Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal

by Michael L. Tushman, Charles A. O'Reilly

Overview

Tushman and O'Reilly examine how leadership, culture, and organizational architectures can be both important facilitators of innovation and, not uncommonly, formidable obstacles. They demonstrate how to clarify today's critical managerial problems, use culture and commitment to promote innovation and implement strategy, and deal with changing innovation requirements as organizations evolve.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422158104
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	01/15/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	829 KB

Editorial Reviews

To avoid long-term failure while focusing on short-term success, business professors Tushman and O'Reilly present their views on the "ambidextrous organization." This is defined as having internally consistent structures and an internal operating culture that provides for excelling today while also planning for the future. This paradoxical state of dealing with incremental changes in the here and now while at the same time emphasizing the revolutionary change necessary in order to be in business tomorrow defines current business reality. Presenting examples from businesses that are doing a successful balancing act, the authors devise a model that can be used by any executive to understand better the dynamics of change necessary for long-term success. Their intriguing work, rooted in academic literature on the management of organizations, merits consideration, especially by larger university libraries.-Dale F. Farris, Groves, Tex.

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