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The T-form organization : using technology to design organizations for the 21st century

Title: The T-form organization : using technology to design organizations for the 21st century / Henry C. Lucas, Jr.
Author: Lucas, Henry C.
Publication: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

xv, 253 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Although information technology (IT) has long been used to support existing organizational structures, dramatic developments in communication technology over the last decade have revolutionized the design of today's leading organizations. Using such examples as Frito-Lay, France Telecom, Baxter International, Merrill Lynch, and American Airlines, Henry C.
Lucas, Jr., goes beyond mere description of networked organizations, virtual organizations, and similar "businesses of the future" to show how to use information technology - combined with conventional approaches to organization design - to create the technologically-based "T-Form" organization.

Series Statement

The Jossey-Bass management series

Uniform Title

Jossey-Bass management series.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Contents

Pt. 1. A New Way to Organize. 1. The T-Form Organization: Flat and Fast. 2. Building Blocks: The New Design Variables. 3. Steps Toward Change: Preparation and Pitfalls -- Pt. 2. The Dramatic Impact of Information Technology. 4. Corporate Strategy: Creating the New Road Map for Competing. 5. Virtual Markets: Making Electronic Connections with Stakeholders. 6. Radical Change: Redesigning the Organization -- Pt. 3. Designing the T-Form Organization. 7. Technology-Based Structures: New Organizational Forms. 8. Information-Based Operations: New Ways to Do Business. 9. Customer-Based Service: A New Focus for Business. 10. Group-Based Communications: Changing the Way We Manage -- Pt. 4. Building the Technology Infrastructure. 11. Networks: The Ubiquitous Electronic Alliance. 12. Technologies: The Future That Is Already Here -- Pt. 5. Implementing the T-Form Design. 13. The Challenge of Change: Converting from Old to New Design.
14. The T-Form Reconsidered: Pathways to Success and Competitiveness.

ISBN

0787901679

LCCN

95035315

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries