Designing the networked organization / Ken Everett ; with contributions by Richard White ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everett, Ken.

Contributor:

White, Richard.

Series:

Strategic management collection, 2150-9646.

Strategic management collection, 2150-9646

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational effectiveness.

Business networks.

Interorganizational relations.

Communication in organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ken Everett proposes the network as the organization of the future, and he wrote this book, with the help of five colleagues, to help the architects of such future organizations. He started a network of necessity - limited financial resources - but then encountered surprising benefits. He discovered networked organizations to be resilient, innovative, and leader-full and that these characteristics arise out of the design. This potential, he says, applies equally to networks of independent associates as it does to traditional organizations willing to adopt a new style of leadership - a style closer to "hosting" than "commanding." This is a practice-based book: Its developmental model was earned through experience. The model lays out three phases: from connections to communities to coalitions, or from "doing fine" to "getting better" to "getting better at getting better." Ken Everett illustrates these claims with real-life examples. He describes how a family company with only 3 employees grew to be represented in 30 countries via 300 colleagues. The potential of the networked organization is new, and that's what this book is about.

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Road map

Chapter 3. Starting conditions

Chapter 4. Creating connections

Chapter 5. Crafting community

Chapter 6. Hosting as leading

Chapter 7. Convening coalitions

Chapter 8. Suffocating a network

Chapter 9. Organizations, networks, communities, and hybrids

Chapter 10. The closing circle

Resource 1: Money is thin; life is thick

Resource 2: Affiliate profile

Resource 3: Research project

Resource 4: Case study

Resource 5: Network voice

Resource 6: About us

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-169) and index.

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 26, 2011).

ISBN:

9781782680697

1782680691

9781283892780

1283892782

9781606491966

1606491962

OCLC:

755884941

Publisher Number:

2 BEP