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Organizing Work & People
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The 2,000 Percent Solution Free Your Organization From "Stalled" Thinking to Achieve Exponential Success | Donald Mitchell, Carol Coles, Robert Metz|1999
360 Degree Feedback The Powerful New Model for Employee Assessment & Performance Improvement | Mark Edwards, Ann Ewen|1996
The 8 Practices of Exceptional Companies How Great Organizations Make the Most of Their Human Assets | Jac Fitz-Enz|1997
The Accelerating Organization Embracing the Human Face of Change | Arun Maira, Peter Scott-Morgan|1996
Act Like An Owner Building an Ownership Culture | Robert Blonchek, Martin O'Neill|1999
Action Management Practical Strategies for Making Your Corporate Transformation a Success | Stephen Redwood, Charles Goldwasser, Simon Street|1999
Advancing Women In Business: The Catalyst Guide Best Practices From The Corporate Leaders | Catalyst|1998
Age Works What Corporate America Must Do to Survive the Graying of the Workforce | Beverly Goldberg|2000
Agequake Riding the Demographic Rollercoaster Shaking Business, Finance, and Our World | Paul Wallace|1999
Aligning Pay and Results Compensation Strategies That Work From the Boardroom to the Shop Floor | Howard Risher|1999
Aligning Performance Improving People, Systems, and Organizations | Danny Langdon|2000
Analysis for Improving Performance Tools for Diagnosing Organizations & Documenting Workplace Expertise | Richard Swanson|1994
Balance of Power James Lucas|1998
Beautiful Corporations Corporate Style in Action | Paul Dickinson, Neil Svensen|2000
Benchmarking Staff Performance How Staff Departments Can Enhance Their Value to the Customer | Jac Fitz-Enz|1993
Beyond Training and Development State-of-the-Art Strategies for Enhancing Human Performance | William Rothwell|1996
The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning A Practical Approach to Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations | Fisher Howe|1997
The Boundaryless Organization Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure | Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, Steve Kerr|1995
The Breakdown of Hierarchy Communicating in the Evolving Workplace | Eugene Marlow, Patricia O'Connor Wilson|1997
Building Robust Competencies Linking Human Resource Systems to Organizational Strategies | Paul Green|1999
Business Without Bosses How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High-Performing Companies | Charles Manz, Henry Sims|1993
Changing the Way We Work | Meredith Belbin|1997
The Character of a Corporation How Your Company's Culture Can Make or Break Your Business | Rob Goffee, Gareth Jones|1998
Coaching for Performance | John Whitmore|1996
The Collaboration Challenge How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances | James Austin|2000
Compensation for Teams How to Design and Implement Team-Based Reward Programs | Steven Gross|1995
Competency Based Recruitment and Selection A Practical Guide | Robert Wood, Tim Payne|1998
Competing by Design The Power of Organizational Architecture | David Nadler, Michael Tushman|1997
The Complete Guide to Performance Appraisal Dick Grote|1996
The Complexity Advantage How the Science of Complexity Can Help Your Business Achieve Peak Performance | Susanne Kelly, Mary Anne Allison|1999
Complexity and Creativity in Organizations Ralph Stacey|1996
The Control Theory Manager Combining the Control Theory of William Glasser with the Wisdom of W. Edwards Deming to Explain Both What Quality Is and What Lead-Managers Do to Achieve It | William Glasser|1995
Corporate Celebration Play, Purpose, and Profit at Work | Terrence Deal, Key|1998
Corporate Cults The Insidious Lure of the All-Consuming Organization | Dave Arnott|2000
Corporate Culture and Performance | John Kotter, James Heskett|1992
The Corporate Culture Survival Guide Sense and Nonsense About Culture Change | Edgar Schein|1999
Corporate Culture/Team Culture Removing the Hidden Barriers to Team Success | Jacalyn Sherriton, James Stern|1997
