| Description |
xx, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Why Networks? The 30,000-foot View -- 2. From Nomads to Networks: The Four Ages of Organization -- 3. Turning Hierarchy On its Side: How Smart Organizations Keep the Baby and Throw Out the Bath Water -- 4. A Pocket Tool for Teamnets: Applying the Five Principles at All Levels -- 5. Rx for Monday Morning: Turning Principles Into Practice -- 6. The Hinge of History: Assessing Your Teamnet Potential -- 7. "Only Connect": The Imperative of the 21st Century -- 8. Social Capital: New Wealth Based on Trust, Reciprocity, and Networks -- 9. Networking Trends: A Window to the Future |
| Summary |
The Age of the Network offers leaders, managers, and teams a new, practical view of how to think about their companies and reinvent them without losing the value and knowledge that's embedded in their current organization. The Age of the Network delivers a rich array of advice and insights for starting the vital process of creating a networked enterprise. Lipnack and Stamps show managers how to focus on five essential team net (networks of teams) principles which include establishing a clear purpose and creating communication links. Next, they offer a guided tour describing how organizations can turn these principles into practice and evaluate their real potential for creating a networked organization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index |
| Subject |
Interorganizational relations.
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Strategic alliances (Business)
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Teams in the workplace.
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| Author |
Stamps, Jeffrey.
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| LC no. |
94076393 |
| ISBN |
0939246716 |
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