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Makes up, with The Ten Commandments and The Lord's Prayer, Watson's
Body of Practical Divinity.
This book provides a set of integrated frameworks-capital, systems,
and objects-that transcend managerial or technology hype by
focusing on the long-term fundamentals that sustain organizational
success, and it contains cases from South East Asia to elaborate
this concept. Many organizations are currently addressing two
important transformational issues: ecological sustainability and
digitization. Sustainability is a goal, an end, and digitization is
a process, a means to achieve a goal. This book introduces a
flexible model that can be applied to current and future
organizational challenges, including sustainability and
digitization, because the fundamentals are constant. This book is
designed to serve two purposes for the readers: first, to present
three conceptual foundations for designing and operating
organizations (capital, systems, and objects (section 1)); and
second, to provide a reference source for implementing these ideas
in your organization (sections 2 and 3). The first section of the
book, chapters 1 through 7, sets forth the conceptual foundations.
The chapters mix concepts and practical examples to give a new way
of thinking about the setting in which one may work many days each
year. The second section provides details and associated examples
of every one of the thirty-six forms of capital conversion. It also
illustrates how the five foundational systems support capital
conversion in a variety of ways. Finally, the third section is
about measuring capital and systems. The book covers measurement of
all types of capital and systems performance and has been written
for current and future organizational leaders to change the game
and play it more effectively. The book will thus resonate with
students of organizational behaviour and leadership strategy,
organizational leaders, industry experts, and general readers.
This book provides a set of integrated frameworks-capital, systems,
and objects-that transcend managerial or technology hype by
focusing on the long-term fundamentals that sustain organizational
success, and it contains cases from South East Asia to elaborate
this concept. Many organizations are currently addressing two
important transformational issues: ecological sustainability and
digitization. Sustainability is a goal, an end, and digitization is
a process, a means to achieve a goal. This book introduces a
flexible model that can be applied to current and future
organizational challenges, including sustainability and
digitization, because the fundamentals are constant. This book is
designed to serve two purposes for the readers: first, to present
three conceptual foundations for designing and operating
organizations (capital, systems, and objects (section 1)); and
second, to provide a reference source for implementing these ideas
in your organization (sections 2 and 3). The first section of the
book, chapters 1 through 7, sets forth the conceptual foundations.
The chapters mix concepts and practical examples to give a new way
of thinking about the setting in which one may work many days each
year. The second section provides details and associated examples
of every one of the thirty-six forms of capital conversion. It also
illustrates how the five foundational systems support capital
conversion in a variety of ways. Finally, the third section is
about measuring capital and systems. The book covers measurement of
all types of capital and systems performance and has been written
for current and future organizational leaders to change the game
and play it more effectively. The book will thus resonate with
students of organizational behaviour and leadership strategy,
organizational leaders, industry experts, and general readers.
This book provides a set of integrated frameworks-capital, systems,
and objects-that transcend managerial or technology hype by
focusing on the long-term fundamentals that sustain organizational
success. Many organizations are currently addressing two important
transformational issues: ecological sustainability and
digitization. Sustainability is a goal, an end, and digitization is
a process, a means to achieve a goal. This book introduces a
flexible model that can be applied to current and future
organizational challenges, including sustainability and
digitization, because the fundamentals are constant. This book is
designed to serve two purposes for the readers: first, to present
three conceptual foundations for designing and operating
organizations (capital, systems, and objects in Part I); and
second, to provide a reference source for implementing these ideas
in an organization (Parts II and III). The Part I of the book,
chapters 1 through 7, sets forth the conceptual foundations. The
chapters mix concepts and practical examples to give a new way of
thinking about the setting in which one may work many days each
year. The Part II provides details and associated examples of every
one of the thirty-six forms of capital conversion. It also
illustrates how the five foundational systems support capital
conversion in a variety of ways. Finally, the Part III is about
measuring capital and systems. The book will resonate with
practitioners and students of strategy, leadership, and
organizational design. It is critical reading for leaders, industry
experts, and general readers who want to understand how over
thousands of years the capital creation system has developed
today's world and will fashion its future.
This book provides a set of integrated frameworks-capital, systems,
and objects-that transcend managerial or technology hype by
focusing on the long-term fundamentals that sustain organizational
success. Many organizations are currently addressing two important
transformational issues: ecological sustainability and
digitization. Sustainability is a goal, an end, and digitization is
a process, a means to achieve a goal. This book introduces a
flexible model that can be applied to current and future
organizational challenges, including sustainability and
digitization, because the fundamentals are constant. This book is
designed to serve two purposes for the readers: first, to present
three conceptual foundations for designing and operating
organizations (capital, systems, and objects in Part I); and
second, to provide a reference source for implementing these ideas
in an organization (Parts II and III). The Part I of the book,
chapters 1 through 7, sets forth the conceptual foundations. The
chapters mix concepts and practical examples to give a new way of
thinking about the setting in which one may work many days each
year. The Part II provides details and associated examples of every
one of the thirty-six forms of capital conversion. It also
illustrates how the five foundational systems support capital
conversion in a variety of ways. Finally, the Part III is about
measuring capital and systems. The book will resonate with
practitioners and students of strategy, leadership, and
organizational design. It is critical reading for leaders, industry
experts, and general readers who want to understand how over
thousands of years the capital creation system has developed
today's world and will fashion its future.
There are two things, which I have always looked upon as difficult.
The one is-to make the wicked sad; the other is-to make the godly
joyful. Dejection in the godly arises from a double spring: either
because their inward comforts are darkened, or their outward
comforts are disturbed. To cure both these troubles, I have put
forth this ensuing treatise, hoping, by the blessing of God, that
it will buoy up their desponding hearts, and make them look with a
more pleasant aspect. To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a
matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out
shall cooperate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned
into blessings, that showers of affliction water the withering root
of their grace and make it flourish more-this may fill their hearts
with joy until they run over Thomas Watson was an English preacher
and author who obtained great fame preaching until the Restoration
when he was ejected as the vicar of St. Stephen's Walbrook for
noncomformity. Watson continued to exercise his ministry privately
and upon the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672 he obtained a
license to preach at the great hall in Crosby House.
The two great graces essential to a saint in this life, are faith
and repentance. These are the two wings by which he flies to
heaven. Faith and repentance preserve the spiritual life-as heat
and water preserve the physical life. The grace which I am going to
discuss is repentance. Thomas Watson was an English preacher and
author who obtained great fame preaching until the Restoration when
he was ejected as the vicar of St. Stephen's Walbrook for
noncomformity. Watson continued to exercise his ministry privately
and upon the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672 he obtained a
license to preach at the great hall in Crosby House.
The timeless business book that still brings perspective and guidance to todays bottom-line executives When first published in 1963, IBM CEO Thomas Watson Jr.s A Business and Its Beliefs gave readers an unprecedented look inside IBMs executive offices. Watson--son of IBMs founder-- candidly discussed how the company clung to its values during the first great technological shift, and how this refusal to compromise became IBMs strength. He also became one of the first CEOs to question businesss place and responsibility in society, and openly discuss how firms could meet expanding social expectations while still turning a profit. The groundbreaking ideas in this book still resonate with todays managers. This newly published edition reintroduces Watsons ideas to a new generation of decision-makers in search of IBM-style standards for their own organizations. A to-the-point examination of the values and beliefs that built and sustained IBM, its message is as valuable today as it was four decades back--and will once again strike a resounding chord with executives everywhere.
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