Growing pains : building sustainably successful organizations

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part 1 A Framework for Developing Successful Organizations Chapter 1 Transitions Required to Build Sustainably Successful Organizations® Organizational Success, Decline, and Failure Building Sustainably Successful Organizations® The Personal Transitions Facing Founders and CEOs The Need for Organizational Transition Transitions Required for Continuing Success: An Overview Case Example Summary Notes Chapter 2 Building Sustainably Successful Organizations®: The Pyramid of Organizational Development The Nature of Organizational Development The Pyramid of Organizational Development The Pyramid and Financial Performance Improving Strategic Organizational Development at Guangzhou Construction, China Successfully Building the Pyramid: The Example of Starbucks Summary Notes Chapter 3 Identifying and Surviving the First Four Stages of Organizational Growth Stages of Organizational Growth Differences between Entrepreneurial and Professional Management Discrepancies between Growth and Organizational Development Managing the Transition between Growth Stages Case Example of Growth from Stages I to IV: 99 Cents Only Stores Summary Notes Chapter 4 Managing the Advanced Stages of Growth Nature of Problems beyond Stage IV Growth beyond Stage IV The Challenge of Revitalization Summary Notes Chapter 5 Recognizing Growing Pains and Assessing the Need for Change The Nature of Growing Pains The Ten Most Common Organizational Growing Pains Measuring Organizational Growing Pains Organizational Growing Pains, Growth Rates, and Infrastructure Growing Pains and Financial Performance Minimizing Organizational Growing Pains Growing Pains at Guanzhou Construction Summary Notes Part 2 Mastering the Tools for Building Sustainably Successful Organizations® Chapter 6 Strategic Planning Strategy Defined The Nature of Strategic Planning and “Strategic Organizational Development Planning” Strategic Issues Management Systems’ Strategic Planning Method International Truck Dealerships: Development and Implementation of Strategic Organizational Development Plans Ongoing Functions of Strategic Planning Strategic Planning at Different Stages of Growth Consultants and Strategic Planning Departments The Value of Strategic Planning Summary Notes Chapter 7 Organizational Structure Nature of Organizational Structure Three Related Dimensions of Organizational Structure Alternative Forms of Macro Organizational Structure Different Philosophies of Organizational Structure Design Criteria for Evaluation and Design of Organizational Structure Case Studies of Organizational Structure Organizational Structure at Different Stages of Growth Summary Notes Chapter 8 Organizational Control and Performance Management Systems The Nature and Purpose of Organizational Control and Performance Management Systems Performance Management Systems and Other Forms of Organizational Control The Performance Management Scoreboard Evaluation of Performance Management Systems’ Effectiveness Performance Management Systems in Action: Superior Security Systems Case Study Use of Performance Management Systems at an Individual Level: The Performance Appraisal Process at Southern California Presbyterian Homes Control and Performance Management Systems at Different Stages of Organizational Growth Summary Notes Chapter 9 Management and Leadership Development The Management and Leadership Role A Three-Dimensional Framework for Understanding Management and Leadership Effectiveness The Nature of Management and Leadership Development Functions of Management and Leadership Development Management and Leadership Development at Different Organizational Levels Case Studies of Management and Leadership Development Management and Leadership Development at Different Stages of Growth Investment in Leadership Development Summary Notes Chapter 10 Corporate Culture Management The Nature of Corporate Culture Key Dimensions of Corporate Culture The Impact of Corporate Culture on Organizational Success and Financial Performance Strong and Weak Cultures Functional and Dysfunctional Cultures Real versus Nominal Corporate Culture Manifestations of Corporate Culture How Corporate Culture Changes How to Manage Corporate Culture The Importance of Cultural Norms Corporate Culture at Different Stages of Organizational Development Summary Notes Part 3 Special Aspects of Organizational Transitions in Growing and Changing Enterprises Chapter 11 Building Sustainably Successful Nonprofits Applying the Pyramid of Organizational Development to Nonprofits Applying the Stages of Organizational Growth and Growing Pains to Nonprofits Strategic Planning in Nonprofits Organizational Structure and Structure Management in Nonprofits Management and Leadership Development in Nonprofits Performance Management in Nonprofits Culture Management in Nonprofits Summary Notes Chapter 12 The Challenge of Leadership Throughout the Organizational Life Cycle The Nature of Leadership Styles of Leadership Factors Influencing the Choice of Leadership Style Two Sets of Leadership Tasks The Leadership Molecule Emergence and Development of a Leadership Molecule in Organizations Design of a Leadership Molecule Empirical Support for the Leadership Molecule Model The Leadership Molecule at Different Stages of Growth Implications of the Leadership Molecule for Building Successful Organizations Summary Notes Chapter 13 Building Sustainably Successful Organizations® The Frameworks, Tools, and Methods in Action Organizational Development at American Century Investments Organizational Development at Infogix Organizational Development at Bell-Carter Foods SmileSaver Organizational Development at Ballistic Cell Organizational Development at GroundSwell Conclusion Notes About the Authors Index EULA