The Organization of the Future

"The book is forward looking without being futuristic... The total content has been assembled with a great deal of thought." (Professional Manager, September 2000)

FRANCES HESSELBEIN is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief of its journal, Leader to Leader. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH is a founding director of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company, one of America's key providers of customized leadership development. He is a cofounder of the Learning Network, an association of the world's top consultants. RICHARD BECKHARD is an organization development consultant, author of six books, and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Introduction: Toward the New Organization Peter F. Drucker

Part I: Shaping Tomorrow's Organizations

1. Preparing for Organizational Change James A. Champy

2. How Generational Shifts Will Transform Organizational Life Jay A. Conger

3. The Soul of the New Organization Michael Hammer

4. The "Big" Organization of the Future Ric Ducques, Paul Gaske

5. Will the Organization of the Future Make the Mistakes of the Past? Jeffrey Pfeffer

6. Designing for Implementability Orit Gadiesh, Scott Olivet

7. New Competencies for a New World Iain Somerville, John Edwin Mroz

Part II: New Models for Working and Organizing

8. The Circular Organization Frances Hesselbein

9. The Reconfigurable Organization Jay R. Galbraith

10. The Organization's New Clothes Ron Ashkenas

11. The Mondragon Model: A New Pathway for the Twenty-First Century Joel A. Barker

12. The Future Organization: A Chameleon in All Its Glory Doug Miller

13. Creating a Leadership Organization with a Learning Mission Glenn R. Jones

Part III: Organizing for Strategic Advantage

14. Restoring People to the Heart of the Organization of the Future Rosabeth Moss Kanter

15. Competitiveness and Civic Character Philip Kotler

16. The Work of New Age Manners in the Emerging Competitive Landscape C.K. Prahalad

17. Organizing for Endless Winning Martin E. Hanaka, Bill Hawkins

18. Creating Sustainable Learning Communities for the Twenty-First Century Stephanie Pace Marshall

19. Organizing Around Capabilities Dave Ulrich

Part IV: Working and Organizing in a Wired World

20. Human Capital in the Digital Economy Anthony F. Smith, Tim Kelly

21. Shock Waves from the Communications Revolution Edward D. Miller

22. Self-Esteem in the Information Age Nathaniel Branden

23. The Seven R's of Self-Esteem Deepak Sethi

24. Future Present Frederick G. Harmon

Part V: Leading People in the Organization of the Future

25. Passing the Baton: Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders James G. Brocksmith Jr.

26. Retaining Your Top Performers Marshall Goldsmith

27. Situational Leadership in the Multicultural Organization Paul Hersey, Dewey E. Johnson

28. Emotions, Tempo, and Timing in Managing People Pierre J. Everaert

29. Leading Across Cultures: Five Vital Capabilities John Alexander, Meena S. Wilson

30. Cultivating Inner Resources for Leadership Diana Chapman Walsh

31. Learning to Lead Robert H. Rosen

Part VI: New Definitions of Organizational Health

32. Employee Work-Life Balance: The Competitive Advantage Lewis E. Platt

33. The Healthy Organization: A Profile Richard Beckhard

34. Diversity and Organizations of the Future R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.

35. Producing Social Results Greg Parston

36. The Voluntary Health Organization of the Future John R. Seffrin

37. Building a Healthy Company--For the Long T...