The paradox principles : [electronic resource] how high-performance companies manage chaos, complexity, and contradiction to achieve superior results / The Price Waterhouse Change Integration Team.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chaos, complexity, contradiction: the new corporate reality -- The first paradox principle: positive change requires significant stability -- The second paradox principle: to build an enterprise, focus upon the individual -- The third paradox principle: focus directly on culture, indirectly -- The fourth paradox principle: true empowerment requires forceful leadership -- The fifth paradox principle: in order to build, you must tear down -- Fifteen rules: a manifesto on managing paradox.

The high-performance organizations of tomorrow must learn how to deftly balance the tensions and conflicts that challenge the progress and effectiveness of any large enterprise. The Paradox Principles shows managers how to face those conflicts and use paradox as a dynamic tool to achieve balance, sharpen focus, and drive performance within the organization.