Idealized Design Creating an Organization's Future

Name: Idealized Design Creating an Organization's Future
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ISBN: 9780131963634

ISBN-10: 0131963635

ISBN-13: 9780131963634

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jason Magidson, Herbert J. Addison, Russell Lincoln Ackoff

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What's the best way to drive fundamental, transformative change within your organization? Envision your ideal solution: then, work backwards to where you are. It's called idealized design, and -- as executives in hundreds of organizations will testify -- it's one of the most powerful techniques you'll ever use. Authored by its legendary creator, Russell Ackoff, and leading practitioner Jason Magidson, Idealized Design covers every facet of this breakthrough methodology. You'll learn how to prepare for it, organize it, and execute it from start to finish. The authors reveal the fundamental differences between idealized design and traditional process re-engineering, and show how idealized…

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Publication date: 4/20/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Foreword by Ray Stata


Preface


Introduction: The Birth of an Idea



Idealized Design: The Basics



The Stages of Idealized Design



Organizing the Process



Preparing for an Idealized Design Process



Idealized Design: Applications The Process in Action



Business Enterprises



Not-for-Profit and Government Organizations



Process Improvement



Problem Dissolving



Facilities and Sites Design



Take the Plunge



Idealized Design: No Limit Applications to World Challenges



The Urban Challenge


An Urban Car


A Redesign of Paris and Beyond



The Health-Care Challenge


A National Health-Care System


A Health-Care Mall



The Challenge to Government


A National Elections System


A New United Nations


A Response to Terrorism



Complete Idealized Designs



Energetics (Business Enterprise)



Academy of Vocal Arts (Not-for-Profit)



White House Communications Agency (Government)


Endnotes


Annotated


Bibliography


Index