25755-0 The revolutionary guide to architecting your entire organization! *Modeling your entire organization for maximum effectiveness *Architecture-in-the-large and architecture-in-the-small *Harnessing tacit knowledge and learning *Practical guidelines for implementing your models Now, go beyond modeling your software and your processes: model your entire organization for maximum competitive advantage. Organization Modeling: Innovative Architectures for the 21st Century introduces the revolutionary discipline of object-oriented organization modeling, combining today's most sophisticated approaches to IT modeling with the latest advances in organization and management frameworks. Discover powerful new tools for modeling-and transforming-your organization's environment, goals, processes, information and knowledge resources, structure, technology, even culture.Coverage includes: *Why it's dangerous to think of today's IT models as "business models" *How to create and align small-scale "organization molecules" into effective enterprise-wide architectures *Envisioning organizational patterns *Integrating data, knowledge, and information Whether you're an executive, IT planner, analyst, software professional, or student of management, if you want to improve your organization's effectiveness, you finally have a disciplined, systematic framework for doing so: Organization Modeling.