Corporate Cultures The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life | Allan Kennedy, Terrence Deal|2000
Corporate Tides The Inescapable Laws of Organizational Structure | Robert Fritz|1996
The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal | Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Bert Spector|1990
Cross-Functional Teams Working With Allies, Enemies & Other Strangers | Glenn Parker|1994
Cultural Transformation Nine Factors for Improving The Soul of Your Business | Jeff Cartwright|1999
Danger in the Comfort Zone From Boardroom to Mailroom?How to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business | Judith Bardwick|1995
The Democratic Corporation A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success | William Grimes|1994
Designing Organizations An Executive Briefing on Strategy, Structure, and Process | Jay Galbraith|1995
Designing Team-Based Organizations New Forms of Knowledge Work | Susan Albers Mohrman, Susan Cohen, Allan Mohrman|1995
Discipline Without Punishment The Proven Strategy That Turns Problem Employees Into Superior Performers | Dick Grote|1995
Driving Fear Out of the Workplace Creating the High-Trust, High-Performance Organization | Kathleen Ryan, Daniel Oestreich|1998
Emotional Intelligence at Work The Untapped Edge for Success | Hendrie Weisinger|1998
Encouraging the Heart A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others | Kouzes, Barry Z Posner|1999
The Evaluation Interview Richard Fear, Robert Chiron|1990
The Future of Staff Groups Daring to Distribute Power and Capacity | Joel Henning|1997
Future Organizational Design The Scope for the IT-based Enterprise | Lars Groth|1999
Generation to Generation Life Cycles of the Family Business | Kelin Gersick, John Davis, Marion McCollum Hampton, Ivan Lansberg|1997
Good Enough Isn't Enough . . . Nine Challenges for Companies That Choose to Be Great | Alan Weiss|1999
Healing the Wounds Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations | David Noer|1993
Hidden Champions Lessons from 500 of the World's Best Unknown Companies | Hermann Simon|1996
High-Impact Hiring A Comprehensive Guide to Performance-Based Hiring | Joseph Rosse, Robert Levin|1997
Hire With Your Head A Rational Way to Make a Gut Decision | Lou Adler|1998
The Horizontal Organization What the Organization of the Future Looks Like and How It Delivers Value to Customers | Frank Ostroff|1999
Hot Groups Seeding Them, Feeding Them, & Using Them to Ignite Your Organization | Jean Lipman-Blumen, Harold Leavitt|1999
How to Measure Human Resources Management Jac Fitz-Enz|1995
The Human Equation Building Profits by Putting People First | Jeffrey Pfeffer|1998
Human Resource Champions The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results | Dave Ulrich|1997
I Wish I'd Said That! How to Talk Your Way Out of Trouble and Into Success | Linda McCallister|1994
Images of Organization Gareth Morgan|1998
Implementing Global Performance Measurement Systems A Cookbook Approach | Ferdinand Tesoro, Jack Tootson|2000
Improving Performance How to Manage the White Space on the Organizational Chart | Geary Rummler, Alan Brache|1995
Internal Affairs The Abuse of Power, Sexual Harassment, and Hypocrisy in the Workplace | Kathleen Neville|2000
Leading Systems Lessons From The Power Lab | Barry Oshry|1999
Leveraging People and Profit The Hard Work of Soft Management | Bernard A Nagle, Perry Pascarella|1998
The Living Company Habits for Survival in a Turbulent Business Environment | Arie de Geus|1997
Love 'em or Lose 'em Getting Good People to Stay | Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans|1999
The Loyalty Link How Loyal Employees Create Loyal Customers | Dennis McCarthy|1997
Make Success Measurable! A Mindbook-Workbook for Setting Goals and Taking Action | Douglas Smith|1999
The Making of a Mediator Developing Artistry in Practice | Michael Lang, Alison Taylor|2000
A Manager's Guide to Hiring the Best Person for Every Job DeAnne Rosenberg|2000
Managers as Facilitators A Practical Guide to Getting Work Done in a Changing Workplace | Richard Weaver, John Farrell|1997
