Hidden Assets

Harnessing the Power of Informational Networks

Charles Ehin

190 pages, parution le 20/03/2006

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Résumé

Based on his diverse personal experiences and two decades of interdisciplinary research, Dr. Ehin unveils the "mysteries" and shows the practicality of tapping into the ever evolving, yet extraordinarily powerful, informal networks present in all social groups. What this book reveals is the extraordinarily dynamic and tight linkage between three "hidden" organizational success factors responsible for most work accomplished in both for profit and nonprofit ventures, especially in the development of new innovations. The book shows why in a knowledge economy it is essential to design organizations that facilitate the fundamental collaborative and creative qualities of human nature rather than unconsciously suppressing them. In doing so, it is made obvious why most mergers and change efforts fail and the reasons why an average employee only works at two-thirds of his/her capacity.

This work clearly demonstrates how "smart" institutions can harness, rather than manage, these invisible emergent forces and in the process avoid the dismal record of past organizational transformation initiatives. Hidden Assets is a must read not only for top executives, knowledge professionals, and organizational scholars, but for everyone associated with private, public, or voluntary social institutions.

Written for: Scholars in industrial organizational, business, and management science, knowledge professionals, corporate executives and upper management

Sommaire

Introduction
Hidden Assets
Understanding Who We Are
Fostering Positive Order
Unleashing the Informal Networks
Cultivating "No Bossing" Leadership
Relentlessly Pursuing Opportunities
Actuating the Invisible Triad
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Charles Ehin
Parution	20/03/2006
Nb. de pages	190
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	290g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387256825
ISBN13	978-0-387-25682-5