Especially effective in dynamic and highly
competitive environments, the Amoeba Management System has received
attention from the Harvard Business Review and has already been
successfully adopted at more than 400 companies around the world. At
the heart of this innovative management system is a business philosophy
based on doing the right thing as a human being and the leadership
potential of all employees. This philosophy, coupled with a simple and
precise micro-divisional management and accounting system that enables
the distribution of leadership and management responsibility into small
self-supporting units called amoebas, can help organizations achieve a high degree of flexibility and market-sensitivity. Written by the system's creator, Amoeba Management: The Dynamic Management System for Rapid Market Response
provides a comprehensive introduction to this unique and time-tested
method of management control and accounting. Explaining the management
philosophy and principles, it unveils fresh and pragmatic insights on
how to foster a culture of leadership and responsibility in your
organization. Dr. Kazuo Inamori, director and chairman emeritus of Japan
Airlines, founder and chairman emeritus of Kyocera Corporation, and
honorary adviser of KDDI Corporation, delves into decades of experience
creating and implementing this system to supply you with invaluable
operational guidance on how to monitor and manage every aspect of your
company. Facilitating the understanding required to
divide your organization into small units with self-supporting
accounting, this book supplies the tools to achieve a system of management by all whereby
all amoeba members focus their strengths on accomplishing common goals.
It provides a means for making the concept of "value-added" truly
operational for every employee and describes the features and use of the
Hourly Efficiency Report, the primary mechanism used to control
profits. Even companies with stagnating profitability will be able to
transform themselves into high-profit enterprises using the methods
described in this book.