
Structured for Success
What Leaders Need to Know to Build and Sustain Effective Organizations
J. Chris White(Author)
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 2. March 2018
Book
Hardback
210 pages
978-1-4987-6440-7 (ISBN)
Description
Leadership is not just about reading data points and asserting corresponding action points; it is about designing an organizational structure and culture that directly generates desired performance results. Part of that involves understanding internal controls (such as motivation) versus external controls (such as policies and budgets) and making sure they cohere and never clash. From the perspective of sets and causal chains, the author presents a new way for leaders to view organizational structure holistically. A website accompanies the book with models and simulations that help map out these complex sets and predict/analyze results.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
7 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 133 s/w Zeichnungen
133 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 166 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-6440-7 (9781498764407)
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What Leaders Need to Know to Build and Sustain Effective Organizations
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Person
J. Chris White was born and raised in Dallas, TX and now resides in Rockwall, TX with his wife and two daughters. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT (1990) and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan (1992). In addition to his role at ViaSim Solutions, he is currently an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Texas A&M University at Commerce (TAMU-C). Chris has published numerous articles in the fields of leadership, TQM, Six Sigma, project management, strategic management, and simulation.
Content
Leadership versus management. Structure guides behavior. Positive (reinforcing) feedback loops. Negative (balancing) feedback loop. The traditional S curve of performance. The influence of external structures. The influence of internal structures. An integrated structural model of human behavior. Finding structural dissonance. Methods for changing human behavior. Structured for success. Appendix - Computer modeling and simulation for structural analysis.