{"product_id":"managing-the-21st-century-enterprise-chase-mccord-9798187363360","title":"Managing the 21st Century Enterprise: How AI Changes the Fundamental Assumptions of Organizational Management","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtificial intelligence is not merely another technology to deploy.\u003c\/b\u003e It changes the economic assumptions upon which modern organizations were designed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, enterprises were managed around the scarcity and expense of knowledge work. Analysis required analysts. Software required programmers. Documentation required scarce subject-matter expertise. Improvement ideas competed for limited technical and managerial attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAI changes that equation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the marginal cost of first-pass analysis, research, documentation, coding, and workflow design collapses, the enterprise bottleneck moves from producing knowledge to selecting, validating, governing, funding, integrating, and scaling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eManaging the 21st Century Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e presents a practical management framework for this new environment. Drawing upon more than four decades of experience in enterprise software, consulting, Agile development, Lean Continuous Improvement, and organizational transformation, Chase McCord explains why AI Transformation must be treated as a management revolution rather than a conventional technology initiative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I examines: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy inexpensive machine intelligence changes the logic of management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lessons AI leaders should learn from Lean, Toyota, and Agile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe difference between enterprise integration and laissez-faire adoption\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to manage AI work as a portfolio of capabilities and experiments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy ROMO-the Risk of Missing Out-must be considered alongside ROI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow financial governance must evolve to fund learning under uncertainty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe capabilities that make up the enterprise AI ecosystem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow organizations should assign AI ownership and accountability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat defines the Intelligent Enterprise as a new management paradigm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe central message is straightforward: \u003c\/b\u003e Competitive advantage will not come merely from access to AI. It will come from building a management system capable of converting abundant intelligence into governed workflows, durable knowledge, faster learning, and continuously improving organizational capability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chase McCord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187363360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Chase McCord","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997982830847,"sku":"9798187363360","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/managing-the-21st-century-enterprise-chase-mccord-9798187363360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}