ISBN:
1451644736
,
9781451644739
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 290 Seiten
,
25 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
DDC:
658.402
Keywords:
Organizational effectiveness
;
Teams in the workplace
;
Communication in organizations
;
Organisationsverhalten
;
Organisationsstruktur
;
Organisationspsychologie
;
Kreditwesen
;
Organisationsverhalten
Abstract:
An award-winning columnist and journalist describes how businesses that structure their teams into functional departments, or "silos," actually hinder work, cripple innovation, restrict thinking and force normally smart people to ignore risks and opportunities. --Publisher's description
Abstract:
An award-winning columnist and journalist describes how businesses that structure their teams into functional departments, or "silos," actually hinder work, cripple innovation, restrict thinking and force normally smart people to ignore risks and opportunities. --Publisher's description
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Bloomberg's skunkworksPart one: Silos. The nondancers: how anthropology can illuminate silos ; Octopus pots: how silos crush innovation ; When gnomes go blind: how silos conceal risks ; Russian dolls: how silos create tunnel vision -- Part two: Silo busters. Gun-toting geeks: how individuals can silo-bust their lives ; (Re)writing social code: how to keep silos fluid ; Flipping the lens: how doctors tried not to behave like economists ; Bucket-busting: how breaking down silos can produce profits -- Conclusion: Connecting the dots.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index
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