Performance management for agile organizations : overthrowing the eight management myths that hold businesses back

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Baker, Tim (Management consultant) (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Subjects
Project management.
Industrial management.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319401539
9783319401522
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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