Boundaryless Organization : Breaking The Chains Of Organizational Structure - rev edition

Ashkenas, Ron : Robert H. Schaffer & Associates

Ron Ashkenas is a managing partner of Robert H. Schaffer & Associates in Stamford, Connecticut. A leading consultant to CEOs on organizational transformation, his articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review and other leading business publications. His clients have included General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, the World Bank, and numerous other public and private sector firms.

Ulrich, Dave : University of Michigan

Dave Ulrich is professor of business administration at the University of Michigan. He was named by Business Week as one of the world's top ten educators in management and the top educator in human resources.

Jick, Todd : Center for Executive Development

Todd Jick, formerly a professor at Harvard Business School, is a managing partner with the Center for Executive Development in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has consulted with numerous companies in the United States and Europe including Merrill Lynch, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Novartis, and Cadbury Schweppes.

Kerr, Steve : Goldman Sachs

Steve Kerr is chief learning officer and a managing director of Goldman Sachs. A former dean at the University of Southern California and former professor of management at the University of Michigan, he was the first chief learning officer for General Electric.

"If your organization is ready for transformation, The Boundaryless Organization will provide a simple but provocative framework either for getting started or for accelerating the pace."

--from the foreword by Lawrence A. Bossidy, chairman and CEO, Honeywell Corporation

"This is the best book on globalization and the seamless organization that I have read."

--David H. Komansky, chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

"A very important contribution."

--from the foreword by C. K. Prahalad, coauthor of Competing for the Future

"Attacks the very core of traditional management structure, with all of its walls, boundaries, and limitations."

--Quality Progress

"Outlines how companies can make the change from rigid structures to ones where ideas, resources, and information can flow freely."

--HR Strategies & Tactics

"A refreshing guide to innovative ways to do business . . . . Each part includes a questionnaire that readers can use to determine where they stand on a continuum between boundaried and boundaryless status."

--Journal of Management Consulting

"Recommended reading."

--CIO

"Outlines how companies can make the change from rigid structures to ones where ideas, resources, and information can flow freely."

--HR Strategies & Tactics

"A refreshing guide to innovative ways to do business . . . . Each part includes a questionnaire that readers can use to determine where they stand on a continuum between boundaried and boundaryless status."

--Journal of Management Consulting

"Recommended reading."

--CIO

Submitted By Publisher, June, 2003