Marks Charging Back Up the Hill

Workplace Recovery After Mergers, Acquisitions and Downsizings
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7879-6548-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Just as organizations have survived other recessions, they willcome through this latest one-but they will need help to recoverfrom it. In this book, acclaimed author and consultant MitchellMarks offers the wisdom drawn from his many years of experience inhelping organizations weather and manage the storms of mergers,acquisitions, and downsizing. Marks shows senior executives, teamleaders, HR directors, and consultants how to get jaded employeesback on track, carry them through the transition, and motivate themto perform at their best. He provides comprehensive guidance on"transition management," explaining how to approach the new andcreate a context for recovery. And he details how to revitalize theentire organization-the individual spirit, teams and theirperformance, and organizational systems.
Mitchell Lee Marks (San Francisco, CA) is an independent managementconsultant specializing in helping firms plan and implementmergers, restructurings, and other transitions. He also consults inareas of CEO coaching, senior team development, HR development, andcorporate culture. Previously, he was senior director at DeltaConsulting Group and national chair of the HR Management PracticeGroup at William H. Mercer, Inc.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marks, Mitchell Lee

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
The Author.
Part One: The Costly Impact of Transitions on Organizations andTheir People.
1. Organizational MADness.
2. Unintended Consequences of Business Transitions.
Part Two: Laying the Groundwork for Workplace Recovery:Understanding How People Adapt to Transitions.
3. The Opportunity and the Challenge.
4. Individual Adaptation to Transition.
5. The Realities and Requirements of Workplace Recovery.
Part Three: The Four Elements of Workplace Recovery.
6. Empathy.
7. Engagement.
8. Energy.
9. Enforcement.
Part Four: Solidifying the Context for Workplace Recovery.
10. Leading and Managing Workplace Recovery.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Mitchell Lee Marks leads JoiningForces.org in San Francisco and San Diego, which specializes in advising executives on managing mergers, restructurings, and other transitions; building team effectiveness; and developing organizational cultures to achieve desired financial and strategic objectives. Marks has worked with numerous organizations, including AOL, BP Amoco, Intel, Pfizer, Bank of America, and Blue Shield of California. Marks is the author of several books and articles, including Joining Forces: Making One Plus One Equal Three in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances (Jossey-Bass, 1998).