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The Path of Least Resistance for Managers
From reviews on Amazon.com:
Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline, says, "The Path of Least Resistance for Managers is down-to-earth and inspiring. It introduces fundamental ideas and tools that can truly make a difference in how an organization functions, while simultaneously encouraging our deepest aspirations. It, like Fritz himself, embodies the simple truth that all creating occurs where principle meets practice."
Science tells us that energy travels where it is easiest to go, and business consultant Robert Fritz borrows from this concept to provide a concrete methodology that managers can put to use immediately to develop their own paths of least resistance toward success. Fritz incorporates four crucial activities -- new methods are studied, spread, and adopted; being smart is rewarded; cooperation rather than competition is practiced; and fairness is the standard operating principle -- into a comprehensive guide to the structural laws that govern all organizations. He prescribes a direct approach to redesigning an organization's structure to allow positive practices to follow the paths of least resistance. Learn more about Robert's work at www.robertfritz.com
"Robert Fritz comes as close as anyone I know of typifying genius."
Willis Harman
Willis Harman was the Senior Social Scientist at SRI International for 16 years, a global-futurist think-tank. He was emeritus professor of Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California. He is co-founder of the World Business Academy and author of many books including Global Mind Change.
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I had been in leadership positions in both my church and business for 15 years when I read this book. Finally, I could see and understand why we never seemed to truly get the results we hoped for in either organization. Fritz's work is fundamental to the development of TransformingChurch.com and the Academy.
I have read many volumes on leadership and management, completed an Executive MBA, and taken post masters work in leadership and organization development. This book provided me deep insight that I had not found in any of my studies. The understanding of structure I found in the Path for Managers gave me a new clarity of what it takes to design an organization to accomplish its most important goals.
The insights are very practical in their application. I have begun to apply these principles, and the results have been profound. Organizations with structural conflict will never achieve the intended results, and when structural tension is created, the results build upon themselves. I give this book my highest recommendation. It will give you tools to align your organization with a vision, and to insure that the vision becomes a reality.
Posted by: Gregg Burch at October 11, 2005 04:05 PM
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