Organization Modeling: Innovative Architectures for the 21st Century

by Joseph Morabito

This book introduces the revolutionary discipline of object-oriented organizational modeling -- the first formal technique for managers seeking to architect their organizations for maximum competitive advantage. KEY The authors synthesize leading-edge organizational theory and object-oriented modeling techniques, giving leaders powerful new tools for understanding their organization's environment, goals, processes, resources, structure, technology, even culture . It goes far beyond traditional business classes -- which represent an "application" view of a business -- providing a complete framework for modeling the entire organization. Most important, this is the first book to demonstrate how to model optimized structures and behaviors which dramatically improve effectiveness -- and can actually be implemented. For all IT planners, analysts, designers, software professionals, and executives seeking to improve the effectiveness of their organizations.

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First published June 25, 1999