DEC is dead, long live DEC : the lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation / Edgar H. Schein ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schein, Edgar H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital Equipment Corporation--Biography.

Digital Equipment Corporation.

Digital Equipment Corporation--History.

Computer industry--United States--History.

Computer industry.

Computer industry--United States--Management--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation is dead, long live Digital Equipment Corporation

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler, c2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Edgar Schein is one of the founders of the organization development field, a widely respected scholar and a bestselling author Shows how the unique culture of DEC was responsible both for its early rise and for its ultimate downfall-a real-life classical tragedy Schein was a high-level consultant to DEC throughout its history, with unparalleled access to the company's story as it unfolded over the course of four decades DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC tells the 40-year story of the creation, demise, and enduring legacy of one of the pioneering companies of the computer age. Digital Equipmen

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Purpose and Overview; 2. Three Developmental Streams: A Model for Deciphering the Lessons of the DEC Story; Part one: THE CREATION OF A CULTURE OF INNOVATION: THE TECHNOLOGY, ORGANIZATION, AND CULTURE STREAMS ARE ONE AND THE SAME; 3. Ken Olsen, the Scientist-Engineer; 4. Ken Olsen, the Leader and Manager; 5. Ken Olsen, the Salesman-Marketer; 6. DEC's Cultural Paradigm; 7. DEC's "Other" Legacy: The Development of Leaders; 8. DEC's Impact on the Evolution of Organization Development

Part two: THE STREAMS DIVERGE, CAUSING AN ORGANIZATIONAL MIDLIFE CRISIS9. The Impact of Changing Technology; 10. The Impact of Success, Growth, and Age; 11. Learning Efforts Reveal Cultural Strengths and Rigidities; 12. The Turbulent 1980s: Peaking but Weakening; 13. The Beginning of the End: Ken Olsen's Final Efforts to Save DEC; Part three: LESSONS AND LEGACIES; 14. Obvious Lessons and Subtle Lessons; 15. The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation; Appendixes; A. DEC's Technical Legacy; B. DEC Manufacturing: Contributions Made and Lessons Learned

C. DEC, the First Knowledge OrganizationD. Digital: The Strategic Failure; E. What Happened? A Postscript; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612300424

9781605093024

1605093025

9781282300422

1282300423

9781605094083

1605094080

OCLC:

609856009