
Combatting Disruptive Change
Beating Unruly Competition at Their Own Game
Ian I. Mitroff(Author)
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
Published on 13. May 2016
Book
Hardback
XIX, 92 pages
978-1-137-60043-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a critical examination of the main ideas regarding disruptive change and startups. It systematically lays out the full set of challenges and tasks one needs to master in order for existing organizations to weather severe change or make a startup successful. Ian Mitroff outlines the protective actions business leaders must take to ensure their continued existence, providing a clear demonstration of the key roles leaders must assume such as Applied Epistemologist, Applied Ethicist, Applied Systems Thinker, Applied Social Psychologist, and Applied Crisis Manager, and how to perform these roles competently.
Citing cases such as Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb, this book uniquely analyzes the disrupting agent in emerging industries, which is crucial for success in today's complex and turbulent world. It will be of value to students, academics, and entrepreneurs looking to develop a new product or service.
Citing cases such as Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb, this book uniquely analyzes the disrupting agent in emerging industries, which is crucial for success in today's complex and turbulent world. It will be of value to students, academics, and entrepreneurs looking to develop a new product or service.
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Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen, 9 farbige Abbildungen
XIX, 92 p. 19 illus., 9 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-60043-1 (9781137600431)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-60044-8
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Person
Ian Mitroff is Senior Investigator in the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of California - Berkeley, USA. He is Professor Emeritus of the Annenberg School of Communication and the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA, where he was the Harold Quinton Distinguished Professor of Business Policy. Dr. Mitroff is regarded as one of the founders of the discipline of Crisis Management and founded and directed the USC Center for Crisis Management. Known for his thinking and writing on a wide range of business and societal issues, he is the author of 36 books and is a frequent blogger for the Huffington Post.
Content
1. It's All About Assumptions: The Critical Role of an Applied Epistemologist. - 2. Doing What's Right: The Role of an Applied Ethicist. - 3. Think Like a System: Be An Applied Systems Thinker. - 4. Thinking Like A Crisis Manager. - 5. Wisdom--How the Leaders of Purpose-Driven Organizations Manage From Their Values. - 6. Applied Epistemology, Part 2. - 7. Assumptions and Stakeholders Revisited