Framebreak: The Radical Redesign of American Business

This bold and thought-provoking challenge to American business explains how by breaking the frame of outdated organizational forms, businesses can break free of the systemic forces holding them back and face the complex ethical demands of business now and in the twenty-first century. Proposes a strikingly new and different design for organizations based on four key dimensions of business life and success: knowledge and learning, recovery and development, service and spirituality, and operations.

Table of Contents:
Part One: Business Not As Usual. 1. The Demise of the Modern Organization. 2. A Vision of the New Organization. Part Two: The New Order of Business. 3. Knowledge and Learning. 4. Recovery and Development. 5. World Service and Spirituality. 6. World-Class Operations. Part Three: The New Spirit of Business. 7. Radical Steps Toward a Radical Redesign. 8. Total Ethical Management

About the Author :
IAN I. MITROFF is the author of many books including The Unbounded Mind (1993). He is Harold Quinton Distinguished Professor of Business Policy and Strategic Management and director of the Center for Crisis Management at the Graduate School of Business, University of Southern California. RICHARD O. MASON is professor of management and former dean of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. CHRISTINE M. PEARSON is coauthor (with Ian Mitroff) of Crisis Management (Jossey-Bass, 1993) and is assistant professor of management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Review :
"Framebreak revivifies my faith that something original, articulate, seminal, and radical can be written about the fate of human isntitutions. This book is all of that." --Warren Bennis, university professor and distinguished professor of business administration, School of Business Administration, University of Southern California, and author of An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change "Framebreak proposes a holistic approach to business built around humanitarian and moral principles.... Should be read by senior managers who are seeking ways to broaden the vision of the organization, especially in areas of human resource development, global considerations, and moral and ethical behavior." Captivating work.... Intriguing.'' If business people and professors can reflect on the New Age message of this work, radical changes in the way managers conduct organizations could result.''