Disorganization: the Handbook of Creative Organizational Change (Financial Times/Pitman publishing series) Book

Traditional organizational structures are failing in a world of frantic change, instant communication and information overload. The truly effective business of the future will have to be responsive and flexible, yet this seems incompatible with the typical corporate hierarchy. Faced with a choice between management and leadership, innovation and reaction, centralization and fragmentation, most have opted for a weak compromise. DisOrganization offers an original alternative. Don't compromise. Go for both extremes at once. Have inspirational leadership, and manage the detail. React to your customers and innovate wildly. Break up your business into small units and have mechanisms in place to provide superb centralized communication. A DisOrganized company will be split into units of no more than fifty or a hundred, to all intents autonomous. These minicompanies will be coordinated by a netcompany, providing overall direction and the fast, effective communications needed to survive. The whole, a hypercompany, will comprise of a netcompany and a range of minicompanies, some of which are likely to be entirely independent. What were partners now become part of the hypercompany network. This structure combines the flexibility of small business with the power of the big players. Equipped with the weapons of clarity and direction, fun and empowerment, creativity and innovation, the new organizations will leave the old dinosaurs standing, wondering where the business went.Read More