, 130m long Materials: 500,000 tonnes of limestone, 176 stained glass windows Style: Gothic Time Frame: 30 years Confronted with this project would you screw it up and bin it? Probably. Why? Because the task is too enormous? Because the goal is too hard to achieve? Because you could not get the people in your organization to buy into the idea? But, wouldn t it be fabulous if you could achieve this, or its equivalent, in your place of business. How then could the construction of Chartres cathedral be achieved? Individuals working on a largely voluntary basis hauled and hammered stone, strained on pulleys, and mixed mortar to craft this monumental building. What drove them? A vision - the fulfilment of something in which they all consummately believed; something that validated the unrewarded toil; something they believed in fully. They call it Faith. What this achievement confirms is what is possible if people believe strongly enough in what they are doing. If the human soul buys into an idea with a passion, with total commitment, the bounds of what we are collectively capable are quite simply astounding. What would it be like for a company if fifty thousand souls were as single-mindedly driven to do what they did at Chartres? What would AT&T look like? IBM? ABB? Your company? This book argues that it is possible for the corporation to inspire and harness comparable committed, co-ordinated energy. The process is called Reinspiration. Apply it within your corporation and reap the benefits.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780471863700
• ISBN-10: 047186370X
• Artikelnr.: 21941150

Autorenporträt

Mark C. Scott is an Executive Vice President of Lighthouse Holdings, a newly created global marketing communications group. Until recently, he was Operations Director at WPP Group plc., prior to which he worked for a number of years as a management consultant in Europe and the USA. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School and was educated at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He is the author of Value Drivers and The Intellect Industry, both published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: the need for a new paradigm The reinspiration model
The way corporations think about competitiveness: is there really a
problem? The origins of the seven well-trodden paths to reinspiration
Corporate reinspiration: what's in it for the individual? Path 1:
Reinstating a framework of moral authority Path 2: Refocusing the
corporation on collective outcomes Path 3: Cultivating a common language,
idiom and identity Path 4: Embedding a shared corporate heritage Path 5:
Releasing the flow of ideas: inspiring the asking of the big questions Path
6: Invoking an aspirational view of the collective future Path 7:
Cultivating corporate mystique The shape of the reinspired corporation:
towards a new dawn Select Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

"Perhaps he (Scott) has a point. In an age where the only significant capital is intellectual, the "re-inspired corporation" has a better chance of winning." -The Independent - Book of the Week

"This book offers insights into practical ways to tap the collective potential of any organisation and justifies careful reading for those with management responsibility, even at department level." - Supply Management

"....an interesting study..." -Business Age