Book description
In The Social Organization, two of Gartner's lead analysts strongly advocate exploiting social technology. The authors share insights from their study of successes and failures at more than four hundred organizations that have used social technologies to fosterand capitalize oncustomers’ and employees’ collective efforts.
But the new social technology landscape isn’t about the technology. It’s about building communities, fostering new ways of collaborating, and guiding these efforts to achieve a purpose. To that end, the authors identify the core disciplines managers must master to translate community collaboration into otherwise impossible results:
Vision: defining a compelling vision of progress toward a highly collaborative organization.
Strategy: taking community collaboration from risky and random success to measurable business value.
Purpose: rallying people around a clear purpose, not just providing technology.
Launch: creating a collaborative environment and gaining adoption.
Guide: participating in and influencing communities without stifling collaboration.
Adapt: responding creatively to change in order to better support community collaboration.
The Social Organization highlights the benefits and challenges of using social technology to tap the power of people, revealing what managers must do to make collaboration a source of enduring competitive advantage.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for The Social Organization
- Other Books in the Gartner, Inc.
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: The Promise of Social Organizations
- 2. Mass Collaboration
- 3. Becoming a Social Organization
- 4. Forming a Vision for Community Collaboration
- 5. Developing a Strategic Approach to Community Collaboration
- 6. Refining Purpose by Building Purpose Roadmaps
- 7. Launching the Community
- 8. Guiding from the Middle
- 9. Guiding the Community’s Purpose
- 10. Adapting the Organization
- 11. The Path to Becoming a Social Organization
- Epilogue: The Social Future
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
Product information
- Title: The Social Organization
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2011
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781422142370
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