Lateral Management

A New Approach to Strategic Transformation in the Digital Era

Roland Geschwill, Martina Nieswandt (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XXIII, 192 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-46495-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Prologue: Mail-order companies without catalogues, orchestras without conductors, self-determined footballers and five colours.- Creative Destruction - the Digital Revolution and its Consequences.- A brief history of the management ideas of the 20th century.- Cracks in the world view of classical management.- A Brief History of Successful Lateral Organizations.- Lateral Management in the 21st Century.- Epilogue.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2020
Reihe/Serie	Future of Business and Finance
Zusatzinfo	XXIII, 192 p. 14 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Schlagworte	Digital transformation models • IT management strategy • Lateral cultural index • Lateral organizations • New management ideas for digitalization • Organizational change and digitalization • Self management vs. integrative management
ISBN-10	3-030-46495-4 / 3030464954
ISBN-13	978-3-030-46495-0 / 9783030464950
Zustand	Neuware