Birth of the Chaordic AgeBerrett-Koehler Publishers, 1999 - 345 Seiten This is the story of how VISA International was conceived, founded and established. It challenges the ideas and radical philosophy about the nature of the world, the role of money and organizations in the world, reinventing leadership and management, and transforming business and society. Written by the founder, president, and CEO emeritus of VISA International, this is the story of how VISA International was conceived, founded and established. It is also the life story of Dee Hock, a maverick banker who put his own wild ideas into practice to create something the likes of which the world had never seen. This text challenges the ideas and radical philosophy about the nature of the world, the role of money and organizations in the world, reinventing leadership and management, and transforming business and society. |
Inhalt
In Search of a More Liveable World | 1 |
On the Nature and Creation of Chaordic Organizations | 5 |
Old Monkey Mind | 15 |
A Lamb and the Lion of Life | 31 |
The Bloodied Sheep | 47 |
Retirement on the Job | 63 |
Ordinary People Extraordinary Things | 81 |
The House of Cards | 97 |
Quite Ordinary People | 195 |
The Victim of Success | 215 |
The Golden Links | 231 |
Whats in a Name? | 249 |
The Process Opens | 269 |
The Jeweled Bearing | 285 |
The Odyssey | 303 |
Then Providence Moved Too | 313 |
Nothing to Lose | 113 |
The Impossible Imagined | 127 |
The Next to the Last Word | 145 |
The Corporation or the Cane? | 165 |
And Then There Was One | 179 |
What Can You Do? | 321 |
About the Chaordic Alliance | 323 |
A Sample of Chaordic Alliance Participation in the Creation of New Chaordic Organizations | 327 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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