The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
In THE ORG, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan explain the tradeoffs that every organization faces, arguing that this everyday dysfunction is actually inherent to the very nature of orgs. THE ORG diagnoses the root causes of that malfunction, beginning with the economic logic of why organizations exist in the first place, then working its way up through the org's structure from the lowly cubicle to the CEO's office.
Woven throughout with fascinating case studies-including McDonald's, al Qaeda, the Baltimore City Police Department, Procter and Gamble, the island nation of Samoa, and Google-THE ORG reveals why the give-and-take nature of organizations, while infuriating, nonetheless provides the best way to get the job done.
You'll learn:
*The purpose of meetings and why they will never go away
*Why even members of al Qaeda are required to submit Travel & Expense reports
*What managers are good for
*How the army and other orgs balance marching in lockstep with fostering innovation
*Why it's the hospital administration-not the heart surgeon-who is more likely to save your life
*That CEOs often spend over 80% of their time in meetings-and why that's exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so much)
*The purpose of meetings and why they will never go away
*Why even members of al Qaeda are required to submit Travel & Expense reports
*What managers are good for
*How the army and other orgs balance marching in lockstep with fostering innovation
*Why it's the hospital administration-not the heart surgeon-who is more likely to save your life
*That CEOs often spend over 80% of their time in meetings-and why that's exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so much)
Looking at life behind the red tape, THE ORG shows why the path from workshop to corporate behemoth is pockmarked with tradeoffs and competing incentives, but above all, demonstrates why organizations are central to human achievement.
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Format: Hardcover Book
Price: $26.99 US/$29.99 CAN
ISBN-13: 9780446571593
On Sale Date: 01/08/2013
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Formats Available: Hardcover Book, Trade Paperback, Electronic Book
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In THE ORG, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan explain the tradeoffs that every organization faces, arguing that this everyday dysfunction is actually inherent to the very nature of orgs. THE ORG diagnoses the root causes of that malfunction, beginning with the economic logic of why organizations exist in the first place, then working its way up through the org's structure from the lowly cubicle to the CEO's office.
Woven throughout with fascinating case studies-including McDonald's, al Qaeda, the Baltimore City Police Department, Procter and Gamble, the island nation of Samoa, and Google-THE ORG reveals why the give-and-take nature of organizations, while infuriating, nonetheless provides the best way to get the job done.
You'll learn:
*The purpose of meetings and why they will never go away
*Why even members of al Qaeda are required to submit Travel & Expense reports
*What managers are good for
*How the army and other orgs balance marching in lockstep with fostering innovation
*Why it's the hospital administration-not the heart surgeon-who is more likely to save your life
*That CEOs often spend over 80% of their time in meetings-and why that's exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so much)
*The purpose of meetings and why they will never go away
*Why even members of al Qaeda are required to submit Travel & Expense reports
*What managers are good for
*How the army and other orgs balance marching in lockstep with fostering innovation
*Why it's the hospital administration-not the heart surgeon-who is more likely to save your life
*That CEOs often spend over 80% of their time in meetings-and why that's exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so much)
Looking at life behind the red tape, THE ORG shows why the path from workshop to corporate behemoth is pockmarked with tradeoffs and competing incentives, but above all, demonstrates why organizations are central to human achievement.
Ray Fisman is the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise and co-director of the Social Enterprise Program at the Columbia Business School. His is the author of Economic Gangsters with Ted Miguel.
Tim Sullivan is the editorial director of Harvard Business Review Press and has worked at Basic Books, Portfolio, and Princeton University Press, where he helped build one of the most successful academic economics lists in the world.
Tim Sullivan is the editorial director of Harvard Business Review Press and has worked at Basic Books, Portfolio, and Princeton University Press, where he helped build one of the most successful academic economics lists in the world.
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For many of us who are seeking a framework for understanding the confusing and rapidly evolving patterns of global supply chains and trade, THE ORG provides a wonderfully powerful and clear conceptual lens.
(Michael Spence, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of The Next Convergence).
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- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Price: $26.99 US/$29.99 CAN
- Pages: 320
- Physical Dimensions: 6" x 9"
- ISBN-13: 9780446571593
- On Sale Date: 01/08/2013
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- List Price: $26.99
- Pages: 320
- Physical Dimensions: 6" x 9"
- ISBN-13: 9780446571593
- On Sale Date: 01/08/2013
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $16.00
- Pages: 320
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/4" x 8"
- ISBN-13: 9780446571609
- On Sale Date: 01/08/2013
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- ISBN-13: 9781455517534
- On Sale Date: 01/08/2013
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