The Modern Firm

Author : John Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198293755
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Firm written by John Roberts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate cultures as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth prospects. In the process they are changing the scope of their business operations, redrawing their organization charts, redefining the allocation of decision-making authority and responsibility, revamping the mechanisms for motivating and rewarding people, reconsidering which activities to conduct in-house and which to out-source, redesigning their information systems, and seeking to alter the shared beliefs, values and norms that their people hold. In this book, John Roberts argues that there are predictable, necessary relationships among these changes that will improve performance and growth. The organizations that are successful will establish patterns of fit among the elements of their organizational designs, their competitive strategies and the external environment in which they operate and will go about this in a holistic manner. The Modern Firm develops powerful conceptual frameworks for analyzing the interrelations between organizational design features, competitive strategy and the business environment. Written in a non-technical language, the book is nevertheless based on rigorous modeling and draws on numerous examples from eighteenth century fur trading companies to such modern firms such as BP and Nokia. Finally the book explores why these developments are happening now, pointing to the increase in global competition and changes in technology. Written by one of the world's leading economists and experts on business strategy and organization, The Modern Firm provides new insights into the changes going on in business today and will be of interest to academics, students and managers alike.

Author : Laura Empson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019929674X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing the Modern Law Firm written by Laura Empson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last ten years have been a period of extraordinary change for law firms. The rapid growth of corporate law firms and the emergence of global mega-firms such as Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and Freshfields, have strained the traditional partnership model of management. Some managers of law firms are appalled at the creeping 'corporatism' that they fear may result. However a growing number believe that it is time to move on and adopt more contemporary forms of structure andmanagement.Successfully meeting the challenges of this new business environment is vital for the continuing prosperity of law firms. Featuring contributions from both management researchers and legal practitioners, Managing the Modern Law Firm presents the latest insights from Management Studies in an approachable, practical, and relevant manner for lawyers and other professionals involved directly and indirectly with the management of law firms.

Author : Duff McDonald
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439190984
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Firm written by Duff McDonald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes, revelatory history of the controversial consulting firm traces its decades-long influence in both business and political arenas, citing its role in the establishment of mainstream practices and modern understandings about capitalism while evaluating the failures that have compromised its reputation. 60,000 first printing.

Author : Heinan Landa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734576412
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Law Firm: How to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Technological Change written by Heinan Landa and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all law firms will survive the tumult headed their way.Over the past three decades, the legal industry has been turned upside down. Increasingly rapid advances in technology have radically changed everything about the way law firms operate-from attracting and retaining clients, to researching relevant case law, collaborating with colleagues, and filing documents. With competition coming not just from other traditional law firms but also from online legal services, it's more important than ever to differentiate your firm in a crowded marketplace. Yet the majority of firms continue down the path of "business as usual" despite the whirlwind of change roaring outside their windows.Will your firm be blindsided by the threats at hand and pay the price in lost business, lost talent, and lost revenue? Or will you face these threats head-on and learn how to turn them to your advantage so you can not just survive, but thrive?If you'd prefer the latter, this book is your comprehensive, actionable roadmap for navigating this new landscape. Let's dive in!

Author : Janine Griffiths-Baker
Publisher : Hart Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1841132292
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Serving Two Masters written by Janine Griffiths-Baker and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with lawyers and their clients, this book considers how conflicts of interest are handled within law firms.

Author : Günter Fandel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662087995
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm written by Günter Fandel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors analyse the New Economy from a scientific point of view. The success and the failure of enterprises of the new economy form a challenge to the modern business management and to the theory of the firm. This conference transcript answers the question in which way well-established concepts of the theory of the firm should be modified or new approaches should be created, in order to run enterprises of the new economy successfully. The discussion includes various fields of the theory of the firm and is therefore divided into the six essential disciplines of economic research, which are Production and Procurement, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Human Resource Management and Economic Organization and Corporate Governance. The international orientation of the book addresses the world-wide scientific community.

