Managing Complexity in Global Organizations by Ulrich Steger (English) Paperback

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This book delivers new IMD insights on an emerging challenge - how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Global organizations face a complex decision-making environment.

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This book delivers new IMD insights on an emerging challenge - how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Global organizations face a complex decision-making environment. On one side, diversity of cultures, customers, competitors and regulations creates complexity; on the other, competitive pressures cause expanding countries to extract more synergies across products and regions. In such a climate, a new way of thinking, acting and organizing is needed beyond the familiar 'control' mindset. Drawing together insights from across the expert faculty, Managing Complexity in the Global Organization presents IMD's framework on how to understand complexity and its four key drivers (diversity; interdependence; ambiguity and flux), along with solutions on specific issues in a variety of functions, industries and markets. The focus is on providing practical solutions based on real-life examples.

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This book delivers new and proven insights on an emerging management challenge – how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Globally active organizations have to cope with the most complex of all managerial decision-making environments. On one side, a greater diversity of cultures, customers, competitors and regulations compounds complexity; on the other, competitive pressures cause expanding companies to extract more synergies across products and regions throughout their entire value web. In such a climate, a new way of thinking, acting and organizing is needed beyond the familiar ‘control’ mindset. Drawing together insights from across the expert faculty, Managing Complexity in the Global Organizations presents IMD’s framework on how to better understand complexity and its four key drivers (diversity; interdependence; ambiguity and flux), along with solutions on specific issues in a variety of functions, industries and markets (including developing nations such as China and India). The focus is on providing relevant solutions for managers and executives based on a meaningful illustrations and real-life examples.

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This book delivers new and proven insights on an emerging management challenge - how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Globally active organizations have to cope with the most complex of all managerial decision-making environments. On one side, a greater diversity of cultures, customers, competitors and regulations compounds complexity; on the other, competitive pressures cause expanding companies to extract more synergies across products and regions throughout their entire value web. In such a climate, a new way of thinking, acting and organizing is needed beyond the familiar 'control' mindset. Drawing together insights from across the expert faculty, Managing Complexity in the Global Organizations presents IMD's framework on how to better understand complexity and its four key drivers (diversity; interdependence; ambiguity and flux), along with solutions on specific issues in a variety of functions, industries and markets (including developing nations such as China and India). The focus is on providing relevant solutions for managers and executives based on a meaningful illustrations and real-life examples.

Author Biography

Ulrich Steger holds the Alcan Chair of Environmental Management at IMD. Switzerland, and is Director of the school's research project on Corporate Sustainability Management. He also directs major partnership programs including DaimlerChrysler and Allianz, and is or has been on the boards of several major organizations – including Volkswagen, where he was in charge of worldwide environmental strategy. Prior to becoming involved in management education he was Minister of Economics and Technology in the German state of Hesse, with particular responsibility for transport, traffic and energy. Wolfgang Amann is a Fellow in Strategic Direction and International Business at Henley Management Centre, UK. He joined Henley from IMD, and has also been visiting fellow at the Wharton School and Indian Institute of Management. Prior to pursuing his PhD he worked for DaimlerChrysler and subsequently in management consulting. He has directed, delivered and contributed to open and in-company programs and courses on strategy, internationalization and governance in the US, Europe, China and India. His recent case study series on Hindustan Lever in India won the 2006 Oikos sustainability case competition. IMD is one of the worlds leading business schools, with a particular focus on developing state-of-the-art concepts for the experienced manager.

