Mastering strategic risk : framework for leading and transforming organizations / Joel E. McPhee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPhee, Joel E., author.

Series:

Wiley finance series.

Wiley Finance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change--Management.

Organizational change.

Corporate culture--History.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The modern business climate demands a new risk management strategy Mastering Strategic Risk: Framework for Leading and Transforming Organizations is a comprehensive guide to redesigning organizational systems to better manage the risks and complexities of the modern world. Based on the notion of ""Create, Facilitate, and Support,"" the book provides a roadmap to ensuring optimum performance in even the most challenging circumstances. Whether applied to a system or an entire organization, the ideas presented can help unlock a business's potential and ensure a sustainable advanta

Contents:

Mastering Strategic Risk; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mastering the Complexities of a New Age; CHAPTER 1 The Round World, the Square Pegs: Redesigning Organizations to Manage the Risks of a Different World; RIGHTING THE SHIP: MANAGING THE COMPLEXITIES OF A NEW AGE; THE UNTOLD STORY OF WACHOVIA'S DEMISE: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN INDUSTRY GIANT; A Legacy to Be Proud Of; What Went Wrong; A SYMPTOM OF A MUCH LARGER CHALLENGE; THE BURNING PLATFORM: WHY THE NEED FOR CHANGE; LEVERAGING THE POWER OF PEOPLE; A WORLD OF PATTERNS: DOES NATURE HOLD THE ANSWERS?; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 The Three Elements: Creating, Facilitating, and Supporting Your Competitive AdvantageA FRAMEWORK TAKEN FROM NATURE; Natural Systems; THE HUMAN BODY AS AN EXAMPLE; The Nervous System; Governance and the Body: The Cell Cycle and Temperature; ECOSYSTEMS; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND OUR MARKETPLACE; The Creative Element and the Marketplace; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS; The Motorola Story; Aligning the Three Elements with Corporate Activities; THE CREATIVE ELEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS; Facilitation; Support; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS AN EXAMPLE

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAINSUMMARY; QUESTIONS; NOTE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 The Three Forces: Mastering Strategic Risk with Repetition, Balance, and Movement; ANTICIPATING CHANGE: TOYOTA; THREE FORCES THAT DICTATE PERFORMANCE IN SYSTEMS; MOVEMENT AND CHANGE IN NATURE; Movement and Change in the World We've Created; Balance in Nature; Repetition in Nature; MOVEMENT, BALANCE, AND REPETITION IN OUR MARKETPLACE; Balance in the Marketplace; Repetition in the Marketplace; CHANGE, BALANCE, AND REPETITION IN ORGANIZATIONS; Blockbuster and the Impact of New Technology; Change and Technology

Balance in OrganizationsRepetition in Organizations; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND FORCES AND OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT; The Creative Element; Support and the Federal Government; Facilitation and the State; THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS, FACILITATES, AND CREATES: A FRACTAL VIEW; THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OVERSIGHT; A HOLISTIC APPROACH; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 Transforming the Corporate Agenda: Applying the New Learning to Master Strategic Risk; ALIGNING THE THREE ELEMENTS AND FORCES FOR IMPACTFUL RESULTS; THE THREE ELEMENTS AS KEY DRIVERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Driving Growth through Continuous Creativity and InnovationThe Talent Factor and Innovation; CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE LENS OF INDUSTRY LEADERS; Google-Building a Culture of Innovation; The IKEA Way; Bell Labs-A Trailblazer of American Corporate Innovation; IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL CENTERS OF CREATIVITY AND GROWTH IN THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PLACES; McDonald's and Its DNA of New Product Development; GROWTH THROUGH FACILITATIVE FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES; Wells Fargo; GROWTH THROUGH SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES; Mobile Banking; REPETITION AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

WACHOVIA AND MERGER INTEGRATION

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 29, 2014).

ISBN:

9781118772867

1118772865

9781118819548

1118819543

9781118772874

1118772873

OCLC:

877038940