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The Organization of the Future 2; Visions, Strategies, and Insights on Managing in a New Era

by Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith

The world has changed dramatically since the previous edition of the best-selling The Organization of the Future was published in 1999. More than ever before, leaders need guidance for meeting the challenges of today's complex organizations in order to thrive in the future.

The Organization of the Future 2 is filled with wisdom and insight on the most important issues facing all organizations. Each of the book's twenty-six essays celebrate the wisdom of some of the most recognized thought leaders of our day. These experts share their unique vision of what the organization of the future should look like and what organizational leaders must do to survive in the tumultuous twenty-first century.

The book describes how tomorrow's organizations can chart the path toward growth and prosperity in rapidly changing times and includes amazing examples of how organizations from different sectors have created cultures that are empowering their employees and transforming their industries and communities. The contributors offer varied and diverse views on the organization of the future—for entrepreneurs to large corporations, nonprofits, and universities—including three different yet complementary approaches to inclusion, integration, and horizontal organization.

The final section of the book focuses on the leaders of the organizations of the future and shows how they can make a critical difference in the success of their enterprises.

The Organization of the Future 2; Visions, Strategies, and Insights on Managing in a New Era
Jossey-Bass , 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-18545-2

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Preface (Frances Hesselbein).
Introduction (Marshall Goldsmith).

PART ONE: STRATEGY AND VISION: SETTING THE DIRECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FUTURE.

1. Outsmart Your Rivals by Seeing What Others Don’t (Jim Champy).

2. Organization Is Not Structure but Capability (Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood).

3. The Leader’s Mandate: Create a Shared Sense of Destiny (James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner).

4. A Different Kind of Company (Srikumar S. Rao).

5. Free to Choose: How American Managers Can Create Globally Competitive Workplaces (James O’Toole).

6. Managing the Whole Mandate for the Twenty-First Century: Ditching the Quick-Fix Approach to Management (Paul Borawski and Maryann Brennan).

PART TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: VALUES, EMOTIONS, HOPE, ETHICS, SPIRIT, AND BEHAVIOR.

7. The Values That Build a Strong Organization (Thomas J. Moran).

8. Revisiting the Concept of the Corporation (Charles Handy).

9. Mobilizing Emotions for Performance: Making the Most of the Informal Organization (Jon R. Katzenbach and Zia Khan).

10. Beyond Retirement: Mature Workers Are Essential Talent for Organizations of the Future (Richard J. Leider).

11. The Best Hope for Organizations of the Future: A Functioning Society (Ira A. Jackson).

12. Reframing Ethics, Spirit, and Soul (Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal).

13. Environment Drives Behavior and Expectations (Bill Strickland with Regina Cronin).

PART THREE: DESIGNING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FUTURE.

14. Dynamic Organizations for an Entrepreneurial Age (Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek).

15. Multidimensional, Multinational Organizations of the Future (Jay R. Galbraith).

16. Designing Organizations That Are Built to Change (Edward E. Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley).

17. Refounding a Movement: Preparing a One-Hundred-Year-Old Organization for the Future (Kathy Cloninger).

18. Three Challenges Facing Nonprofits of the Future: People, Funding, and Strategy (Roxanne Spillett).

19. Pioneering the College of the Future: Building as We Walk (Darlyne Bailey).

PART FOUR: WORKING TOGETHER.

20. The Organization of the Future Will Foster an Inclusive Environment (Lee Cockerell).

21. The Leader as Subculture Manager (Edgar H. Schein).

22. The New High-Performance, Horizontal Organization (Howard M. Guttman).

PART V: LEADERSHIP.

23. The Leadership Blueprint to Achieve Exponential Growth (David G. Thomson).

24. Leadership Judgment: The Essence of a Good Leader (Noel M. Tichy and Christopher DeRose).

25. The Leader of the Future (William A. Cohen).

26. Leadership by Perpetual Practice (Debbe Kennedy).

Index.

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