Description
Corporate DNA
Learning from Life
Author: Baskin Ken
Language: EnglishSubject for Corporate DNA:
Keywords
market; ecology; nervous; system; baby; bell; identity; mechanical; model; georg; IBM Personal Computer; Market Ecologies; Corporate Nervous System; Bell Atlantic; RISC; Corporate Reinvention; Chief Executive Officer; CEO; VHA; MCI; Nested Networks; Business Processes; Face To Face; Feeding Level; Personal Computer Market; Company's Ceo; Wo; RISC Chip; Reengineered Processes; Organic DNA; Ritz Carlton Hotels; Saber Tooth; IBM Compatible Computer; Leg Muscle Cells; Information Superhighway
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
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Corporate DNA explores what happens when managers think about and run their companies as if they were living things. An organic model is at the heart of the transformation of companies like AT&T and EDS, working to redesign the bureaucracies that they were built upon. This book addresses the frustrations felt among corporations by focusing on the role of the organizational models in the transformation process. The book's key perception is that the choice of a mechanical or organic model results in an organizations developing either mechanical or organic structures. Those structures, in turn, lead to certain types of behavior.
Corporate DNA provides tools with which managers can replace their old mechanical models with organic ones. Readers will discover how living things use information to create work; how they learn, develop, and govern themselves; and how prototype organic corporations such as 3M and Federal Express apply organic models to their operations.
Ken Baskin, Ph.D., is a consultant on communicating quality and culture change. In addition to his own public relations business, he has worked for the US Department of Energy, the New Jersey Department of Education, and Bell Atlantic, including speech writing for CEO Ray Smith. Ken leads workshops on ?Creating Competitive Advantage in a Market Ecology? and ?Using the Principles of DNA for Problem Solving,? among others.