The Interdependent Organization

The Path to a More Sustainable Enterprise

Rexford H. Draman

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English

Greenleaf Publishing
27 January 2017

Business strategy; International business; Corporate governance & responsibilities; Sustainability

The Interdependent Organization provides its readers with a template for the development of an individualized transition plan to guide their journey toward becoming more organizationally sustainable. We as humans tend to rely on our current set of assumptions when we evaluate our actions and their potential impact on the future. With today's ever-increasing rate of change in technology, our access to information, and cultural interactions (interdependence) around the world, the reliance on old ways of thinking (linear) will not allow us to effectively transition into the systems-based world of tomorrow.

The Interdependent Organization presents a deeper understanding of the financial, operational, and cultural crossroads we are facing as a planet, and introduces a systems-based transitional path that individuals, organizations, and societies can draw on to move towards a more holistic and sustainable future.

The book provides readers with the necessary understanding and insight into systems, systems-thinking, and the use of systems-based business tools to guide the sustainability journey while producing a positive impact to the organization's bottom-line, its employee engagement, and its stakeholders' expectations in each of the journey's three stages. The journey begins with the adoption of simple yet powerful systems-based tools for managing the organization's operations and projects.

These proven tools provide increased productivity with a proven bottom-line improvement that exceeds 30%. This introduction to systems-based tools and thinking provides the organization with the time to become more familiar with this new way of thinking and making business decisions before they expand their exposure to broader, more complex systems-based and sustainable practices. The second stage of this journey is focused on introducing new tools and practices to insure a consistent set of measures are used across the organization. The third and final stage focuses on aligning the organization's people-management practices.

By: Rexford H. Draman
Imprint: Greenleaf Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781783532919
ISBN 10: 1783532912
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 27 January 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction PART I The Journey to Today's Crossroads Chapter 1 - More of the Same or Something Different Chapter 2 - Foundation for the Path Forward Chapter 3 - The Evolution of Modern-day Business PART II A New Way of Seeing: The evolution of Ecology and Seeing Systems Chapter 4 - The Evolution of Systems Thinking Chapter 5 - The Integration of Systems and Business PART III Putting the Pieces Together Chapter 6 - The Interdependent Organization Chapter 7 - A Model for the Transitional Journey Chapter 8 - Thoughts on How to Begin the Journey

REXFORD H. DRAMAN is Visiting Assistant Professor of Management & Marketing at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls.

Reviews for The Interdependent Organization: The Path to a More Sustainable Enterprise

Today, more than ever, our executives and managers need to have at least an introductory background into how today's business paradigm has evolved and be able to recognize the many flaws and inconsistencies within it. They also need to recognize the positive impacts associated with systems thinking and sustained organizational learning. In my mind the first five chapters of <i>The Interdependent Organization</i> provide that needed insight about the evolution of today's business processes and practices along with a solid introduction into systems thinking and its potential impact on decisions and actions. While this describes the pieces of the puzzle that today's managers must deal with it is the last three chapters that discuss putting the puzzle together: what an interdependent organization is, a broad process to move to this ever-moving target and thoughts on how an organization can start their journey. --James F. Cox, Professor Emeritus, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia and co-author of <i>The Theory of Constraints</i>