In an attempt to achieve high levels of growth, profit, and competitive advantage, American businesses have been implementing a variety of management initiatives, such as TQM, reengineering, service management, self-directed work teams, and empowerment. Too often, these initiatives, when implemented individually, fail or provide only short-term results. American industry is now realizing that n…
Di dalam kondisi bisnis yang tidak menentu seperti saat ini, perencanaan bisnis yang benar-benar matang sangat diperlukan untuk memperoleh return yang sesuai dengan yang diharapkan. Buku ini diharapkan dapat dipakai sebagai salah satu acuan atau pedoman untuk memahami bisnis yang akan atau yang sedang dijalankan. Tujuannya adalah agar bisnis yang kita rencanakan dapat tumbuh dan berkembang seca…
What's the difference between organizations and managers that fail and those that succeed? It's simple: successful managers and organizations do a better job of implementing those basic management practices that get results. In this book, Clint Longenecker and Jack Simonetti draw on the wisdom of over two thousand high-performing managers to show you how to improve not only your own performance…
Do values and social responsibility have any place in the profit-driven corporate world? Just ask the employees and stockholders of Enron. Even before the Enron disaster, however, the business sections of newspapers were filled with stories about companies such as Bridgestone, Sotheby's, and Microsoft, whose reckless or irresponsible practices and standards had jeopardized both their profits an…
Achieve a fully engaged workforce What if every single employee-every single one-worked in their dream job, utilized their best talents, worked with an inspirational leader and was fully engaged in their role? For companies, this scenario leads to breakthroughs in productivity, customer service, profitability, and shareholder value. For individuals, it means better health, stronger relation…
This how-to guide for executives offers advice on creating and customizing EVA at private companies. Executives Stern and Shiely (along with Irwin Ross, a writer) examine the interplay between EVA and corporate strategy and translate EVA's principles into concrete techniques. They outline the three essential components of an EVA program: a measurement system, an incentive system, and a system o…
Table of Contents : - A Counterintuitive Approach to Leadership - Does Your C-Suite Really Operate as a Team? - The CEO of Advocate Health on Fostering Innovation Through Partnerships - Become an Octopus Organization - Is This a Moment for Strategic Hibernation? - The Surprising Success of Hands-On Leaders - What Every Company Can Learn from Private Equity - Stop Running So Many AI Pilo…
It has long been assumed that new product innovations are typically developed by product manufacturers, an assumption that has inevitably had a major impact on innovation-related research and activities ranging from how firms organize their research and development to how governments measure innovation. In this synthesis of his seminal research, von Hippel challenges that basic assumption and d…