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DEC is dead, long live DEC : the lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation / Edgar H. Schein [and others].

Additional Titles
Lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation is dead, long live Digital Equipment Corporation
Published
San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 319 pages) : illustrations, facsimile
Additional Creators
Schein, Edgar H.
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Language Note
This edition in English.
Contents
Three developmental streams : a model for deciphering the lessons of the DEC story -- Part one : the creation of a culture of innovation : the technology, organization, and culture streams are one and the same -- Ken Olsen, the scientist-engineer -- Ken Olsen, the leader and manager -- Ken Olsen, the salesman-marketer -- DEC's cultural paradigm -- DEC's "other" legacy : the development of leaders / Tracy C. Gibbons -- DEC's impact on the evolution of organization development -- Part two : the streams diverge, causing an organizational midlife crisis -- The impact of changing technology / Paul Kampas -- The impact of success, growth, and age -- Learning efforts reveal cultural strengths and rigidities -- The turbulent 1980s : peaking but weakening -- The beginning of the end : Ken Olsen's final efforts to save DEC -- Part three : lessons and legacies -- Obvious lessons and subtle lessons -- The lasting legacy of digital equipment corporation -- Appendix A : DEC's technical legacy -- Appendix B : DEC manufacturing : contributions made and lessons learned / Michael Sonduck -- Appendix C : DEC, the first knowledge organization / Debra Rogers Amidon -- Appendix D : digital : the strategic failure / Peter DeLisi -- Appendix E : what happened? : a postscript / Gordon Bell.
Summary
Digital Equipment Corporation achieved sales of over $14 billion, reached the Fortune 50, and was second only to IBM as a computer manufacturer. Though responsible for the invention of speech recognition, the minicomputer, and local area networking, DEC ultimately failed as a business and was sold to Compaq Corporation in 1998. This fascinating modern Greek tragedy by Ed Schein, a high-level consultant to DEC for 40 years, shows how DEC's unique corporate culture contributed both to its early successes and later to an organizational rigidity that caused its ultimate downfall.
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9781605093024 (electronic bk.)
1605093025 (electronic bk.)
9781605094083
1605094080
9781576753057 (pbk.)
1576753050 (pbk.)
1282300423
9781282300422
9786612300424
6612300426
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Note
Originally published: 2003.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305) and index.
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