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The Pitfalls of Internal Competition |
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Moss Kanter lists these and other pitfalls of internal competition. She reminds us that when different parties are interdependent in any way, that a strategy of cooperation and collaboration has all the advantages over a strategy of competition. She argues that business excellence in the next millennium will be made with internal cooperation, combined with fierce external competition.
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Moss Kanter, Rosabeth. When Giants Learn to Dance: Mastering the Challenges of Competition, Strategy and Careers in the 1990's. Simon and Shuster. New York. 1989.
This is a down-to-earth and incisive examination of modern organizational behaviour theory. Moss Kanter examines the many threats and opportunities that organizations create for themselves. She also introduces the practice of "newstreams" -- innovation hot housing -- which is a way for companies to develop and implement winning strategies, without the strategic "steering" function of top management.
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With newstreams, top management controls the accelerator and the brakes, while cross-functional teams in close contact with customers, control the steering wheel. In this framework, management serves a resource allocator and support role for these newstreams, which take on many aspects of a separate venture. If innovation is important for your company, than this book is important for you.
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