AVONDALE, Pa., Jan. 3, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Greek philosopher Thales once said, "Know thyself." As organizations become larger, more complex, dynamic and vital to our existence, we should consider adding: Know your organization. Readers can now gain critical insight into this difficult task by joining author Roy L. Schuyler as he systematically explores why and how organizations are likely to evolve in his book Know Your Organization: How to Understand, Operate and Improve Your Organization in the New Business Environment.
Know Your Organization describes in deep detail how competition and technology have changed the environment in which all organizations operate. It presents history, philosophy, concepts, and mental models essential to the effective performance of work in any modern organization. And it explains how to first understand, then operate, and finally improve any organization.
While Know Your Organization is primarily written for readers with technical training and/or management experience, it provides a conceptual platform enormously helpful to all those seeking to understand their own organization, why it is behaving the way it is, and what can be done to improve it. Two unique aspects of this book are: 1 (the author addresses both the structural aspects of organizations the framework within which people work) and the relational aspects of organizations) the means used to enable communication and cooperation and the pursuit of common goals), and 2 the author draws on his extensive personal experience and a variety of different organizations to provide readers with the valuable perspective of an insider.
About the Author: Roy L. Schuyler holds a B.S. in engineering from Lehigh University, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Penn State in metallurgy, and is a registered professional engineer in Texas. In 1969, he was awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam. In 1996, he was designated a Centennial Fellow of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State. In 2001, he retired from DuPont after a career spanning three decades in a variety of technical, supervisory, and managerial assignments.
Know Your Organization * by Roy L. Schuyler
How to Understand, Operate and Improve Your Organization
in the New Business Environment
Publication Date: March 18, 2005
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