Organization Modeling: Innovative Architectures for the 21st Century

This book introduces the revolutionary discipline of object-oriented organizational modeling -- the first formal technique for managers seeking to architect their organizations for maximum competitive advantage.KEY TOPICS:The authors synthesize leading-edge organizational theory and object-oriented modeling techniques, giving leaders powerful new tools for understanding their organization's environment, goals, processes, resources, structure, technology, even culture. It goes far beyond traditional business classes -- which represent an "application" view of a business -- providing a complete framework for modeling the entire organization. Most important, this is the first book to demonstrate how to model optimized structures and behaviors which dramatically improve effectiveness -- and can actually be implemented.MARKET:For all IT planners, analysts, designers, software professionals, and executives seeking to improve the effectiveness of their organizations.