The High Performance Organization

Increased global competition, aided and abetted by technology, has meant that organizations in every sector are having to compete on the basis of speed, cost, quality, innovation, flexibility and customer-responsiveness. If organizations wish to be able to compete successfully in the global marketplace, they need to develop innovative products and services quickly and cost-effectively. The High Performance Organization provides invaluable information and practical tools for people engaged in leading organizational change efforts as an executive, line manager, HR practitioner or change agent.This practical text is grounded in organizational reality as well as having a sound theoretical setting. Illustrative case studies have been drawn from consultancy practice and a wide range of current research.

BUILDING DYNAMIC STABILITY-Towards the High Performance Organisation; Building Culture; Can culture be deliberately changed?; Analysing Cultures; Designing the High Performance Organisation; Creating Dynamic Stability; Creating a 'change-able' organisation; Creating a knowledge-rich context for innovation; Working accross Boundaries; Crossing boundaries of time and place; Stimulating people to Sustainable Levels of High Performance; Performance Management; The Role of HR in building culture; BUILDING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS Becoming a great place to work; Careers and work/life balance/ Key Skills to Survive and Thrive in Changing Organisations; Becoming a Values-Based Organisation; Leading for sustainable High Performance; Conclusion