Peer-to-peer leadership : why the network is the leader / Mila N. Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Mila.

Series:

BK business book.

BK business book

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Organizational change.

Organizational behavior.

Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks)--Social aspects.

Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks).

Business networks.

System theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 170 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2014]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

From a top scholar and corporate executive comes a new vision for leadership; the days of top-down management are numbered, but the potential for peer-to-peer leadership is limitless.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; About This Book; Chapter 1: The Language of Leadership; Leadership and the Tech Revolution; Individuality and Equality; What Is Peer-to-Peer Computing Technology and How Is It Related to Leadership?; The Difference between a New Theory and a Paradigm Shift; Summary; Chapter 2: Node Community; What Is a Node Community?; The Power of Node Communities: Instant Information Sharing; Power to Create Change and the Dangers of Misinformation; Disruption of Traditional Communication Models; ON THE P2P PATH: Giant Hydra; The Value of Node Communities in Organizations

Efficient and Effective Flow of InformationThe Expertise of the Whole Community; Nimbleness and Response to Change; Real-Time Feedback and Dialogue; Summary; Chapter 3: Organizational Equipotency; The Power of Equipotency in Organizations; All Nodes Are Created Equal: Everyone Leads and Everyone Follows; Driven by Communication (Nodes); The Value of Equipotency in Organizations; Serving as an Enabler; Driving Commitment; Engendering Positive Intent; Motivating Everyone to Give Their Best; Implications for Organization Design; ON THE P2P PATH: BMW Designworks

Implications for a New Leadership ParadigmSummary; Chapter 4: Relational Dynamics; ON THE P2P PATH: Google; Relational Dynamics; ON THE P2P PATH: Stiletto Network; The Value of Relational Dynamics; People, Information, and Connections; Organizational Anarchy; Shared Decision Making and Governance; Implications for a New Leadership Paradigm; Summary; Chapter 5: From Survival of the Fittest to Survival of the Connected; Darwin Misinterpreted; Adaptation and Mitigation; Protective Processes; Solving Problem Solving; Summary; Chapter 6: The Flow of Information

Traditional Barriers to CommunicationDay-to-Day Sharing: Network as Communication Infrastructure; Benefits of the Open Transfer of Information; Summary; Chapter 7: Nimbleness and Change; P2P and Drivers for Change; The Space and Time for Change; The Evolutionary Model; The Dialectical Model; The Teleological Model; The Life Cycle and Cultural Models; A Case for P2P Architecture: Herman Miller; Summary; Chapter 8: Real-Time Feedback and Dialogue; Starbucks: Two Observations, Two Outcomes; ON THE P2P PATH: NYU-A Global Network University; A Better Way; Summary

Chapter 9: Implications for Organization DesignWhy is P2P Architecture Important?; The Work Experience; ON THE P2P PATH: Hot Spots Movement; The Work Environment; Summary; Chapter 10: Implications for Leadership; Organization Formation; ON THE P2P PATH: ROWE; Human Resources and Organization Development; Questioning Traditional Leadership; Leadership as a Dyad Exchange Structure; Summary; Moving Forward; ON THE P2P PATH: Paul Polman at Unilever; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784028381

178402838X

9781609947484

1609947487

OCLC:

864141096