Organizational Compass

Name: Organizational Compass
ISBN: 9787572255953

Wang XiumeiZhejiang Education Publishing House · ChinaApr 2023

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Word count: 155K words
Chapters: 21
ISBN: 9787572255953

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Summary

The only constant in the market is change. As organizations grow, their complexity rises exponentially. Can an organization keep growing? Can it survive for the long term? Are scale and time a friend or an enemy? The answer depends on organizational capability. The Organizational Compass is a management tool developed by Wang Xiumei. It provides systematic organizational diagnosis, management, and evolution through three levers (the steering wheel, traffic lights, and gas station) and six pointers (corporate culture, organizational structure, performance management, input-output compensation, recruitment and retention, and pipeline development).

This book is a course that combines strong theoretical depth and systematic rigor with strong practical applicability and operability. It helps companies connect strategy and organization—the "ren and du meridians"—achieve continuous evolution, strengthen risk resilience, and enable the enterprise to live well, live long, and stay competitive in today's rapidly changing world.

Editor's review

This book takes the often vaguely discussed topic of organizational management and grounds it in an actionable tool framework. The "Organization Compass" proposed by Wang Xiumei uses three levers—the steering wheel, traffic lights, and gas station—to correspond to direction, rules, and motivation, then breaks these down into six indicators: corporate culture, organizational structure, performance management, input-output compensation, recruitment and retention, and pipeline development, forming a closed loop from diagnosis to evolution. Its value lies in being both theoretically systematic and more than a pile of concepts: each indicator points to specific management actions, so readers can follow the map and compare it with their own organization's situation. For companies in a phase of scale expansion that feel "more people but lower efficiency," the book offers not a universal cure but a checkup sheet that can be recalibrated repeatedly. When reading, it is advisable to take notes on your organization's actual pain points and use the six indicators as a self-check list, scoring them one by one; this is more rewarding than reading straight through.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Corporate managers undergoing scale expansion and rising organizational complexity
HR leaders who need to systematically build or review the human resources system
Startup founders and core management teams using it as a reference for organization building
Management consultants seeking diagnostic frameworks and tools
MBA or management course learners supplementing with local practice cases

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking immediate, ready-to-use templates and unwilling to think systematically
Individual entrepreneurs of very small scale who do not yet face organizational issues
Researchers who prefer purely academic theoretical discussion and have little interest in tool-based frameworks

Reading tips

Read the general introduction to the three levers first to establish the overall framework, then go chapter by chapter through the six indicators and record diagnoses of your own organization.
Compile the self-check questions after each indicator into a list, assign management team members to assess them, and return to the corresponding chapters with shared conclusions.
After each indicator, write on one page your organization's current state, gaps, and next steps; by the end of the book you will have a draft organizational improvement plan.
Read alongside other classics of organizational management, focusing on how this book's framework fits and what trade-offs it makes in small and medium-sized enterprise contexts.

About the publisher

Zhejiang Education Publishing House China · Founded in 1983

Zhejiang Education Publishing House is a professional publisher focusing on educational publishing while also serving general readers and academic accumulation, with publications covering textbooks, educational readers, popular science, and academic works. Judging from the more than 1,000 titles in the database, the press places considerable emphasis on classics and traditional culture for general readers: modern literature includes Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, Lu Xun's Call to Arms and Wandering and Wild Grass, Xiao Hong's The Story of Hulan River, and Zhu Ziqing's Back View; classical poetry includes Three Hundred Tang Poems and selections from the "Good Chinese Poetry" series, such as the Chu Ci and Qing ci anthologies. Related authors include modern writers such as Lao She, Lu Xun, Xiao Hong, and Zhu Ziqing, as well as classical literature selectors and annotators such as Hengtang Tuishi, Jin Xingyao, Jin Kaicheng, and Qian Zhonglian. Common categories in the database also include social novels, classic works, prose and miscellaneous writings, popular science, and inspirational growth, reflecting a publishing orientation that balances educational service with the popularization of public culture.

版权信息
推荐序一我们将去往何处
推荐序二员工组织成长，创造客户价值
序言持续进化的组织基因
第一部分什么是组织罗盘
第1章从机械型组织到生态型组织
第2章组织罗盘，生态型组织的进化地图
第二部分方向盘，及时细微地调整组织方向
第3章企业文化，组织持续进化的开端
第4章组织设计，根据业务匹配组织形态
第三部分红绿灯，构建鲜明有力的激励机制
第5章绩效管理，从“要我做”到“我要做”
第6章投产薪酬，如何科学有效地分钱
第四部分加油站，为人才持续高效地赋能
第7章招聘保留，人才管理的5B模型
第8章梯队培养，让组织内遍布精兵良将
第五部分玩转组织罗盘，持续刷新组织能力
第9章用组织罗盘重塑组织
第10章组织诊断，设计组织进化路径
附录组织生命力诊断问卷
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FAQ

Can readers without a management background understand this book?

Yes. The framework is built through metaphor, and the three levers and six indicators are expressed in fairly accessible terms; the key is to understand how the elements relate. When encountering technical terms, just use the book's cases to understand them; there is no need to parse the theoretical derivations word by word—grasping the diagnostic approach first is more practical.

Is this book suitable for several people to read together, or for managers to read alone?

It is better suited to shared reading by the management team. The Organization Compass involves multiple modules such as culture, structure, performance, and compensation; one person reading alone can easily remain at the level of awareness. Only when the team studies chapters separately and discusses them against the organization's actual situation can the framework be turned into concrete improvement actions.

Is the framework in the book applicable to small businesses?

The framework itself is universal, but small businesses need not apply equal effort to all six indicators. It is advisable to focus first on the parts most relevant to the current stage, such as direction and culture, and recruitment and retention of key positions, and gradually fill in other modules as the organization grows, avoiding the premature introduction of complex mechanisms.

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About the author

Wang Xiumei Author · Chinese · 1972

Wang Xiumei, born in 1972 in Yantai, Shandong, is a member of the China Writers Association, vice chair of the Shandong Writers Association, and chair of the Yantai Writers Association. She has published more than nine million characters of work, including the novels Heavy Snow, The Railway of 1938, and We Meet at Sea, as well as the story collections Going to Huaihua Island and Father's Bridge. Her writing centers on fiction and also touches on children's literature, drawing largely on rural memory and historical experience with a solid, steady narrative style. Her honors include the National Excellent Novella Award from the Novella Selection Journal, the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award, and the Taishan Literature and Art Award. The library also holds her editions of classics such as the Book of Songs, the Family Sayings of Confucius, and The Groans of Language, along with works on law and management, reflecting an interest that spans traditional texts and contemporary practice.