Managers as Mentors Building Partnerships for Learning | Chip Bell|1998
Managing Telework Strategies for Managing the Virtual Workplace | Jack Nilles|1998
Managing Without Management A Post-management Manifesto for Business Simplicity | Richard Koch, Ian Godden|1997
Maslow On Management | Abraham Maslow|1998
Mastering Virtual Teams Strategies, Tools, and Techniques that Succeed | Deborah Duarte, Nancy Tennant Snyder|1999
Mavericks in the Workplace Harnessing the Genius of American Workers | William Lee|1998
Maximizing the Value of 360-Degree Feedback A Process for Successful Individual and Organizational Development | Walter Tornow, Manuel London|1998
The Membership Organization Achieving Top Performance through the New Workplace Community | Jane Galloway Seiling|1997
Moving from Training to Performance A Practical Guidebook | Dana Gaines Robinson, James Robinson|1998
The Natural Advantage Renewing Yourself | Alan Heeks|2000
The New Corporate Cultures Revitalizing the Workplace After Downsizing, Mergers, and Reengineering | Terrence Deal, Allan Kennedy|1999
The New Deal at Work Managing the Market-Driven Workforce | Peter Cappelli|1999
The New Management Democracy and Enterprise Are Transforming Organizations | William Halal|1996
The New Pay Linking Employee and Organizational Performance | Jay Schuster, Patricia Zingheim|1996
The Organization of the Future | Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Beckhard|1997
Organizing for the Future The New Logic for Managing Complex Organizations | Jay Galbraith, Edward Lawler|1993
The Passionate Organization Igniting the Fire of Employee Commitment | James Lucas|1999
Patterns of High Performance Discovering the Ways People Work Best | Jerry Fletcher|1993
The Performance Challenge Developing Management Systems to Make Employees Your Organization's Greatest Asset | Jerry Gilley, Nathaniel Boughton, Ann Maycunich|1999
The Performance Consulting Toolbook Tools and Activities for Trainers in a Performance Consulting Role | Carolyn Nilson|1999
Performance Drivers A Practical Guide to Using the Balanced Scorecard | Nils-Goran Olve, Jan Roy, Magnus Wetter|1999
Plain Talk Lessons From a Business Maverick | Ken Iverson|1998
The Power of Corporate Kinetics Create the Self-Adapting, Self-Renewing, Instant-Action Enterprise | Michael Fradette, Steve Michaud|1998
Pressing Problems in Modern Organizations (That Keep Us Up at Night) Transforming Agendas for Research and Practice | Regina O'Neill, Lynda Clair, Robert Quinn|2000
Promoting a Development Culture in Your Organization Using Career Development as a Change Agent | Peggy Simonsen|1997
Proversity Getting Past Face Value and Finding the Soul of People?A Manager's Journey | Lawrence Otis Graham|1997
Re-Creating the Corporation A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century | Russell Ackoff|1999
Redefining Diversity Roosevelt Thomas|1996
Remaking Teams The Revolutionary Research-Based Guide that Puts Theory into Practice | Theresa Kline|1999
Rethinking the Future Rethinking Business, Principles, Competition, Control & Complexity, Leadership, Markets and the World | Rowan Gibson|1999
The Reward Plan Advantage A Manager's Guide to Improving Business Performance Through People | Jerry McAdams|1996
Rewarding Excellence Pay Strategies for the New Economy | Edward Lawler|2000
Rewarding Teams Lessons from the Trenches | Glenn Parker, Jerry McAdams, David Zielinski|2000
ReWiring the Corporate Brain Using the New Science to Rethink How We Structure and Lead Organizations | Danah Zohar|1997
Riding the Waves of Culture Understanding Diversity in Global Business | Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner|1998
Seeing Organizational Patterns A New Theory and Language of Organizational Design | Robert Keidel|1995
Self-Esteem at Work How Confident People Make Powerful Companies | Nathaniel Branden|1998
Software Project Survival Guide How to Be Sure Your First Important Project Isn't Your Last | Steve McConnell|1998
Strategic Human Resource Leader How to Prepare Your Organization for the Six Key Trends Shaping the Future | William Rothwell, Robert Prescott, Maria Taylor|1998
