Eliezer Geisler

Managing the Aftermath of Radical Corporate Change (eBook, PDF)

Reengineering, Restructuring, and Reinvention

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The radical restructuring of organizations can have momentous effects and not all of them are good. In fact, many are actually bad and may cause serious harm. How management can remedy these ill effects systematically and restore stability to their traumatized organizations is the theme of Dr. Geisler's compelling new book. How do we clean up the mess from poorly conceived, badly implemented, and ultimately unsuccessful restructurings? How can managers, who have been caught up in these changes and who are as disrupted by them as anyone, regain their own equilibrium and help the healing and reconstructive process take hold? Geisler's answers to these questions are essential reading for corporate executives in all types of organizations (public and private both), and for academics and students. Dr. Geisler lists the problems associated with radical change and describes the futility of total corporate transformations in general. In addition, he develops a staged process by which managers can counteract the side effects of radical change programs. By showing that the beneficial effects of radical corporate change are usually transient, Dr. Geisler's process is a key ingredient in any effort designed for the long-term survival of the firm and the preservation of its strategic goals and methods. Thus, not only does Geisler provide a sound, well-reasoned criticism of corporate restructuring, but he offers something that few if any other books can offer: a workable means to cope constructively with the effects of its many failures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313370359
• Artikelnr.: 37840279

Autorenporträt

ELIEZER GEISLER is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology. With a doctorate from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, he was associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and is the editor of special publication for the International Journal of Technology Management. He also edits a book series on the management of medical technology and is author of more than 50 scholarly publications in the fields of technology and innovation management. Among his earlier books is Managing the Aftermath of Radical Corporate Change (Quorum, 1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Radical Organizational Change The New World of
Business The Crisis in Management Business Process Reengineering: What Went
Wrong and Why Information Technology: Rationalizing the Imperatives The
Aftermath of Reengineering Cleaning-Up: The Process of Restoring Balance
Announcing Restoration of Stability Empowering a Champion Assessing the
Damage Co-opting Middle Managers Establishing Resources Introducing
Localized Changes Refreezing and Reinventing Where We Stand What the Future
Holds Epilogue Index