Performance Management for Agile Organizations Overthrowing The Eight Management Myths That Hold Businesses Back /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Baker, Tim (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Θέματα: Business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Personnel management.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business and Management.; Human Resource Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Innovation/Technology Management.

Agile is the new black. Every business now has to be adaptive, nimble and ready to pivot – managers have to be comfortable with ambiguity and constantly ready for change. And yet… While agility is regarded as essential for competitive advantage, most organizations are still unthinkingly applying peo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: The Agile Enterprise
• 1. Profit measures the past – Agility predicts the future
• 2. The characteristics of agility
• 3. Seven dimensions of agile performance
• Part II: Myths Blocking Agile Performance
• 4. Management Myth # 1—Job specification improves performance
• 5. Management Myth # 2—Quality systems and processes guarantee good outcomes
• 6. Management Myth # 3—The job description helps the employee understand their organizational role
• 7. Management Myth # 4—A business is best organized around functions
• 8. Management Myth # 5—A satisfied employee is a productive employee
• 9. Management Myth # 6—A loyal employee is an asset to the business
• 10. Management Myth # 7— A technically superior workforce is a pathway to a high performing business
• 11. Management Myth # 8—Employees can’t be trusted with sensitive information
• Part III: The Right Culture for Agile Performance
• 12. A new psychological contract for managing agile performance.