Work & Rewards in the Virtual Workplace
by N. Fredric Crandall, Ph.D.,  and
Marc J. Wallace Jr., Ph.D.

In Work & Rewards in the Virtual Workplace (AMACOM, 1998), authors Crandall and Wallace provide a complete guide for organizations seeking a smooth, successful transition to new ways of working. The book offers case studies of front-running companies already prospering on the virtual frontier. It helps readers ask the right questions in advance and points out pitfalls that might trap the unwary. The authors examine adaptations that organizations must make to succeed on the virtual level, including changes in work design, the development of new skills and competencies, a revitalized approach to compensation and rewards, and the evolution to a blended work force.

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Thinking Beyond Lean
by Michael A. Cusumano and Kentaro Nobeoka

Single-project management can produce isolated hit products and designs that contain few common components, and many un-necessary parts and features. In Thinking Beyond Lean (Free Press, 1998), Cusumano and Nobeoka    discuss how leading organizations are  maximizing their investments through multiproject management. The authors demonstrate how product development teams can share engineers and key common components but retain separate designers to maintain distinctive product features. As a result, multiproject management has brought these companies huge savings in development and production costs.

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