{"product_id":"the-ultimate-advantage-creating-the-high-involvement-organization-hardback-9781555424145","title":"The Ultimate Advantage; Creating the High-Involvement Organization (Hardback) 9781555424145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ultimate Advantage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCreating the High-Involvement Organization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward E. Lawler, III (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781555424145, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 March 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"One of the strengths of Lawler's book is its readiness to confrontdirectly the sort of questions that really worry most topmanagers.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A valuable reference for human resource specialists, managementconsultants, and managers in search of a compass. It clearly laysout where many organizations are heading and presents the newwisdom on how to get there.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A solid, insightful, and instructive book.\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOffers an integrated overview of just how an organization must be designed to realize the full potential of high-involvement management. Details the types of management and reward systems, leadership behaviors, job design, and training programs that make high-involvement organizations really work at such thriving companies as Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, and Xerox. Shows how to implement such specific practices as work teams, skill-based pay, gainsharing, and improvement groups.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart One: Searching for Competitive Advantage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Make Management an Advantage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Choose the Right Management Style.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Designing Organizations, Work, and Rewards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Create a High-Involvement Structure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Identify Work Design Alternatives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Develop Involving Work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Foster Organization-Improvement Groups.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Pay the Person, Not the Job.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Managing Information and Human Resources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Promote Open Information Channels.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Establish High-Involvement Management Practices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Support Positive Managerial Behavior.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. Involve Unions in the Organization.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Four: Creating High-Involvement Organizations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. Develop High-Involvement Business Units.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Manage the Change Toward High-Involvement.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441818399000,"sku":"9781555424145","price":38.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781555424145.jpg?v=1785027341","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ultimate-advantage-creating-the-high-involvement-organization-hardback-9781555424145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}