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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Henk Wijtze Volberda |
| ISBN: | 0198295952 9780198295952 |
| OCLC Number: | 44807159 |
| Notes: | "First published in paperback 1999"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | xxiv, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction; 2. A Revision of Management and Organization; 3. Flexibibity, the Hallmark of Postmodern Organization; 4. Grasping the Paradox of Flexibility; 5. The Managerial Task: Creating Flexible Capabilities; 6. The Organization Design Task: Reducing Organizational Barriers; 7. Resolving the Paradox: Flexibility under Various Levels of Competition; 8. Towards the Flexible Form; 9. How to Improve the Firm's Flexibility: Tools and Techniques; 10. Discovering Flexible Corporations of the Future: Managerial and Theoretical Implications; References; Appendices |
| Responsibility: | Henk W. Volberda. |
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Managers on Diploma programmes or candidates working towards Level 5 S/NVQs will find that this demanding but insightful book can challenge their thinking about their role in determining organisational flexibility. Centres which offer consultancy services to public and private sector organisations may find that this book opens up a completely new set of opportunities for them in providing services to their clients ... There will be few practitioners who, having read Volberga's thought-provoking analysis, will not feel that meeting the challenge presented by the book has not been worth the effort. Business Planning Volberda's book brings together much that has been written on strategic management thinking over the last thirty or forty years, and doesn't pretend to offer simple solutions to complex problems ... What it does offer is a thorough-going analysis of the nature of flexibility and well worked out programme for action to develop flexibility in organisations. Business Planning A 'must read' for students and scholars in Strategic Management who desire a comprehensive review and synthesis of the extant literature on organizational flexibility and adaptivity. Organization Studies An important addition to our overall understanding of flexibility. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management Read more...

