Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way

Part 4: 21C Organization

Organizational performance, rather than job security and work satisfaction, became the central thrust of corporate change agents. Dexter Dunphy, distinguished professor at the University of Technology—Sydney, Australia, opens the final part of the book by arguing that the new challenge for change agents is to provide corporate leaders with a blueprint for the way forward as we redesign organizations for the 21st century. He explores the potential of sustainable practices for improving organizational performance, building human capability, contributing to community development, and renewing the biosphere. This is the new task for change agents—to help reshape the organization to achieve outstanding performance that actually ...