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DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation »
Authors: Edgar H. Schein, Michael M. Sonduck (With), Paul J. Kampas (With), Peter S. Delisi
ISBN-13: 9781576753057, ISBN-10: 1576753050
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Edgar H. Schein
Book Synopsis
Covering the entire life cycle of Digital Equipment Corporation, this book profiles the 40-year rise and fall of one of the pioneering companies of the computer age.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| 1 | Purpose and Overview | 1 |
| 2 | Three Developmental Streams: A Model for Deciphering and Lessons of the DEC Story | 16 |
| 3 | Ken Olsen, the Scientist-Engineer | 33 |
| 4 | Ken Olsen, the Leader and Manager | 47 |
| 5 | Ken Olsen, the Salesman-Marketer | 71 |
| 6 | DEC's Cultural Paradigm | 80 |
| 7 | DEC's "Other" Legacy: The Development of Leaders | 90 |
| 8 | DEC's Impact on the Evolution of Organization Development | 113 |
| 9 | The Impact of Changing Technology | 131 |
| 10 | The Impact of Success, Growth, and Age | 146 |
| 11 | Learning Efforts Reveal Cultural Strengths and Rigidities | 168 |
| 12 | The Turbulent 1980s: Peaking but Weakening | 195 |
| 13 | The Beginning of the End: Ken Olsen's Final Efforts to Save DEC | 222 |
| 14 | Obvious Lessons and Subtle Lessons | 243 |
| 15 | The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation | 255 |
| App. A | DEC's Technical Legacy | 269 |
| App. B | DEC Manufacturing: Contributions Made and Lessons Learned | 273 |
| App. C | DEC, the First Knowledge Organization | 280 |
| App. D | Digital: The Strategic Failure | 283 |
| App. E | What Happened? A Postscript | 292 |
| References | 303 | |
| Index | 307 | |
| About the Author | 319 |
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