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DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC - The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation by Schein (Paperback, 2004)

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DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC tells the 40-year story of the creation, demise, and enduring legacy of one of the pioneering companies of the computer age. Digital Equipment Corporation created the minicomputer, networking, the concept of distributed computing, speech recognition, and other major innovations. It was the number two computer maker behind IBM. Yet it ultimately failed as a business and was sold to Compaq Corporation. What happened? Edgar Schein consulted to DEC throughout its history and so had unparalleled access to all the major players, and an inside view of all the major events. He shows how the unique organizational culture established by DEC's founder, Ken Olsen, gave the company important competitive advantages in its early years, but later became a hindrance and ultimately led to the company's downfall. Schein, Kampas, DeLisi, and Sonduck explain in detail how a particular culture can become so embedded that an organization is unable to adapt to changing circumstances even though it sees the need very clearly. The essential elements of DEC's culture are still visible in many other organizations today, and most former employees are so positive about their days at DEC that they attempt to reproduce its culture in their current work situations. In the era of post-dot.com meltdown, raging debate about companies built to last vs. built to sell, and more entrepreneurial startups than ever, the rise and fall of DEC is the ultimate case study.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Berrett-Koehler
ISBN-13
9781576753057
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95021696

Product Key Features

Author
Schein
Publication Name
December Is Dead, Long Live December-The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Business
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
92mm
Item Width
61mm
Item Weight
1g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Schein
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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