The Paradox Principles: How High Performance Companies Manage Chaos Complexity And Contradiction To Achieve Superior Results

Tumultuous changes affecting corporations have left managers and employees reeling from the shocks and searching for management solutions. The Paradox Principles shows managers how to face those conflicts and use paradox as a dynamic tool to create balance and focus within an organization. Lessons learned from executives at over 200 high-performance companies and the collective experience of the Price Waterhouse Change Integration Team show managers how to achieve success by better managing the paradoxes inherent in their industry, organization, and strategy. The authors also show managers how to create a high-performance organization that is focused and strategically balanced; develop management styles with the best blend of operational efficiency and strategic effectiveness; align the actions of everyone through the use of fewer, more effective, performance measures; manage the complexity and chaos caused by the level of change buffeting all organizations today; and create a positive culture in the organization.