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The Org - Ray Fisman & Tim Sullivan

By Ray Fisman & Tim Sullivan

Release Date: 2015-02-22

Genre: Management & Leadership

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We create organizations because we need to get a job doneā€”something we couldn't do aloneā€”and join them because weā€™re inspired by their missions (and our paycheck). But once weā€™re inside, these organizations rarely feel inspirational. So where did it all go wrong?

In The Org, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan explain the tradeoffs that every organization faces, arguing that this everyday dysfunction is actually inherent to the very nature of orgs. The Org diagnoses the root causes of that malfunction, beginning with the economic logic of why organizations exist in the first place, then working its way up through the orgā€™s structure from the lowly cubicle to the CEOā€™s office.

You'll learn:

The purpose of meetings and why they will never go awayWhy even members of al Qaeda are required to submit travel and expense reportsWhat managers are good forHow the army and other orgs balance marching in lockstep with fostering innovationWhy the hospital administrationā€”not the heart surgeonā€”is more likely to save your lifeWhy CEOs often spend more than 80 percent of their time in meetingsā€”and why that's exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so much)

The Org - Ray Fisman & Tim Sullivan

By Ray Fisman & Tim Sullivan

Release Date: 2015-02-22

Genre: Management & Leadership

(0 ratings)
Read Download
We create organizations because we need to get a job doneā€”something we couldn't do aloneā€”and join them because weā€™re inspired by their missions (and our paycheck). But once weā€™re inside, these organizations rarely feel inspirational. So where did it all go wrong?

In The Org, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan explain the tradeoffs that every organization faces, arguing that this everyday dysfunction is actually inherent to the very nature of orgs. The Org diagnoses the root causes of that malfunction, beginning with the economic logic of why organizations exist in the first place, then working its way up through the orgā€™s structure from the lowly cubicle to the CEOā€™s office.

You'll learn:

The purpose of meetings and why they will never go awayWhy even members of al Qaeda are required to submit travel and expense reportsWhat managers are good forHow the army and other orgs balance marching in lockstep with fostering innovationWhy the hospital administrationā€”not the heart surgeonā€”is more likely to save your lifeWhy CEOs often spend more than 80 percent of their time in meetingsā€”and why that's exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so much)

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