Building High-Performance, High-Trust Organizations [electronic resource] : Decentralization 2.0 /
Broekstra, Gerrit.author.
Some vanguard companies have evolved to a higher level of decentralization originating in the enabling-and-autonomy paradigm. A new kind of deep leadership is practiced by these spirit-driven organizations. This book brings together theory and case studies to cover historical origins and developments of both types of decentralization.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 Complexity is a consequence of living in a sandpile world; 2 Only variety absorbs complexity; 3 Top-down decentralization and the folly of power First story: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company; 4 Going against the grain: aborted bottom-up decentralization Second story: The Durham coal miners; 5 Common-sense decentralization by working with human nature-not against it Third story: Svenska Handelsbanken; 6 Deep leadership provides the social glue keeping high-variety organizations together; Epilogue; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Some vanguard companies have evolved to a higher level of decentralization originating in the enabling-and-autonomy paradigm. A new kind of deep leadership is practiced by these spirit-driven organizations. This book brings together theory and case studies to cover historical origins and developments of both types of decentralization.
Organization.
Planning.
International business enterprises.
Leadership.
Management.
Industries.
Transportation.
Organization.
International Business.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Management.
Industries.
Transportation.