Strategically Integrated HRD Partnering to Maximize Organizational Performance | Jerry Gilley, Ann Maycunich|1998
Strategy and Place Managing Corporate Real Estate and Facilities for Competitive Advantage | Martha O'Mara|1999
Success Skills for Managers | Samuel Malone|1999
Supermotivation A Blueprint for Energizing Your Organization From Top to Bottom | Dean Spitzer|1995
Survivors How to Keep Your Best People on Board after Downsizing | Gayle Caplan, Mary Teese|1997
Synergy Why Links between Business Unites Often Fail and How to Make Them Work | Andrew Campbell, Michael Goold|2000
The Talent Solution Aligning Strategy and People to Achieve Extraordinary Results | Edward Gubman|1998
Team Players and Teamwork The New Competitive Business Strategy | Glenn Parker|1990
Team Traps Survival Stories and Lessons from Team Disasters, Near-Misses, Mishaps, and Other Near-Death Experiences | Steven Rayner|1996
Teams at the Top Unleashing the Potential of Both Teams and Individual Leaders | Jon Katzenbach|1997
Territorial Games Understanding & Ending Turf Wars at Work | Annette Simmons|1998
Tomorrow's HR Management 48 Thought Leaders Call for Change | Gerry Lake, Michael Losesy, Dave Ulrich|1997
Tomorrow's Organization Crafting Winning Capabilities in a Dynamic World | Susan Mohrman, Jay Galbraith, Edward Lawler|1998
Tribal Warfare in Organizations Turning Tribal Conflict into Negotiated Peace | Peg Neuhauser|1988
Trust & Betrayal in the Workplace Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization | Dennis Reina, Michelle Reina|1999
Trust In the Balance Building Successful Organizations on Results, Integrity, and Concern | Robert Bruce Shaw|1997
Turned On Eight Vital Insights to Energize Your People, Customer, and Profits | Roger Dow, Susan Cook|1997
Understanding Organizations How Understanding the Ways Organizations Actually Work Can Be Used to Manage Them Better | Charles Handy|1993
UP Is Not the Only Way A Guide to Developing Workforce Talent | Beverly Kaye|1997
The Web of Inclusion A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations | Sally Helgesen|1995
When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses How to Survive in a Crazy and Dysfunctional Workplace | William Lundin, Kathleen Lundin|1998
When Talk Works Profiles of Mediators | Deborah Kolb|1994
Winning the People Wars Talent and the Battle for Human Capital | Mike Johnson|2000
The Wisdom of Teams Creating the High-Performance Organization | Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith|1993
Working Wisdom Timeless Skills and Vanguard Strategies for Learning Organizations | Robert Aubrey, Paul Cohen|1995
360 Degree Feedback The Powerful New Model for Employee Assessment & Performance Improvement | Mark Edwards, Ann Ewen|1996
The 8 Practices of Exceptional Companies How Great Organizations Make the Most of Their Human Assets | Jac Fitz-Enz|1997
The Accelerating Organization Embracing the Human Face of Change | Arun Maira, Peter Scott-Morgan|1996
Act Like An Owner Building an Ownership Culture | Robert Blonchek, Martin O'Neill|1999
Action Management Practical Strategies for Making Your Corporate Transformation a Success | Stephen Redwood, Charles Goldwasser, Simon Street|1999
Advancing Women In Business: The Catalyst Guide Best Practices From The Corporate Leaders | Catalyst|1998
Age Works What Corporate America Must Do to Survive the Graying of the Workforce | Beverly Goldberg|2000
Agequake Riding the Demographic Rollercoaster Shaking Business, Finance, and Our World | Paul Wallace|1999
Aligning Pay and Results Compensation Strategies That Work From the Boardroom to the Shop Floor | Howard Risher|1999
Aligning Performance Improving People, Systems, and Organizations | Danny Langdon|2000
Analysis for Improving Performance Tools for Diagnosing Organizations & Documenting Workplace Expertise | Richard Swanson|1994
Balance of Power James Lucas|1998
Beautiful Corporations Corporate Style in Action | Paul Dickinson, Neil Svensen|2000
Benchmarking Staff Performance How Staff Departments Can Enhance Their Value to the Customer | Jac Fitz-Enz|1993
