McCrimmon, Mitch.
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Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
I RISING ENTREPRENEURIALISM, DYING
BUREAUCRACY 11
The entrepreneur clashes with the bureaucrat - Necessary
efficiencies - Celebrating youth and entrepreneurialism -
Bureaucracy is not inevitable
2 THE SELF-RENEWING ENTREPRENEUR 29
Self-renewal or delivering today's business? - New images of
organizations - Linking self-renewal and entrepreneurialism
3 WHEN YOU CAN'T PLAN, IMPROVISE 51
Are there distinctive entrepreneurial skills? - What good is
competency profiling? - A substitute for competency-based
management - The entrepreneur at heart
4 DRIVING TO SELF-RENEWAL -
KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP 75
Bottom-up leadership - The death of hierarchy
Entrepreneurial knowledge workers as leaders - Whither
conventional top-down leadership? - New functions for
senior executives
5 WHAT HAS YOUR ORGANIZATION
LEARNED TODAY? 93
Leaming in the small entrepreneurial firm - Is learning
rational or entrepreneurial? - Implementing organizational
leaming - The place of knowledge acquisition
6 EVOLVING INTO A FUTURE YOU CANNOT
PLAN FOR iig
Improvising and responding versus planning In search of
new forms of control
7 CREATING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL
CULTURE 139
What is organizational culture? - How culture influences
behaviour - Values for an entrepreneurial culture - New
motivational factors to cultivate
8 IS AN EFFICIENT ENTREPRENEURIAL
CULTURE POSSIBLE? 165
Mixed marriage - a union of opposing cultures
Transforming bureaucracy
9 LAST RITES FOR THE JOB 187
New employment relationships Hiring employees as
suppliers - 'Human resources' strategy for entrepreneurs
10 CAREERS - LEAVING BEHIND THE
DARK AGES 209
Who has a career? - Careers in efficient entrepreneurial
firms - New-wave career management
11 TEAMS OR INDIVIDUALS - WHICH ARE BEST? 229
What is teamwork? - Individuals versus teams
12 AFTERWORD 249
Wanted: leaders who can unleash entrepreneurs
Bibliography 258
Index 259