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Change

What are the organizational models best suited to its own strategy and its particuliar context? How to enable the company to evolve and adapt to changes in its environment?

Flipping the Odds for Successful Reorganization

Andrew Toma, Fabrice Roghé, Brad Noakes, Rainer Strack, Julie Kilmann, Ralf Dicke

The key success factors forreorganization projects.

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Simple Rules for a Complex World

Donald Sull, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

Of the importance of relying on a small number of clear principles, rather than on a myriad of procedures, when facing the increasing complexity of the economic environment.

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Strategies for Learning from Failure

Amy C. Edmondson

A method for classifying mistakes which distinguishes between errors to avoid and errors that can serve as learning opportunities.

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Failing to learn? The Effects of Failure and Success on Organizational Learning in the Global Orbital Launch Vehicle Industry

Peter M. Madsen, Vinit Desai

The most reliable organizations are those that learn from their failures, not those which never fail.

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How the UK's Royal Marines Plan in the Face of Uncertainty

Arnoud Franken, Chris Paton, Simon Rogers

How the Royal Marines reconcile order and improvisation to take effective action in unforeseen situations in the field.

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How to Change a Culture: Lessons from NUMMI

John Shook

Feedback on the radical transformation of the GM Fremont manufacturing plant during the joint-venture with Toyota.

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Coping with Complexity

Gerard Seijts, Mary Crossan, Niels Billou

Setting up a learning organization, encouraging improvisation, daring to alter roles and functions—these are all key drivers that can help managers gain efficiency in complex organizations.

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Making Change Happen, and Making It Stick

Ashley Harshak, DeAnne Aguirre, Anna Brown

Five key factors to execute change successfully and embed it over time.

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Harnessing Your Staff’s Informal Networks

Richard McDermott, Douglas Archibald

How can you effectively manage communities of practice?

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How to Lead Consultants to Exceed Expectations

Gordon Perchthold, Jenny Sutton

It is when the client feels responsible for the project and gets involved in the relationship with the consultants that transformation projects have the best chance of success.

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