The Ultimate Advantage: Creating the High-Involvement Organization (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781555424145)

In 1986 Edward Lawler first alerted American business to the power of high-involvement management--management that encourages employees to participate fully in the business of their employer. Then, he demonstrated how it can inspire innovation, increase cost-effectiveness, and deliver improved quality, service, and speed. Now Lawler goes one step further. Citing such thriving companies as Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, Xerox, and Motorola, he offers an integrated overview of just how an organization must be designed--how it must look and act--to realize the full potential of high-involvement management. He details the types of management and reward systems, leadership behaviors, job design, and training programs that make high-involvement organizations really work. And he shows how to implement specific practices, such as work teams, skill-based pay, gain sharing, and improvement groups, that help create an environment where employees grow and the organization prospers.

Author: Edward E. Lawler
ISBN-10: 1555424147
ISBN-13: 9781555424145
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Language: English
Published: 04/16/1992
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/1992 pg. 1491