Overview
Adhocracy: Any form of organization that cuts across normal bureaucratic lines to capture opportunities, solve problems, and get results. In an era of accelerating change, organizations, and national economies, most likely to succeed are those with the ability to adjust and adapt. Robert H. Waterman Jr., coauthor of the best-selling In Search of Excellence, shows how and what this sort of innovation must become a way of life for business organizations across the board. What is needed is an environment that fosters the use of an ad-hoc problem-solving technique, in effect an """"adhocracy"""" that functions outside the often initiative-stifling bureaucracy. Drawing on twenty-five years' experience in management consulting, Waterman offers clear instructions on how to establish adhocracy and make it work: creating task forces and independent business units, even two people meeting in a hallway to solve a common problem. A lively and insightful work, this should become an essential handbook for managers at all levels who recognize the need to redefine the rules for success.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 21.10cm
Weight: 0.170kg
ISBN: 9780393310849
ISBN 10: 0393310841
Pages: 130
Publication Date: 17 October 1993
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Adhocracy is the single best treatment of innovation and teams that I've read anywhere. It's insightful and filled with practical information. -- Charles O'Reilly, University of California, Berkeley
Adhocracy is the single best treatment of innovation and teams that I've read anywhere. It's insightful and filled with practical information.--Charles O'Reilly, University of California, Berkeley
Adhocracy is the single best treatment of innovation and teams that I've read anywhere. It's insightful and filled with practical information. -- Charles O'Reilly, University of California, Berkeley
Adhocracy is the single best treatment of innovation and teams that I've read anywhere. It's insightful and filled with practical information. --Charles O'Reilly, University of California, Berkeley
Author Information
Robert H. Waterman Jr. is author of The Renewal Factor: How the Best Get and Keep the Competitive Edge and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies.
