Includes index.

Introduction. Toward the new organization / Peter F. Drucker -- Preparing for organizational change / James A. Champy -- How generational shifts will transform organizational life / Jay A. Conger -- The soul of the new organization / Michael Hammer -- The "big" organization of the future / Ric Duques, Paul Gaske -- Will the organization of the future make the mistakes of the past? / Jeffrey Pfeffer -- Designing for implementability / Orit Gadiesh, Scott Olivet -- New competencies for a new world / Iain Somerville, John Edwin Mroz -- The circular organization / Frances Hesselbein -- The reconfigurable organization / Jay R. Galbraith -- The organization's new clothes / Ron Ashkenas -- The Mondragon model : a new pathway for the twenty-first century / Joel A. Barker -- The future organization : a chameleon in all its glory / Doug Miller -- Creating a leadership organization with a learning mission / Glenn R. Jones -- Restoring people to the heart of the organization of the future / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Competitiveness and civic character / Philip Kotler -- The work of new age managers in the emerging competitive landscape / C.K. Prahalad -- Organizing for endless winning / Martin E. Hanaka, Bill Hawkins -- Creating sustainable learning communities for the twenty-first century / Stephanie Pace Marshall -- Organizing around capabilities / Dave Ulrich -- Human capital in the digital economy / Anthony F. Smith, Tim Kelly -- Shock waves from the communications revolution / Edward D. Miller -- Self-esteem in the information age / Nathaniel Branden -- The seven R's of self-esteem / Deepak Sethi -- Future present / Frederick G. Harmon -- Passing the baton : preparing tomorrow's leaders / James G. Brocksmith Jr. -- Retaining your top performers / Marshall Goldsmith -- Situational leadership in the multicultural organization / Paul Hersey, Dewey E. Johnson -- Emotions, tempo, and timing in managing people / Pierre J. Everaert -- Leading across cultures : five vital capabilities / John Alexander, Meena S. Wilson -- Cultivating inner resources for leadership / Diana Chapman Walsh -- Learning to lead / Robert H. Rosen -- Employee work-life balance : the competitive advantage / Lewis E. Platt -- The healthy organization : a profile / Richard Beckhard -- Diversity and organizations of the future / R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. -- Producing social results / Greg Parston -- The voluntary health organization of the future / John R. Seffrin -- Building a healthy company, for the long term / A.W. Dahlberg, David W. Connell, Jennifer Landrum -- The next challenge / Chris Argyris -- Unimagined futures / Charles Handy.

The Organization of the Future presents the latest and best thinking of acclaimed visionaries and practitioners who ponder the future of human enterprise everywhere - in government, business, and community. Supported by two giants - Peter Drucker opens the book and Charles Handy closes it - the authors within provide their own perspectives on tomorrow, in thoughtful, to-the-point chapters. Together they underscore where, when, and how organizations and their leaders must.

Evolve, not only to survive but also to prosper.