The Seamless Enterprise: Making Cross-Functional Management Work

Praise for the Seamless Enterprise "The Seamless Enterprise captures the rich insights in advanced tools and methods being used to achieve breakthrough performance by effective teamwork across functions." - Ray Stata, Chairman and CEO, Analog Devices "The Seamless Enterprise is by far the best resource we have found to date in helping us understand how to become a more efficient and effective "Horizontal Organization." Dan's unique insights and experiences with the Japanese approach to cross-functional management has been invaluable in our organization redesign efforts." - Keith Lawrence, Associate Director-Global Product Supply The Procter & Gamble Company Aspects of cross-functional management are already at work in most organizations. However, few companies are fully leveraging the true power of cross-functional teams to create dramatically improved, bottom-line results. The Seamless Enterprise is a step-by-step guide to creating teams that truly "cross functions" and are focused on improving results. Dimancescu shows managers how to build the groundwork for cross-functional management and describes a proven, six-step implementation plan. In addition, The Seamless Enterprise reveals important insights from early pioneers in the field of cross-functional management. These companies include Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Ford and Boeing.