Strong forces of change are reshaping the management landscape. TodayAEs business environment is fraught with uncertainty, diverse global players, rapid technological change, widespread price wars, and seemingly endless reorganization. The editors and contributors of Managing in Times of Disorder demonstrate that a far-reaching shift has occurred in the venture of competition that has resulted in a new organizational paradigmuhypercompetition. The innovative chapters in this groundbreaking volume form a complex fabric of new theoretical frameworks, models, strategies, organizational forms, and interdisciplinary methods that address hypercompetitive environments in a radically new way. The authorsAE findings reveal new patterns of language, metaphor, structure, and strategy that are necessary for business survival in chaotic times. Managing in Times of Disorder will be of interest to students and professionals in organization studies and management.

A year’s worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We’ve examined the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to bring you the latest, most significant thinking driving business today. With authors from Marcus Buckingham to Herminia Ibarra and company examples from Google to Deloitte, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to: Tap into the new technologies that are changing the way businesses competeFuel performance by redesigning your organization’s practices around feedbackLearn techniques to move beyond intuition for better decision makingUnderstand why your strategy execution isn’t working—and how to fix itLead with authenticity by moving beyond your comfort zoneTransform your physical office space to promote creativity and productivity This collection of best-selling articles includes: “Reinventing Performance Management,� by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall“The Transparency Trap,� by Ethan Bernstein“Profits Without Prosperity,� by William Lazonick“Outsmart Your Own Biases,� by Jack B. Soll, Katherine L. Milkman, and John W. Payne“The 3-D Printing Revolution,� by Richard D’Aveni“Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It,� by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sull“The Authenticity Paradox,� by Herminia Ibarra“The Discipline of Business Experimentation,� by Stefan Thomke and Jim Manzi“When Senior Managers Won’t Collaborate,� by Heidi K. Gardner“Workspaces That Move People,� by Ben Waber, Jennifer Magnolfi, and Greg Lindsay“Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business,� by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've examined the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to bring you the latest, most significant thinking driving business today. With authors from Marcus Buckingham to Herminia Ibarra and company examples from Google to Deloitte, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to: * Tap into the new technologies that are changing the way businesses compete * Fuel performance by redesigning your organization's practices around feedback * Learn techniques to move beyond intuition for better decision making * Understand why your strategy execution isn't working--and how to fix it * Lead with authenticity by moving beyond your comfort zone * Transform your physical office space to promote creativity and productivity This collection of best-selling articles includes: * "Reinventing Performance Management," by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall * "The Transparency Trap," by Ethan Bernstein * "Profits Without Prosperity," by William Lazonick * "Outsmart Your Own Biases," by Jack B. Soll, Katherine L. Milkman, and John W. Payne * "The 3-D Printing Revolution," by Richard D'Aveni * "Why Strategy Execution Unravels--and What to Do About It," by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sull * "The Authenticity Paradox," by Herminia Ibarra * "The Discipline of Business Experimentation," by Stefan Thomke and Jim Manzi * "When Senior Managers Won't Collaborate," by Heidi K. Gardner * "Workspaces That Move People," by Ben Waber, Jennifer Magnolfi, and Greg Lindsay * "Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business," by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani

Strong forces of change are reshaping the management landscape. TodayÆs business environment is fraught with uncertainty, diverse global players, rapid technological change, widespread price wars, and seemingly endless reorganization. The editors and contributors of Managing in Times of Disorder demonstrate that a far-reaching shift has occurred in the venture of competition that has resulted in a new organizational paradigmùhypercompetition. The innovative chapters in this groundbreaking volume form a complex fabric of new theoretical frameworks, models, strategies, organizational forms, and interdisciplinary methods that address hypercompetitive environments in a radically new way. The authorsÆ findings reveal new patterns of language, metaphor, structure, and strategy that are necessary for business survival in chaotic times. Managing in Times of Disorder will be of interest to students and professionals in organization studies and management.