Beyond Training and Development State-of-the-Art Strategies for Enhancing Human Performance | William Rothwell|1996
The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning A Practical Approach to Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations | Fisher Howe|1997
The Boundaryless Organization Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure | Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, Steve Kerr|1995
The Breakdown of Hierarchy Communicating in the Evolving Workplace | Eugene Marlow, Patricia O'Connor Wilson|1997
Building Robust Competencies Linking Human Resource Systems to Organizational Strategies | Paul Green|1999
Business Without Bosses How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High-Performing Companies | Charles Manz, Henry Sims|1993
Changing the Way We Work | Meredith Belbin|1997
The Character of a Corporation How Your Company's Culture Can Make or Break Your Business | Rob Goffee, Gareth Jones|1998
Coaching for Performance | John Whitmore|1996
The Collaboration Challenge How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances | James Austin|2000
Compensation for Teams How to Design and Implement Team-Based Reward Programs | Steven Gross|1995
Competency Based Recruitment and Selection A Practical Guide | Robert Wood, Tim Payne|1998
Competing by Design The Power of Organizational Architecture | David Nadler, Michael Tushman|1997
The Complete Guide to Performance Appraisal Dick Grote|1996
The Complexity Advantage How the Science of Complexity Can Help Your Business Achieve Peak Performance | Susanne Kelly, Mary Anne Allison|1999
Complexity and Creativity in Organizations Ralph Stacey|1996
The Control Theory Manager Combining the Control Theory of William Glasser with the Wisdom of W. Edwards Deming to Explain Both What Quality Is and What Lead-Managers Do to Achieve It | William Glasser|1995
Corporate Celebration Play, Purpose, and Profit at Work | Terrence Deal, Key|1998
Corporate Cults The Insidious Lure of the All-Consuming Organization | Dave Arnott|2000
Corporate Culture and Performance | John Kotter, James Heskett|1992
The Corporate Culture Survival Guide Sense and Nonsense About Culture Change | Edgar Schein|1999
Corporate Culture/Team Culture Removing the Hidden Barriers to Team Success | Jacalyn Sherriton, James Stern|1997
Corporate Cultures The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life | Allan Kennedy, Terrence Deal|2000
Corporate Tides The Inescapable Laws of Organizational Structure | Robert Fritz|1996
The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal | Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Bert Spector|1990
Cross-Functional Teams Working With Allies, Enemies & Other Strangers | Glenn Parker|1994
Cultural Transformation Nine Factors for Improving The Soul of Your Business | Jeff Cartwright|1999
Danger in the Comfort Zone From Boardroom to Mailroom?How to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business | Judith Bardwick|1995
The Democratic Corporation A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success | William Grimes|1994
Designing Organizations An Executive Briefing on Strategy, Structure, and Process | Jay Galbraith|1995
Designing Team-Based Organizations New Forms of Knowledge Work | Susan Albers Mohrman, Susan Cohen, Allan Mohrman|1995
Discipline Without Punishment The Proven Strategy That Turns Problem Employees Into Superior Performers | Dick Grote|1995
Driving Fear Out of the Workplace Creating the High-Trust, High-Performance Organization | Kathleen Ryan, Daniel Oestreich|1998
Emotional Intelligence at Work The Untapped Edge for Success | Hendrie Weisinger|1998
Encouraging the Heart A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others | Kouzes, Barry Z Posner|1999
The Evaluation Interview Richard Fear, Robert Chiron|1990
The Future of Staff Groups Daring to Distribute Power and Capacity | Joel Henning|1997
Future Organizational Design The Scope for the IT-based Enterprise | Lars Groth|1999
Generation to Generation Life Cycles of the Family Business | Kelin Gersick, John Davis, Marion McCollum Hampton, Ivan Lansberg|1997