Author : Bruce H. Charnov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567509681
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing People in Today's Law Firm written by Bruce H. Charnov and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-07-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite clear evidence of a serious decline in morale, the major competitors in the law firm management marketplace have virtually ignored the motivational facet of current managerial theory and practice. As evidenced by a review of the literature dealing with law firm management, including major books, handbooks, and professional seminar outlines, there has existed until now no treatment of current management theory and practice as it pertains to law firms. In addressing human resources topics as they apply to the modern law firm, this book fills a genuine void in an area which is of major importance to law firms challenged to remain profitable in an increasingly hostile environment. Managing People in Today's Law Firm: The Human Resources Approach to Surviving Change provides a comprehensive treatment of critical aspects of modern management: motivation, communication, organizational culture, structure and strategy, power and politics, recruitment and training, the reward-performance-retention dynamic, performance appraisal, and planned change. Grounded in managerial theory and research, based on extensive practice, and exemplified by anecdotal war stories, this book makes valuable reading for partners, associates, managers, and future members of law firms—and offers important ideas for motivating members of all professional service firms. Intended for law firms and lawyers within them, solo practitioners who contemplate joining with others in a firm partnership, law school libraries, and general and professional association libraries including bar associations on the state and local levels.

Author : John Roberts
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019162246X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Firm written by John Roberts and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate cultures as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth prospects. In the process they are changing the scope of their business operations, redrawing their organization charts, redefining the allocation of decision-making authority and responsibility, revamping the mechanisms for motivating and rewarding people, reconsidering which activities to conduct in-house and which to out-source, redesigning their information systems, and seeking to alter the shared beliefs, values and norms that their people hold. In this book, John Roberts argues that there are predictable, necessary relationships among these changes that will improve performance and growth. The organizations that are successful will establish patterns of fit among the elements of their organizational designs, their competitive strategies and the external environment in which they operate and will go about this in a holistic manner. The Modern Firm develops powerful conceptual frameworks for analyzing the interrelations between organizational design features, competitive strategy and the business environment. Written in a non-technical language, the book is nevertheless based on rigorous modeling and draws on numerous examples from eighteenth century fur trading companies to such modern firms such as BP and Nokia. Finally the book explores why these developments are happening now, pointing to the increase in global competition and changes in technology. Written by one of the world's leading economists and experts on business strategy and organization, The Modern Firm provides new insights into the changes going on in business today and will be of interest to academics, students and managers alike.

Author : Kim Eisler
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781429921190
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masters of the Game written by Kim Eisler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran legal issues reporter Kim Eisler takes us behind the scenes into mega law firm Williams & Connolly, guiding us on a journey through the many storied cases that have served to shape current policies in public and private sector alike For the past twenty years, author and journalist Kim Eisler has covered the law firm of Williams & Connolly, first at American Lawyer Magazine, then for Legal Times and since 1993 as National Editor of Washingtonian Magazine. More than any other writer, Kim has unprecedented and unusual contacts and relationships with the partners, as well as a background knowledge and familiarity with the firm's history and personnel over the past two decades. In Masters of the Game, Eisler sets out to demonstrate how the disciples of Edward Bennett Williams went beyond anyone's expectations and came to occupy key roles in American culture and business. In the last ten years of his life, Williams, the founder of Williams and Connolly, often said he was building not just a law firm but a monument. Masters of the Game is not only about a law firm, but about how the philosophy and practices of this particular law firm have spread out beyond Washington to dominate business, finance, sports and the American psyche itself through its influence with past, present and future political, corporate and media figures.

Author : Per-Olof Bjuggren
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848449054
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Firm, Corporate Governance and Investment written by Per-Olof Bjuggren and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the revolutionary development of the theory of the firm over the past 35 years. Despite rapid progress in the field, new developments in the microeconomic and industrial organization literature have been relatively scant. This book attempts to redress the balance by providing a comprehensive overview of the theory of the firm before moving on to explore firms and the organization of their economic activities. The contributors investigate the impact of ownership structure and board composition on firm performance, and examine how the institutional framework of an economy affects investment decisions. More specifically, detailed studies of topics including contracts, authority, competence blocs, institutional impacts and corporate governance mechanisms are presented. This unique blend of financial economics and industrial organization perspectives on the corporate firm will prove a stimulating read for scholars and researchers of economics, business administration and law.