5th Generation Management Author Summary Table of Content Excerpts Foreword Preface Afterword Bibliography Book Jacket Other Publications

5th Generation Management Summary This substantially revised edition of Fifth Generation Management helps executives out of the rigid mindsets of the Industrial Era into the vibrant and invigorating possibilities of co-creation in the Knowledge Era. Divided into two parts, the first completely rewritten section narrates "Five Days that Changed the Enterprise," a case study of senior executives who are forced out of their cozy little empires into a new network organization of their own design. The second part discusses the process of co-creating through virtual enterprising dynamic teaming, and knowledge networking. Included is essential new information on fractal enterprises, holonic management systems, agile enterprises, and hyper-text organizations. Expands beyond Business Process Re-engineering to newer management developments including "agile organizations", "fractal enterprises", and "holonic management". Includes updated lessons learned over the past 5 years since Fifth Generation Management was first published Discusses "antibodies" resisting meaningful change in organizations Emphasizes co-creating through dynamic teaming of core capabilities. Now in the context of "Intellectual Capital" and "Knowledge Assets" Includes coverage of virtual enterprising in the Knowledge Era Vital data Publication Date: March 1996 Binding: paperbound Extent: 256 pages ISBN: 0-7506-9701-6 Price: $17.95