The boundaryless organization : breaking the chains of organizational structure / Ron Ashkenas ... [et al.] ; forewords by C.K. Prahalad and Lawrence A. Bossidy. - 1st pbk. ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995. - xxxii, 364 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The Jossey-Bass management series . - Jossey-Bass management series. .

Originally published in 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-355) and index.

Foreword / C. K. Prahalad -- Foreword / Lawrence A. Bossidy -- Preface -- Authors -- New world order : rising to the challenge of new success factors : Stepping up to the line : how boundaryless is your organization? -- I. Free movement up and down : crossing vertical boundaries -- Toward a healthy hierarchy : stepping up to the line : how healthy is your organization's hierarchy? ; Rewiring and retuning the hierarchy -- II. Free movement side to side : crossing horizontal boundaries -- Beyond turf and territory : stepping up to the line : how congruent are your organization's horizontal boundaries? ; Integrating resources to serve the customer -- III. Free movement along the value chain : crossing external boundaries -- Toward partnership with customers and suppliers : stepping up to the line : how well linked is your organization's value chain? ; Strengthening the value chain -- IV. Free global movement : crossing geographic boundaries -- Toward the global corporation : stepping up to the line : how far along the path to globalization is your organization? ; Actions for global learners, launchers, and leaders -- Conclusion -- Making it happen : leading toward the boundaryless organization : stepping up to the line : are you a boundaryless leader?

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Organizational change.
Industrial organization.
Interorganizational relations.
Partnership.