Good Enough Isn't Enough . . . Nine Challenges for Companies That Choose to Be Great | Alan Weiss|1999
Healing the Wounds Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations | David Noer|1993
Hidden Champions Lessons from 500 of the World's Best Unknown Companies | Hermann Simon|1996
High-Impact Hiring A Comprehensive Guide to Performance-Based Hiring | Joseph Rosse, Robert Levin|1997
Hire With Your Head A Rational Way to Make a Gut Decision | Lou Adler|1998
The Horizontal Organization What the Organization of the Future Looks Like and How It Delivers Value to Customers | Frank Ostroff|1999
Hot Groups Seeding Them, Feeding Them, & Using Them to Ignite Your Organization | Jean Lipman-Blumen, Harold Leavitt|1999
How to Measure Human Resources Management Jac Fitz-Enz|1995
The Human Equation Building Profits by Putting People First | Jeffrey Pfeffer|1998
Human Resource Champions The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results | Dave Ulrich|1997
I Wish I'd Said That! How to Talk Your Way Out of Trouble and Into Success | Linda McCallister|1994
Images of Organization Gareth Morgan|1998
Implementing Global Performance Measurement Systems A Cookbook Approach | Ferdinand Tesoro, Jack Tootson|2000
Improving Performance How to Manage the White Space on the Organizational Chart | Geary Rummler, Alan Brache|1995
Internal Affairs The Abuse of Power, Sexual Harassment, and Hypocrisy in the Workplace | Kathleen Neville|2000
Leading Systems Lessons From The Power Lab | Barry Oshry|1999
Leveraging People and Profit The Hard Work of Soft Management | Bernard A Nagle, Perry Pascarella|1998
The Living Company Habits for Survival in a Turbulent Business Environment | Arie de Geus|1997
Love 'em or Lose 'em Getting Good People to Stay | Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans|1999
The Loyalty Link How Loyal Employees Create Loyal Customers | Dennis McCarthy|1997
Make Success Measurable! A Mindbook-Workbook for Setting Goals and Taking Action | Douglas Smith|1999
The Making of a Mediator Developing Artistry in Practice | Michael Lang, Alison Taylor|2000
A Manager's Guide to Hiring the Best Person for Every Job DeAnne Rosenberg|2000
Managers as Facilitators A Practical Guide to Getting Work Done in a Changing Workplace | Richard Weaver, John Farrell|1997
Managers as Mentors Building Partnerships for Learning | Chip Bell|1998
Managing Telework Strategies for Managing the Virtual Workplace | Jack Nilles|1998
Managing Without Management A Post-management Manifesto for Business Simplicity | Richard Koch, Ian Godden|1997
Maslow On Management | Abraham Maslow|1998
Mastering Virtual Teams Strategies, Tools, and Techniques that Succeed | Deborah Duarte, Nancy Tennant Snyder|1999
Mavericks in the Workplace Harnessing the Genius of American Workers | William Lee|1998
Maximizing the Value of 360-Degree Feedback A Process for Successful Individual and Organizational Development | Walter Tornow, Manuel London|1998
The Membership Organization Achieving Top Performance through the New Workplace Community | Jane Galloway Seiling|1997
Moving from Training to Performance A Practical Guidebook | Dana Gaines Robinson, James Robinson|1998
The Natural Advantage Renewing Yourself | Alan Heeks|2000
The New Corporate Cultures Revitalizing the Workplace After Downsizing, Mergers, and Reengineering | Terrence Deal, Allan Kennedy|1999
The New Deal at Work Managing the Market-Driven Workforce | Peter Cappelli|1999
The New Management Democracy and Enterprise Are Transforming Organizations | William Halal|1996
The New Pay Linking Employee and Organizational Performance | Jay Schuster, Patricia Zingheim|1996
The Organization of the Future | Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Beckhard|1997
Organizing for the Future The New Logic for Managing Complex Organizations | Jay Galbraith, Edward Lawler|1993
The Passionate Organization Igniting the Fire of Employee Commitment | James Lucas|1999
Patterns of High Performance Discovering the Ways People Work Best | Jerry Fletcher|1993
