The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure

by Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Steve Kerr

Discover the specific strategies premier companies are using to position themselves for success in the new knowledge economy. In this best-selling work, a world-class team of management experts shows how leading corporations--General Electric, Morgan Bank, and SmithKline Beecham included--are busting boundaries on all fronts. Each of these companies is producing superior results by encouraging the flow of ideas, resources, and talents in and out of the organization, up and down the hierarchy, and across geographic lines. For any executive looking to build a more flexible, innovative, and competitive organization, The Boundaryless Organization remains the definitive guide.

Genres: Business

364 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Internationally recognized consultant and speaker on organizational transformation, post-merger integration, and simplification

Reviews

[JoAnn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The authors provide an eminently sensible approach regarding ‘healthy hierarchies’ all the while remaining focused on the customer. It seemed to me that these authors were recognizing the impact of “empowerment” and the dismantling of the “command-and-control” structure that has so dominated organizational life for the past 50 years. Enabled by technology, organizational “boundarylessness” has opened up a brand new way of being and doing in the workplace. Perhaps one can think of “boundarylessness” as a means toward encouraging authentic workplaces.

[Elizabeth]

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