Focused Energy

In today's world of rapid change, companies must unleash energy at all levels to identify new opportunities. But unleashing energy creates centrifugal forces that can pull the organization apart. Setting energy in motion isn't enough-it has to be focused. No single theory can capture how successful companies simultaneously generate and focus energy. Far better is to draw upon multiple perspectives from different management disciplines to provide a practical approach. This is exactly what Focused Energy provides. It draws upon the faculty of Europe's leading executive development school to help you:
* Energize your organization with initiatives coming from the frontline
* Build leadership capabilities to direct a bottom-up organization
* Integrate high energy into a coherent whole
* Identify new business opportunities and exploit radical business shifts
In today's ever-changing business landscape, we see the need more than ever before for focused energy, for organizations that stimulate energy on the frontline, show great flexibility, and focus quickly on new breakthrough opportunities. This book addresses the issues of what a bottom-up organization is and how high economic value can be created through focusing and harnessing frontline energy. From the Foreword by Jorma Ollila, Chairman and CEO, NokiaBedingt durch den rasanten globalen Wandel wird durch alle Branchen hinweg verstärkt der Ruf nach "Bottom-up-Organisationen" laut. In diesen Organisationen wird das Wissen und die Kreativität aller Mitarbeiter genutzt, um Initiativen in allen Unternehmensbereichen voranzutreiben. Doch die besonderen Strukturen der "Bottom-up-Organisation" können auch eine destruktive Energie freisetzen, die das Unternehmen spaltet. Es reicht also nicht aus, Energie in Bewegung umzusetzen; die Energie muß zielgerichtet und konzentriert eingesetzt werden. Dafür gibt es bislang noch kein Patentrezept. Der beste Weg ist, aus einer Vielzahl verschiedener Managementdisziplinen einen praktischen Ansatz herauszuarbeiten. Paul Strebel und seine IMD Kollegen zeigen Ihnen hier, wie Sie Ihrem Unternehmen mit Hilfe von Initiativen aus vorderster Front neue Energie verleihen, wie Sie Führungsqualitäten entwickeln, um eine "Bottom-up-Organisation" zu leiten und die Möglichkeiten erkennen, drastische Veränderungen zu Ihrem Vorteil zu nutzen. Mit diesem Buch lernen Sie, Ihre Unternehmensenergie gebündelt und zielstrebig einzusetzen. BOTTOM-UP ORGANIZATION.

Introducing Bottom-up Organization (P. Strebel).

Pathways to Bottom-up Organization (P. Strebel).

ENERGIZING THE ORGANIZATION.

Pioneering Spirit (P. Lorange).

Growth Catalysts (J. Horovitz).

Craft Networks (A. Boynton).

Boundary-crossing Networks (T. Vollmann).

Reconfigurable Organizations (J. Galbraith).

Competence-sharing across Boundaries (P. Morosini).

FOCUSING THE ENERGY.

Balancing Bottom-up with Top-down (P. Lorange).

Focusing on Breakthrough Options (P. Strebel).

Developing Strategy from Within (P. Killing).

Using Collective Learning to Focus the Energized Organization (X. Gilbert).

Using Information to Channel Human Energy (D. Marchand).

Focusing People around Processes (J.-P. Deschamps).

Co-ordinating Laterally (J. Galbraith).

Personal Compacts (P. Strebel).

Turbo-kaizen (T. Vollmann).

The Leadership Paradox (J. Kassarjian).

Contributors.

Index.

Paul Strebel, International Institute of Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland
IMD is an independent not-for-profit foundation based in Switzerland. It was set up over 50 years ago by a few leading corporations to address the real challenges that leading managers face in everyday business. Since then, IMD has been working closely with businesses to develop people through a number of different courses at Executive and MBA level. IMD takes a 'Real World. Real Learning' approach that combines academic rigour with practical solutions. IMD is a truly international school, with faculty from 18 countries, close links with over 130 corporations worldwide, and was ranked in Business Week and the US News & World Report in 1997 as one of the world's most eminent business schools. Executive Development from IMD provides managers with leading-edge thinking from the faculty of one of the world's leading business schools. Each book presents key concepts and practical insights on an important management topic. The tone is straightforward. The message is practical. The ideas are tested and ready for managers to apply in their companies. Each book follows a similar format: sections are provided that let readers benchmark where they stand; key-point summaries reinforce the message of each chapter; and action plans help translate concepts into action. Every chapter is illustrated with relevant international case studies that bring the discussions to life. Executives attend IMD courses not only to learn but to be inspired. The books in this series provide them with inspiration as well as with tools to improve themselves on a personal level and make an immediate contribution to their companies. IMD is one of the world's leading business schools. Located in Lausanne, Switzerland, IMD has been developing managers for over 50 years. Its high standards are recognized by hundreds of the best companies around the world. IMD was founded by a group of leading corporations to address the real challenges that business executives face and, in the final analysis, to win. To this day, IMD remains focused on real world management issues. While other business schools primarily teach full-time graduate university students, IMD develops state-of-the-art concepts for the experienced manager. In today's world of rapid change, companies must unleash energy at all levels to identify new opportunities. But unleashing energy creates centrifugal forces that can pull the organization apart. Setting energy in motion isn't enough-it has to be focused. No single theory can capture how successful companies simultaneously generate and focus energy. Far better is to draw upon multiple perspectives from different management disciplines to provide a practical approach. This is exactly what Focused Energy provides. It draws upon the faculty of Europe's leading executive development school to help you:
* Energize your organization with initiatives coming from the frontline
* Build leadership capabilities to direct a bottom-up organization
* Integrate high energy into a coherent whole
* Identify new business opportunities and exploit radical business shifts
In today's ever-changing business landscape, we see the need more than ever before for focused energy, for organizations that stimulate energy on the frontline, show great flexibility, and focus quickly on new breakthrough opportunities. This book addresses the issues of what a bottom-up organization is and how high economic value can be created through focusing and harnessing frontline energy. From the Foreword by Jorma Ollila, Chairman and CEO, Nokia