The Performance Challenge Developing Management Systems to Make Employees Your Organization's Greatest Asset | Jerry Gilley, Nathaniel Boughton, Ann Maycunich|1999
The Performance Consulting Toolbook Tools and Activities for Trainers in a Performance Consulting Role | Carolyn Nilson|1999
Performance Drivers A Practical Guide to Using the Balanced Scorecard | Nils-Goran Olve, Jan Roy, Magnus Wetter|1999
Plain Talk Lessons From a Business Maverick | Ken Iverson|1998
The Power of Corporate Kinetics Create the Self-Adapting, Self-Renewing, Instant-Action Enterprise | Michael Fradette, Steve Michaud|1998
Pressing Problems in Modern Organizations (That Keep Us Up at Night) Transforming Agendas for Research and Practice | Regina O'Neill, Lynda Clair, Robert Quinn|2000
Promoting a Development Culture in Your Organization Using Career Development as a Change Agent | Peggy Simonsen|1997
Proversity Getting Past Face Value and Finding the Soul of People?A Manager's Journey | Lawrence Otis Graham|1997
Re-Creating the Corporation A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century | Russell Ackoff|1999
Redefining Diversity Roosevelt Thomas|1996
Remaking Teams The Revolutionary Research-Based Guide that Puts Theory into Practice | Theresa Kline|1999
Rethinking the Future Rethinking Business, Principles, Competition, Control & Complexity, Leadership, Markets and the World | Rowan Gibson|1999
The Reward Plan Advantage A Manager's Guide to Improving Business Performance Through People | Jerry McAdams|1996
Rewarding Excellence Pay Strategies for the New Economy | Edward Lawler|2000
Rewarding Teams Lessons from the Trenches | Glenn Parker, Jerry McAdams, David Zielinski|2000
ReWiring the Corporate Brain Using the New Science to Rethink How We Structure and Lead Organizations | Danah Zohar|1997
Riding the Waves of Culture Understanding Diversity in Global Business | Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner|1998
Seeing Organizational Patterns A New Theory and Language of Organizational Design | Robert Keidel|1995
Self-Esteem at Work How Confident People Make Powerful Companies | Nathaniel Branden|1998
Software Project Survival Guide How to Be Sure Your First Important Project Isn't Your Last | Steve McConnell|1998
Strategic Human Resource Leader How to Prepare Your Organization for the Six Key Trends Shaping the Future | William Rothwell, Robert Prescott, Maria Taylor|1998
Strategically Integrated HRD Partnering to Maximize Organizational Performance | Jerry Gilley, Ann Maycunich|1998
Strategy and Place Managing Corporate Real Estate and Facilities for Competitive Advantage | Martha O'Mara|1999
Success Skills for Managers | Samuel Malone|1999
Supermotivation A Blueprint for Energizing Your Organization From Top to Bottom | Dean Spitzer|1995
Survivors How to Keep Your Best People on Board after Downsizing | Gayle Caplan, Mary Teese|1997
Synergy Why Links between Business Unites Often Fail and How to Make Them Work | Andrew Campbell, Michael Goold|2000
The Talent Solution Aligning Strategy and People to Achieve Extraordinary Results | Edward Gubman|1998
Team Players and Teamwork The New Competitive Business Strategy | Glenn Parker|1990
Team Traps Survival Stories and Lessons from Team Disasters, Near-Misses, Mishaps, and Other Near-Death Experiences | Steven Rayner|1996
Teams at the Top Unleashing the Potential of Both Teams and Individual Leaders | Jon Katzenbach|1997
Territorial Games Understanding & Ending Turf Wars at Work | Annette Simmons|1998
Tomorrow's HR Management 48 Thought Leaders Call for Change | Gerry Lake, Michael Losesy, Dave Ulrich|1997
Tomorrow's Organization Crafting Winning Capabilities in a Dynamic World | Susan Mohrman, Jay Galbraith, Edward Lawler|1998
Tribal Warfare in Organizations Turning Tribal Conflict into Negotiated Peace | Peg Neuhauser|1988
Trust & Betrayal in the Workplace Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization | Dennis Reina, Michelle Reina|1999
Trust In the Balance Building Successful Organizations on Results, Integrity, and Concern | Robert Bruce Shaw|1997
Turned On Eight Vital Insights to Energize Your People, Customer, and Profits | Roger Dow, Susan Cook|1997
