A Six-Stage Process for Transforming the Organization

To survive, thrive and beat the competition in this brutally competitive environment one must manage the future. Managing the future means managing the information. In this new era of business where the reaction time and decision making time are shrinking, where the companies have to be constantly on their toes anticipating the changes and adapting the strategies to meet those changes, the role of Information Technology is becoming more and more important and critical. To compete in this new kind of environment, organizations need to be transformed or ‘creatively destructed and restructured’ into a new, flexible, IT-enabled network.

This book identifies a new and coherent set of 20 management principles for the information economy that provide a sound and solid foundation on which one can build a network organization which is capable of meeting the challenges of the future. Creative Destruction describes the process that will enable individuals and workgroups to respond to customers effectively, develop products quickly and capitalize on new market opportunities.

The book is well written and the theories and principles well stated and described, well argued and substantiated. A very useful book for professionals who want to change the old, hierarchical and bureaucratic way of their organizations and turn them into ‘network organizations’. The Appendix ‘What Size Is Right Size? A Theory and Simulation of Firm Design’ is very informative and useful. The Notes section which gives chapter-wise annotation and references is another excellent feature of this book.

Book Details:

Author(s): Richard L. Nolan & David C. Croson
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Edition & Year: First, 1995
ISBN: 0875844987
Cover & Page Count: Hardcover, 272 pages

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