The Seamless Enterprise : Making Cross-Functional Management Work

Praise for the Seamless Enterprise "The Seamless Enterprisecaptures the rich insights in advanced tools and methods being usedto achieve breakthrough performance by effective teamwork acrossfunctions." --Ray Stata, Chairman and CEO, Analog Devices "TheSeamless Enterprise is by far the best resource we have found todate in helping us understand how to become a more efficient andeffective "Horizontal Organization." Dan's unique insights andexperiences with the Japanese approach to cross-functionalmanagement has been invaluable in our organization redesignefforts." --Keith Lawrence, Associate Director-Global ProductSupply The Procter & Gamble Company Aspects of cross-functionalmanagement are already at work in most organizations. However, fewcompanies are fully leveraging the true power of cross-functionalteams to create dramatically improved, bottom-line results. TheSeamless Enterprise is a step-by-step guide to creating teams thattruly "cross functions" and are focused on improving results.Dimancescu shows managers how to build the groundwork forcross-functional management and describes a proven, six-stepimplementation plan. In addition, The Seamless Enterprise revealsimportant insights from early pioneers in the field ofcross-functional management. These companies includeHewlett-Packard, AT&T, Ford and Boeing.