Redesigning the Firm
Published on 5. October 1995
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-19-508710-9 (ISBN)
Description
The world in which firms compete is now global, increasingly dominated by technology, and rapidly changing. Old organization structures are too inflexible and static to permit firms to remain competitive. In this new book, experts from a major business school, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, explore a range of organizational models that managers can employ to meet the particular needs of their markets. Each chapter offers solutions that are broad-based rather than narrowly focused, and any academic terminology has been removed to make the text easily accessible to managers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508710-9 (9780195087109)
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Other editions
Additional editions
BOWMAN EDWARD H
Redesigning the Firm
E-Book
10/1995
1st Edition
Oxford University Press
€64.99
Available for download
Persons
Edward Bowman is Director of the Jones Centre for Management Policy at Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. Bruce Kogut is Associate Professor of Management at the same institution.
Content
FOREWORD ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PARTICIPANTS ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; 1. Introduction: redesigning the Firm ; I. BOUNDRIES, NETWORKS AND CORPORATE CONTROL ; 2. The Anomolies of Corporate Governance ; 3. Sustainable Competitive Advantage Through Alliance ; 4. Supplier and Buyer Networks ; II. SPEED, VARIETY AND FLEXIBILITY ; 5. Product Innovation in Mature Firms ; 6. Strategies for Product Variety: Lessons from the Auto Industry ; 7. How Control Systems can Support Organizational Flexibility ; III. FORM, SPACE AND TIME ; 8. The Design and Redisign of the Organizational Form ; 9. Organizing the Global Multinational Firm ; 10. How Firms Adapt to Evolving Markets ; IV. SUMMARY ; 11. Modularity and Permeability as Principles of Design