Learning by example : imitation and innovation at a global bank /
Strang, David.
Learning by example : imitation and innovation at a global bank / David Strang. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Benchmarking as a management technique -- Global financial and team challenge -- Practical reasoning and the case for change -- The construction of a reference group -- Interorganizational influence -- Common moves in organizational reform -- Personal and programmatic impact -- Global financial's corporate quality initiative -- Some lessons from the search for best practice.
In business, as in other aspects of life, we learn and grow from the examples set by others. Imitation can lead to innovation. But in order to grow innovatively, how do businesses decide what firms to imitate? And how do they choose what practices to follow? Learning by Example takes an unprecedented look at the benchmarking initiative of a major financial institution. David Strang closely follows twenty-one teams of managers sent out to observe the practices of other companies in order to develop recommendations for change in their own organization. Through extensive interviews, surveys, and.
9781400835195 1400835194 0691142181 9780691142180
22573/cttxs7v JSTOR
2009042625
GBB052706 bnb
015535254 Uk
Bank management--Case studies.
Banks and banking--Case studies.
Diffusion of innovations.
Benchmarking (Management)
Organizational learning.
Organizational change.
Diffusion of Innovation
Benchmarking
Organizational Innovation
Banques--Gestion--Études de cas.
Innovations--Diffusion.
Étalonnage concurrentiel.
Apprentissage organisationnel.
Changement organisationnel.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Banks & Banking.
Bank management
Banks and banking
Benchmarking (Management)
Diffusion of innovations
Organizational change
Organizational learning
Case studies
HG1615 / .S768 2010eb
332.1/50684
Learning by example : imitation and innovation at a global bank / David Strang. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Benchmarking as a management technique -- Global financial and team challenge -- Practical reasoning and the case for change -- The construction of a reference group -- Interorganizational influence -- Common moves in organizational reform -- Personal and programmatic impact -- Global financial's corporate quality initiative -- Some lessons from the search for best practice.
In business, as in other aspects of life, we learn and grow from the examples set by others. Imitation can lead to innovation. But in order to grow innovatively, how do businesses decide what firms to imitate? And how do they choose what practices to follow? Learning by Example takes an unprecedented look at the benchmarking initiative of a major financial institution. David Strang closely follows twenty-one teams of managers sent out to observe the practices of other companies in order to develop recommendations for change in their own organization. Through extensive interviews, surveys, and.
9781400835195 1400835194 0691142181 9780691142180
22573/cttxs7v JSTOR
2009042625
GBB052706 bnb
015535254 Uk
Bank management--Case studies.
Banks and banking--Case studies.
Diffusion of innovations.
Benchmarking (Management)
Organizational learning.
Organizational change.
Diffusion of Innovation
Benchmarking
Organizational Innovation
Banques--Gestion--Études de cas.
Innovations--Diffusion.
Étalonnage concurrentiel.
Apprentissage organisationnel.
Changement organisationnel.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Banks & Banking.
Bank management
Banks and banking
Benchmarking (Management)
Diffusion of innovations
Organizational change
Organizational learning
Case studies
HG1615 / .S768 2010eb
332.1/50684