Table of Contents

Contributors. Foreword by the Editors. Acknowledgements. Part I Conceptual Framework and Trends on the Macro-level. Chapter 1 Managing Complexity in Global Organizations as the Meta-challenge (Martha Maznevski, Ulrich Steger, and Wolfgang Amann). Chapter 2 The Complexity of Managing Corporate Social Responsibility in Multinationals (Michael Yaziji and Karin Oppegaard). Chapter 3 Opportunities and Threats in the Global Political and Economic Environment (Jean-Pierre Lehmann). Part II Impact of Changes in the Competitive Landscape and Business Models on Complexity in Selected Industries. Chapter 4 The Need to Look at Complexity at the Industry Level (Ulrich Steger and Wolfgang Amann). Chapter 5 Shipping Organizations – The Ultimate Global Players (Peter Lorange). Chapter 6 Managing Complexity Caused by Industry Dilemmas: The Case of the Automotive Industry (Ulrich Steger). Chapter 7 Managing Complexity with an Electronic Manufacturing Services Supplier (Wolfgang Amann, Carlos Cordon, Ralf W. Seifert, and Thomas E. Vollmann). Chapter 8 Managing Complexity in the Financial Services Industry (Arturo Bris). Part III Solutions for Managing Complexity on the Functional Level. Chapter 9 Breaking Down Complexity Management to the Functional Level (Wolfgang Amann and Ulrich Steger). Chapter 10 Complexity in Global Business Strategies: The Cumulative Impact of the Crisis of Choices (Jean-Pierre Jeannet). Chapter 11 Various Dimensions of Complexity in Effectively Managing the Innovation Process – The Role of China (Georges Haour). Chapter 12 Managing Complexity with Management Diversity (Martha Maznevski and Karsten Jonsen). Chapter 13 The Role of Information in Creating Value Efficiently (Don Marchand and Amy Hykes). Chapter 14 Dealing with Complexity by Managing Knowledge-Based Competence of the Organization (Kazuo Ichijo). Chapter 15 Managing Complexity in Marketing and Supply Chains (Ralf W. Seifert and Wolfgang Amann). Part IV Additional Complexity Challenges. Chapter 16 The Price Tag of Ignoring Complexity in the Globalization Process (Wolfgang Amann). Chapter 17 Managing Complexity in Mergers and Alliances (Ulrich Steger). Chapter 18 Managing Complexity: The Family Business Experience (John Ward). Chapter 19 The Future of Managing Complexity (Wolfgang Amann, Ulrich Steger, and Martha Maznevski). Index.

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This book delivers new IMD insights on an emerging challenge - how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Global organizations face a complex decision-making environment. On one side, diversity of cultures, customers, competitors and regulations creates complexity; on the other, competitive pressures cause expanding countries to extract more synergies across products and regions. In such a climate, a new way of thinking, acting and organizing is needed beyond the familiar 'control' mindset. Drawing together insights from across the expert faculty, "Managing Complexity in the Global Organization" presents IMD's framework on how to understand complexity and its four key drivers (diversity; interdependence; ambiguity and flux), along with solutions on specific issues in a variety of functions, industries and markets. The focus is on providing practical solutions based on real-life examples.

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Managing Complexity in Global Organizations: Emphasizes new, relevant solutions for managers and executives based on illustrations and real life examples. Has content that is absolutely new and that has been empirically tested with executives in the classroom. Includes contributions from the teaching staff at IMD: Jena-Pierre Lehmann, Ralf Seifert, John Ward, Peter Lorange, Georges Haour, Michael Yaziji, Jean-Pierre Jeannet, Don Marchand and Kazuo Ichijo. Offers a truly global perspective on managing complexity, including the very latest insights on China, India and several other developing nations around the globe.

Details ISBN0470510722 Author Martha L. Maznevski Short Title MANAGING COMPLEXITY IN GLOBAL Language English ISBN-10 0470510722 ISBN-13 9780470510728 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2007 Residence SZ Birth 1943 Affiliation International Institute for Management Development (IMD) ?Internationa Edition 1st Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780470510728 Series Number 4 UK Release Date 2007-03-30 AU Release Date 2007-05-07 NZ Release Date 2007-05-07 Pages 312 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Series IMD Executive Development Series Publication Date 2007-03-30 DEWEY 658.4 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2007-03-30 We've got this

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