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Reinventing the Organization
Leaders know that as markets and strategies change, organizations must evolve. The traditional hierarchical organization has long been under fire, resulting in numerous new organizational experiments. Leaders need a synthesis of what we know about these emerging models, along with an integrated perspective that can guide practice. What is the new organization, and how does it work?
Arthur Yeung and Dave Ulrich provide that much-needed synthesis and offer leaders a practical, integrated framework for reinventing the organization. They explain how to build a new kind of organization (a "market-oriented ecosystem") that responds to changing market opportunities with speed and scale. While other books address individual pieces of the puzzle, Reinventing the Organization looks at all the decisions leaders need to make--choosing the right strategies, capabilities, structure, culture, management tools, and leadership to deliver radically greater value in fast-moving markets.
Based on their in-depth research at Alibaba, Amazon, DiDi, Facebook, Google, Huawei, Supercell, and Tencent, their experience helping companies transform, and their synthesis of the latest organization research, Yeung and Ulrich:
Show leaders how to create agile organizations for rapid response to environmental trends and strategic disruptions
Integrate work from leading Chinese and US firms
Provide a six-step framework, with guidelines and actions, for reinventing the organization
Focus on what leaders can do to make the changes in their own organizations
Include diagnostic tools to assess and improve the new organization
For any leader eager to build a stronger, more responsive organization and for all those in HR, organizational development, and consulting who will be working to shape and deliver the new organization, this book provides a much-needed road map for reinventing the organization.
Arthur Yeung and Dave Ulrich provide that much-needed synthesis and offer leaders a practical, integrated framework for reinventing the organization. They explain how to build a new kind of organization (a "market-oriented ecosystem") that responds to changing market opportunities with speed and scale. While other books address individual pieces of the puzzle, Reinventing the Organization looks at all the decisions leaders need to make--choosing the right strategies, capabilities, structure, culture, management tools, and leadership to deliver radically greater value in fast-moving markets.
Based on their in-depth research at Alibaba, Amazon, DiDi, Facebook, Google, Huawei, Supercell, and Tencent, their experience helping companies transform, and their synthesis of the latest organization research, Yeung and Ulrich:
Show leaders how to create agile organizations for rapid response to environmental trends and strategic disruptions
Integrate work from leading Chinese and US firms
Provide a six-step framework, with guidelines and actions, for reinventing the organization
Focus on what leaders can do to make the changes in their own organizations
Include diagnostic tools to assess and improve the new organization
For any leader eager to build a stronger, more responsive organization and for all those in HR, organizational development, and consulting who will be working to shape and deliver the new organization, this book provides a much-needed road map for reinventing the organization.
272 pages, Hardcover
First published September 24, 2019
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December 2, 2020
Like Brene Brown's "Dare to Lead" and Joe Friel's "Fast Over 50," I found the content of this book valuable - but the presentation of that content lacking. In fact, this is one of the most densely written books I've ever had to claw my way through. And that's saying something for someone who has a Ph.D., given some of the dense tomes I had to read in graduate school.
As I said, Yeung and Ulrich's roadmap for how to establish a Market Oriented Ecosystem (or MOE) is fantastic. In fact, I have used - and am currently using - their content with a number of clients. (This is a reread.) I just wish they were less verbose and not such a fan of detailed, single-spaced tables. It's as if they wanted to share EVERYTHING their years of research and consulting work around MOE's have taught them.
Anyway...I'm glad I discovered their work. And I will continue to draw on their content. I just wish they could have presented their insights in a more succinct and readable fashion.
As I said, Yeung and Ulrich's roadmap for how to establish a Market Oriented Ecosystem (or MOE) is fantastic. In fact, I have used - and am currently using - their content with a number of clients. (This is a reread.) I just wish they were less verbose and not such a fan of detailed, single-spaced tables. It's as if they wanted to share EVERYTHING their years of research and consulting work around MOE's have taught them.
Anyway...I'm glad I discovered their work. And I will continue to draw on their content. I just wish they could have presented their insights in a more succinct and readable fashion.
