Ultimate Advantage

EDWARD E. LAWLER is professor of management and organization at the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Southern California, and founder and director of the school's Center for Effective Organizations.

"One of the strengths of Lawler's book is its readiness to confrontdirectly the sort of questions that really worry most topmanagers." "A valuable reference for human resource specialists, managementconsultants, and managers in search of a compass. It clearly laysout where many organizations are heading and presents the newwisdom on how to get there." "A solid, insightful, and instructive book."

• Part One: Searching for Competitive Advantage. 1. Make Management an Advantage. 2. Choose the Right Management Style. Part Two: Designing Organizations, Work, and Rewards. 3. Create a High-Involvement Structure. 4. Identify Work Design Alternatives. 5. Develop Involving Work. 6. Foster Organization-Improvement Groups. 7. Pay the Person, Not the Job. Part Three: Managing Information and Human Resources. 9. Promote Open Information Channels. 10. Establish High-Involvement Management Practices. 11. Support Positive Managerial Behavior. 12. Involve Unions in the Organization. Part Four: Creating High-Involvement Organizations. 13. Develop High-Involvement Business Units. 14. Manage the Change Toward High-Involvement.