Artful Work: Awakening Joy Meaning and Commitment

Jumping the Curve: Innovation and Strategic Choice in an Age of Transition

by Nicholas Imparato and Oren Hatari

Paperback - 324 pages (January 1996) Jossey-Bass Publishers; ISBN: 0787901830 - $18.50

From Booklist , October 15, 1994

A symptom of our ever-changing workplace is the large number of consultants writing manuals on how to reconfigure a business; however, Imparato and Harari do more than simply outline the steps necessary to leave one stage of development for another. They argue convincingly that we're now entering the fourth epoch--the first three being the classical, middle, and modern ages--which will mandate the adoption of four principles: out-of-the-box thinking, intelligence or a smart organization, the linking of success to values and ideals, and a 100 percent customer guarantee. Their ideas are backed by both corporate examples and copious research; in fact, much of their work distills that of other gurus in the managerial and human-resource fields. Nonetheless, their total output reveals wise strategies to pursue for future growth.

Offers perspective and guidance for doing business at this unique moment in time. Reveals the critical determinants of management success as we move into a new epoch that we can't fully see or understand. DLC: Strategic planning.

The authors place today's business challenges in a historical context, offering a practical framework for managing change and thriving in a future that will be radically different from the past or the present. This thoughtful and action-oriented perspective is sure to help organizations make significant, spontaneous leaps in their thinking.

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