July 16, 2019
Almost all organizations nowadays face these realities: they need to constantly deliver greater value to their respective customers, they have to do it in a fast changing environment, and they have organize their resources in order to deliver.
This book, Reinventing the Organization, provides a comprehensive framework on how company leaders can succeed by discussing the concept of market oriented ecosystem (MOE).
There are several dimensions that a company should focus on: environment, strategy, capability, morphology, governance, and leadership.
This book explains each concept really well by providing examples of practices by the best companies in the world. Readers of this book will benefit by the depth of information the authors have in these companies.
Some of the companies featured here are the following: Amazon, Google (Alphabet), Facebook, Alibaba, Huawei, Tencent, Didi, and Supercell.
I find this book very comprehensive, easy to read, and eye opening. After reading this book, you will find tourself asking questions on what things you can do to reinvent your organizations and answers as to how to execute.
This book, Reinventing the Organization, provides a comprehensive framework on how company leaders can succeed by discussing the concept of market oriented ecosystem (MOE).
There are several dimensions that a company should focus on: environment, strategy, capability, morphology, governance, and leadership.
This book explains each concept really well by providing examples of practices by the best companies in the world. Readers of this book will benefit by the depth of information the authors have in these companies.
Some of the companies featured here are the following: Amazon, Google (Alphabet), Facebook, Alibaba, Huawei, Tencent, Didi, and Supercell.
I find this book very comprehensive, easy to read, and eye opening. After reading this book, you will find tourself asking questions on what things you can do to reinvent your organizations and answers as to how to execute.
December 16, 2019
O mérito do livro é ampliar o raio de análise para empresas inovadoras chinesas e para a Supercell. Porém, o espaço amostral é muito pequeno para que os autores adotem a postura prescritiva presente no livro. Analisar um conjunto de 8 empresas (não exatamente homogêneas em sua natureza) não habilita a descrição de boas práticas definitivas em temas que vão desde geração de ideias até liderança.
Outro ponto que chamou a atenção é a discrepância entre os capítulos no que diz respeito à qualidade e ao detalhamento. Enquanto alguns, como o de Morfologia, são bem detalhados, outros como o de Colaboração são extremamente sucintos. Seria melhor fazer estudos de caso detalhados, em vez de buscar fornecer uma visão 360 com "buracos" no mapa. Apesar disso, a leitura agrega em insights fornecidos pelas tabelas e questionários, além da própria análise das empresas estudadas.
Outro ponto que chamou a atenção é a discrepância entre os capítulos no que diz respeito à qualidade e ao detalhamento. Enquanto alguns, como o de Morfologia, são bem detalhados, outros como o de Colaboração são extremamente sucintos. Seria melhor fazer estudos de caso detalhados, em vez de buscar fornecer uma visão 360 com "buracos" no mapa. Apesar disso, a leitura agrega em insights fornecidos pelas tabelas e questionários, além da própria análise das empresas estudadas.
November 5, 2019
This book isn't devoid of good ideas. It falls into the trap of business books trying to be an early predictor of the next corporate paradigm. Time will tell whether the recommendations within are wise or not. That said, even if the book is pure prophecy, it's not written in such a way to unlock new thinking in the reader.
Hard to believe this one will become a classic.
Hard to believe this one will become a classic.
January 8, 2020
Good framework though hard limit application for anyone outside C-Suite as all starts with “why”. Also, as is the case with many of these texts, so much focus on startups and tech companies it starts to lose those of us in non-tech, legacy organisations.
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July 14, 2020Book is thought provoking idea on new age organizations .
I learnt new emerging organization has characteristic of market-oriented ecosystem.And it address
changing market opportunities with speed and scale.The book cover reinventing the Organization 6 framework is about 1. changing environment , 2. strategies with measurable outcome, 3.capabilities with sensing agility,customer focus and Innovation, 4.Morphology (Organization structure Platform,cell and allies), 5. Governance culture,Performance accountability,ideas. talent,collaboration and info sharing and finally 6. leadership (Core skills and developing competencies) to deliver value in fast-moving markets.
Book give rich insight in fast-changing environment with vibrant Chinese entrepreneurial companies operation of Alibaba, Huawei ,DiDi,and Tencent which have phenomenal success in multiple countries.
