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Description :
David Hurst has a unique knowledge of organizations -- their function and their failure -- both in theory and in practice. He has spent twenty-five years as an operating manager, often in crises and turnaround conditions, and is also a widely experienced consultant, teacher, and writer on business. This book is his innovative integration of management practice and theory, using a systems perspective and analogies drawn from nature to illustrate groundbreaking ideas and their practical application. It is designed for readers unfamiliar with sophisticated management concepts and for active practitioners seeking to advance their management and leadership skills.
Content :
- Part 1 :
- Lost in Management Thought
- Economics, Evolution, and Ecology
- Sacle in Space and Time
- Why Wal-Mart's Growth is Like a Forest's
- The Ecocycle: Life, Death, and Renewal
- The Ecocycle in Human Organizations
- Part 2
- Commnities of Trust
- Logic and Power
- Climbing the Ladder of Abstraction
- The Product Life Cylce Meets the Ecocycle
- The Pathologies of Power
- The Onset of Crisis
- Part 3
- Wisdom from the Scriptures
- Into the Wilderness
- Climbing the Mountain
- The Logic of Leadership
- The Complete Ecocycle
- Vice and Virtue
- Part 4
- Tools and Settings in Sweet Zone
- Power Tools and Settings: Instruction and Directions
- Management Tools and Settings: Rules and Incentives
- Leadership Tools and Settings: Images and Invitations
- Culture Tools and Settings: Custom and Convention
- Change in Depth
- The Design of Choice
- Lean: The Practice of "Both....And"
- Prescribed Burns: Context, Conflict, Crisis and Creation
- Growing People
- Don't Throw the Past Away
- Part 5
- Using the Ecocycle: Key Concepts and Questions
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