1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464532103321

Autore

Worley Christopher G

Titolo

The Agility Factor [[electronic resource] ] : Building Adaptable Organizations for Superior Performance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014

ISBN

1-118-82139-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsThomas D

LawlerEdward E

Disciplina

658.4/06

658.406

Soggetti

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management

Organizational change -- Management

Organizational effectiveness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; More praise for The Agility Factor; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Origins of the Book; Outline of the Book; Final Thoughts; CHAPTER 1: Searching for Sustained Performance; Surviving versus Thriving; The Old Way of Defining Sustained Performance; A Different Way of Defining Sustained Performance; The Agility Factor; Darwinian Selection Argument; Organizational Physics Argument; Dynamic Capabilities Argument; Conclusion; Appendix; CHAPTER 2: Organizing for Agility; Organization Agility Defined; The Agility Pyramid; DaVita

Prelude to a Transformation The Transformation of DaVita; Building Agility at DaVita; The ITSS Principle; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3: Strategizing and Perceiving; The Strategizing Routine; Developing the Strategy; Managing Strategy Execution; Establishing Organizational Purpose; The Perceiving Routine; Sensing Environmental Change; Sensing Without Communicating Is Waste; Communicating Without Interpreting Is Noise; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4: Testing and Implementing; Testing Is Risk and Innovation Well Managed; The Testing Routine at Zip Brands; Testing Complements Strategizing and



Perceiving

Testing Generates Options Implementing Is Change Well Managed; The Implementing Routine at Netflix; Talent Management and Leadership at Netflix; The Change Capability at Netflix; Conclusion; CHAPTER 5: Transforming to Agility; An Orientation to Transformation; Setting the Strategy; Fixing the Foundation; Building the Agility Routines; Cambia Health Solutions; Initiating the Identity Journey; Designing and Implementing the Initiatives; Reflections; Allstate Insurance Company; Challenge Leadership and Clarify Strategy; Accelerate Change Through Large-Group Interventions; Sustain Change and Learn

Reflections Harley-Davidson; Conclusion; Afterword: Some Reflections on Agility; Agility and Sustainability; Agility and Organization Development; Conclusion; Notes; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Index; End User License Agreement

Sommario/riassunto

A research-based approach to achieving long-term profitability in business What does it take to guarantee success and profitability over time? Authors Christopher G. Worley, a senior research scientist, Thomas D. Williams, an executive advisor, and Edward E. Lawler III, one of the country's leading management experts, set out to find the answer. In The Agility Factor: Building Adaptable Organizations for Superior Performance the authors reveal the factors that drive long-term profitability based on the practices of successful companies that have consistently outperformed their



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791012303321

Autore

Carew Michael G.

Titolo

The impact on the First World War on U.S. policymakers : American strategic and foreign policy formulation, 1938-1942 / / Michael G. Carew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9892-0

0-7391-9050-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

355/.03357309043

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Influence

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

United States Military policy 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; Chapter One: The Problem of Roosevelt's Middle Years; Chapter Two: Powers and Constraints of Presidential Leadership; Chapter Three: Franklin Roosevelt and Naval Strategy; Chapter Four: The Legacy of World War I; Chapter Five: From Isolation to Neutrality to Rearmament, 1938-1940; Chapter Six: The Shocks of Circumstances, 1940-1941; Chapter Seven: Setting the Strategic Direction, 1941; Chapter Eight: The Logic of Ends and Means; Chapter Nine: The Evolution of a Diplomatic/Military Strategy; Chapter Ten: The Pursuit of the "Inevitable Triumph"

BibliographyIndex; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Impact of the First World War on U.S. Policymakers: American Strategic and Foreign Policy Formulation, 1938-1942 recounts the formulation of American foreign and defense policies through an examination of the background of the policymakers, with specific emphasis on the World War I experience. In the period from 1938 to 1942, with scant military resources, the American government began preparations for possible entry into a war against the Axis alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The formulation of strategic and foreign



policy, based upon American perceptions and methods that would perm