We need to change our understanding of organizations and inspire leadership with this new mantra to lead ,transform and scaling up in market-oriented ecosystems .
It make interesting and insightful read as both author have access working with these iconic Chinese and with famous companies like Apple,Amazon and Facebook .
I learnt new emerging organization has characteristic of market-oriented ecosystem.And it address
changing market opportunities with speed and scale.The book cover reinventing the Organization 6 framework is about 1. changing environment , 2. strategies with measurable outcome, 3.capabilities with sensing agility,customer focus and Innovation, 4.Morphology (Organization structure Platform,cell and allies), 5. Governance culture,Performance accountability,ideas. talent,collaboration and info sharing and finally 6. leadership (Core skills and developing competencies) to deliver value in fast-moving markets.
Book give rich insight in fast-changing environment with vibrant Chinese entrepreneurial companies operation of Alibaba, Huawei ,DiDi,and Tencent which have phenomenal success in multiple countries.
We need to change our understanding of organizations and inspire leadership with this new mantra to lead ,transform and scaling up in market-oriented ecosystems .
It make interesting and insightful read as both author have access working with these iconic Chinese and with famous companies like Apple,Amazon and Facebook .
June 25, 2021
"Reinventing the Organization" tenta estruturar uma nova teoria de modelo organizacional olhando para alguns cases de sucesso - Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Tencent, Supercell, DiDi. Ao longo do livro os autores desenvolvem o que seriam os 6 pilares desse modelo: estratégia, estrutura, cultura, ferramentas de gestão e liderança.
Honestamente, parece um apanhado das mesmas teorias do passado com nomes novos. Não sei se minha expectativa estava alta demais, mas terminei um tanto quanto frustrada com a originalidade da discussão e com a falta de aplicabilidade para empresas que não são do mundo tech.
Não é uma leitura ruim, mas passa longe do que promete.
Honestamente, parece um apanhado das mesmas teorias do passado com nomes novos. Não sei se minha expectativa estava alta demais, mas terminei um tanto quanto frustrada com a originalidade da discussão e com a falta de aplicabilidade para empresas que não são do mundo tech.
Não é uma leitura ruim, mas passa longe do que promete.
February 15, 2020
I found this book a bit challenging to get through. Read more like a textbook than I am used to in my current growth/learning reading adventure.
I was able to pull out some good nuggets from the business agility and culture/governance sections, though.
Overall just a bit underwhelmed. It doesnt help I meant to puck up reinventing organizations to learn about orange to green transformations as I was excited about that subject.
I was able to pull out some good nuggets from the business agility and culture/governance sections, though.
Overall just a bit underwhelmed. It doesnt help I meant to puck up reinventing organizations to learn about orange to green transformations as I was excited about that subject.
April 27, 2021
Excelente
Excelente libro para el que quiera liderar un cambio en su Organizacion. Tiene la ruta de como hacerlo supremamente clara.
Excelente libro para el que quiera liderar un cambio en su Organizacion. Tiene la ruta de como hacerlo supremamente clara.
June 9, 2021
Great book for inspiration on how to leap your organisation towards significant, rapid change and pivot into an agile organisation
November 9, 2019
I haven’t read anything this original in a while about organizational models. The book is dead-on about the new business models that makes companies like Amazon and Alibaba tick today. The core thesis of a market oriented ecosystem org model as opposed to the traditional hierarchical model of large global corporations is not only accurate but is a formula for success. Will a new one come along and replace it ? Sure, in another 10 years maybe, and if anything the new models will move further and further away from today’s dominant hierarchy based models, as automation and gig economy factors kick in. For now, the MOE model makes the most sense for agility, scale and efficiencies.
January 23, 2020
An excellent what, why and how guide
A great summary of the key factors to think about in shaping organisations to succeed in our VUCA world with lots of practical tools and worked examples. While the focus is on commercial organisations, several of the principles also apply to public service organisations.
A great summary of the key factors to think about in shaping organisations to succeed in our VUCA world with lots of practical tools and worked examples. While the focus is on commercial organisations, several of the principles also apply to public service organisations.
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