Fast Forward: The Best Ideas on Managing Business Change (Harvard Business Review Book Series)

Bringing together 14 articles from the "Harvard Business Review", this book presents ideas on successfully managing business change. It includes contributions from both scholars and practitioners, including Peter Drucker, John Kotter, Michael Hammer and Rosabeth Moss Kanter. There are also interviews and discussions with key agents of business change, such as ABB's Percy Barnevik, Xerox's Paul Allaire and AlliedSignal's Lawrence A. Bossidy. Into The Storm: The Cycle Of Change Quickens / James Champy, Nitin Nohria -- The Coming Of The New Organization / Peter F. Drucker -- How Networks Reshape Organizations - For Results / Ram Charan -- From Value Chain To Value Constellation: Designing Interactive Strategy / Richard Normann, Rafael Ramírez -- The Logic Of Global Business: An Interview With Abb's Percy Barnevik / William Taylor -- Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail / John P. Kotter -- Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate / Michael Hammer -- The Reinvention Roller Coaster: Risking The Present For A Powerful Future / Tracy Goss, Richard Pascale, Anthony Athos -- Successful Change Programs Begin With Results / Robert H. Schaffer Harvey A. Thomson -- Leveraging Processes For Strategic Advantage: A Roundtable With Xerox's Allaire, Usaa's Herres, Smithkline Beecham's Leschly, And Pepsi's Weatherup / David A. Garvin -- The New Managerial Work / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Changing The Role Of Top Management: Beyond Systems To People / Christopher A. Bartlett Sumantra Ghoshal -- Whatever Happened To The Take-charge Manager? / N. Nohria, James D. Berkley -- Managers And Leaders: Are They Different? / Abraham Zaleznik -- The Ceo As Coach: An Interview With Alliedsignal's Lawrence A. Bossidy / Noel M. Tichy, Ram Charan -- The Eye Of The Storm: The Force At The Center / J. Champy, N. Nohria. Edited With An Introduction And Epilogue By James Champy And Nitin Nohria. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This book brings together the best ideas from the Harvard Business Review on managing change in a business environment that feels like it is always moving at fast forward. It features two provocative essays written by James Champy and Nitin Nohria especially for this collection, urging managers to seize the opportunities for change and to set ambitious goals for the business results they want to achieve."--BOOK JACKET. "In the 14 HBR articles and interviews selected by Champy and Nohria, Fast Forward offers a wealth of ideas for embracing change and using it to your company's greatest advantage."--BOOK JACKET. "Champy and Nohria's pieces frame the collection and put the forces of change in perspective. They reflect on the central truths of all business change, assess popular methods of change management, predict the shape of organizations in the future, and discuss the leadership qualities - including authenticity and integrity - that are vital to success in the new environment."--Jacket. The typical large business 20 years hence will have fewer than half the levels of management of its counterpart today, and no more than one-third the managers.