Understanding Organizations How Understanding the Ways Organizations Actually Work Can Be Used to Manage Them Better | Charles Handy|1993
UP Is Not the Only Way A Guide to Developing Workforce Talent | Beverly Kaye|1997
The Web of Inclusion A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations | Sally Helgesen|1995
When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses How to Survive in a Crazy and Dysfunctional Workplace | William Lundin, Kathleen Lundin|1998
When Talk Works Profiles of Mediators | Deborah Kolb|1994
Winning the People Wars Talent and the Battle for Human Capital | Mike Johnson|2000
The Wisdom of Teams Creating the High-Performance Organization | Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith|1993
Working Wisdom Timeless Skills and Vanguard Strategies for Learning Organizations | Robert Aubrey, Paul Cohen|1995
Organizing Work & People
Book Extract Suites
Each Suite contains extracts from 3 to 10 books focused on a single business concept
- Agile Organizations John Oleson, Kenneth Preiss, Steven Goldman, Roger Nagel, William Fulmer, Philip Weinzimer, Theodore Kinni
- Implementing Core Competencies Rene Tissen, Daniel Andriessen, Frank Lekanne Deprez, Thomas Hargraves, Edward Wakin, Maurice Greaver, James Cortada, Gary Hamel, Paul Green, Steven Gross, Gifford Pinchot, Elizabeth Pinchot, James Brian Quinn, Jordan Baruch, Karen Anne Zien, Prahalad
- Linking Employees & Strategy Price Waterhouse, Peggy Simonsen, Stephan Haeckel, Stuart Wells, Jay Schuster, Patricia Zingheim, Edward Gubman, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Thomas Davenport
- Organizational Models & Metaphors Gareth Morgan, Iris Firstenberg, Nicholas Imparato, Oren Harari, Moshe Rubinstein, Johan Roos, Michael Lissack
- Beyond Hierarchy John Henry Clippinger, Marshall Goldsmith, Frank Ostroff, Marvin Bower, William Fulmer, John Carlos, Alan Randolph, Ken Iverson, Allan Kennedy, Terrence Deal, Richard Beckhard, Frances Hesselbein, Ken Blanchard, Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, Steve Kerr
- Technology's Impact on Organizational Structure Charles O'Reilly, Don Tapscott, Michael Tushman, Sebastian Nokes, John Dunleavy, Giovanni Dosi, Josef Chytry, Clayton Christensen, Brian Bloomfield, Dale Littler, David Knights, Alex Lowy, David Ticoll, Lars Groth, Rod Coombs, Kenneth Hartley, Art Caston, James Hurley, Peter Keen, Grant Norris, David Teece
- Communication in Corporations Susan Albers Mohrman, Christopher Earley, Miriam Erez, Paul Taffinder, Eugene Marlow, Patricia O'Connor Wilson, Davis Fogg, Gerald Ledford, Edward Lawler, Linda McCallister, Diane Dreher, Dean Spitzer
- Internal Communication Shel Holtz, Roger D'Aprix, Alan Robinson, Sam Stern, Eugene Marlow, Patricia O'Connor Wilson, Thomas Davenport, Judith Bardwick, Jim Matheson, David Matheson, Dean Spitzer
- Corporate Values Marshall Goldsmith, Jac Fitz-Enz, Arun Maira, Peter Scott-Morgan, Richard Schubert, Manfred Kets de Vries, Rob Lebow, William Simon, William Morin, Leonard Berry, Paul Taffinder, Allan Kennedy, Terrence Deal, Richard Beckhard, Paul Cohen, Frances Hesselbein
- Culture in Corporations Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner, William Fulmer, Robert Blonchek, Martin O'Neill, Jeff Cartwright, Virginia O'Brien, Edgar Schein, Allan Kennedy, Mohamed Zairi, Terrence Deal
- Management's Responsibility for Culture Robert Slater, Jeff Cartwright, Allan Kennedy, Atsushi Funakawa, Terrence Deal, Eric Flamholtz, Yvonne Randle, Edgar Schein
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- Why Teams Fail Roger Fisher, Steven Rayner, William Lee, Harvey Robbins, Michael Finley, Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith, Alan Sharp, Glenn Parker
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- Compensation & Benefits Susan Albers Mohrman, Tom Taulli, Nathaniel Boughton, Jerry Gilley, James Knight, Davis Fogg, Gerald Ledford, Jay Schuster, Patricia Zingheim, Edward Lawler, Ann Maycunich, Michael O'Malley, Margaret Malaspina
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