Lateral Management
A New Approach to Strategic Transformation in the Digital Era
Authors: Geschwill, Roland, Nieswandt, Martina
Free Preview- Introduces the lateral management approach to organize and lead companies in digital transformation
- Includes more than 30 cases of companies that successfully changed their organizational culture
- Offers research-based insights and instruments for companies to manage digital change successfully
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- About this book
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This book highlights lateral management as the answer to the strategic opportunities and challenges posed by digital transformation. Digitalization is now changing the economy and society as dramatically as the dawn of electrification a century ago. Production methods, products, sales structures, marketing, and even markets themselves are set to change in the digital era.
In addition to introducing readers to the concept of lateral management, and detailing the structure and functioning of 'lateral companies', the authors show how leadership and cooperation norms carried over from the 20th century need to be adapted for the digital era. They demonstrate the opportunities that digitalization offers companies, employees and managers in terms of enhancing their freedom, individuality, job diversity, and creative and innovative power. The authors also provide a unique management instrument, the 'Lateral Culture Index®', which measures the hierarchies of leadership; provide new benchmarks; and identify seven essential factors for lateral companies. Readers will learn how to implement lateral management in their companies and be familiarized with the instruments that can help them do so. - About the authors
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Dr. Roland Geschwill is the co-founder of Denkwerkstatt für Manager, a Germany-based consultancy and training provider, and has been coaching and training managers since 1986. He has published numerous expert articles and books such as 'Der Rhythmus der Innovation' (The Rhythm of Innovation, Springer, 2015).
Dr. Martina Nieswandt is the managing director and co-founder of Denkwerkstatt für Manager, and regularly works on consulting projects using the lateral management framework. Her book 'Fast Cultural Change: The Role and Influence of Middle Management' was published with Palgrave Macmillan in 2015.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Creative Destruction—The Digital Revolution and Its Consequences
Pages 1-26
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A Brief History of the Management Ideas of the Twentieth Century
Pages 27-37
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Cracks in the World View of Classical Management
Pages 39-61
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A Brief History of Successful Lateral Organizations
Pages 63-125
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Lateral Management in the Twenty-First Century
Pages 127-189
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Lateral Management
- Book Subtitle
- A New Approach to Strategic Transformation in the Digital Era
- Authors
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- Roland Geschwill
- Martina Nieswandt
- Series Title
- Future of Business and Finance
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-46496-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-46496-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-46495-0
- Series ISSN
- 2662-2467
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIII, 192
- Number of Illustrations
- 10 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
- Additional Information
- Originally published with the title "Laterales Management"
- Topics
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