Designing the networked organization / Ken Everett
- Author
- Everett, Ken
- Published
- [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2011.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : illustrations, digital file
- Additional Creators
- Business Expert Press
Access Online
- Series
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- Road map -- Starting conditions -- Creating connections -- Crafting community -- Hosting as leading -- Convening coalitions -- Suffocating a network -- Organizations, networks, communities, and hybrids -- The closing circle -- Resource 1: Money is thin; life is thick -- Resource 2: Affiliate profile -- Resource 3: Research project -- Resource 4: Case study -- Resource 5: Network voice -- Resource 6: About us.
- Summary
- Ken Everett proposes the network as the organization of the future, and he wrote this book, with the help of five colleagues, to help the architects of such future organizations. He started a network of necessity - limited financial resources - but then encountered surprising benefits. He discovered networked organizations to be resilient, innovative, and leader-full and that these characteristics arise out of the design. This potential, he says, applies equally to networks of independent associates as it does to traditional organizations willing to adopt a new style of leadership - a style closer to "hosting" than "commanding." This is a practice-based book: Its developmental model was earned through experience. The model lays out three phases: from connections to communities to coalitions, or from "doing fine" to "getting better" to "getting better at getting better." Ken Everett illustrates these claims with real-life examples. He describes how a family company with only 3 employees grew to be represented in 30 countries via 300 colleagues. The potential of the networked organization is new, and that's what this book is about.
- Subject(s)
- Business networks
- Communication in organizations
- Interorganizational relations
- Organizational effectiveness
- Réseaux d'affaires
- Communication dans les organisations
- Relations interorganisationnelles
- Efficacité organisationnelle
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Industrial Management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Management Science
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Organizational Behavior
- ISBN
- 9781606491966 (electronic bk.)
1606491962 (electronic bk.)
9781606491959
1606491954 - Note
- Title from PDF title page (viewed July 26, 2011).
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
- Participant/Performer Note
- With contributions by Richard White, Jacqueline Throop-Robinson, Roland Spinola, Adina Luca, and Peter Everett.
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