Dieses Buch basiert auf den praktischen Erfahrungen von Firmen wie Amazon und Starbucks. Es untersucht die sieben vorhersehbaren Stufen des Unternehmenswachstums und erläutert die Ziele, die auf jeder Stufe erreicht werden müssen, um das Fundament für anhaltenden Erfolg zu legen. Flamholtz erklärt, wie man ohne viel Bürokratie den reibungslosen Übergang vom Start-Up-Unternehmen zu einer erfolgreichen Organisation schafft und dabei den einzigartigen Geschäftsgeist bewahrt, dem das Unternehmen seine Existenz verdankt.
From start-up enterprise to mature corporation, this latest edition of the best-selling original explores the seven predictable stages of organizational growth. It also identifies what must be accomplished in each stage to ensure continued development and provides practical guidance for implementing management systems. Thoroughly updated to reflect recent business developments, it contains all-new chapters on strategic planning and structure, along with many new company success stories including those of Starbucks, Jamba Juice, PacifiCare, and American Century Investors.
Click hereM to read the introduction to this important book.
"Flamholtz and Randle have done an excellent job of updating their classic roadmap. It is the best approach I have seen to overcoming the hurdles we all face in creating and improving world-class companies. I have used it and it works." --Jeffrey M. Nugent, worldwide president, Neutrogena
"A must-read for any entrepreneur, board member, or manager of a company that's evolving from an entrepreneurial to a professionally managed organization. Flamholtz and Randle have created an invaluable framework for guiding all stages of a company's evolution that will help to minimize the many obstacles that all growth companies experience." --Kirk J. Perron, founder, chairman, and CEO, Jamba Juice Company
"Most entrepreneurs experience initial success by breaking the rules and ignoring the experts. But sooner or later we all run into the kinds of issues and challenges that Flamholtz and Randle have studied and assisted organizations with over the last twenty-five years. This comprehensive guide to business growth shares valuable perspectives on complex business issues. My review copy is already dog-eared!" --Brian Maxwell, founder and CEO, PowerBar Inc.
Tables, Figures and Exhibits Preface Acknowledgements The Authors Introduction: The Transitions Needed to Keep a Growing Firm Successful
Part One: A Framework For Developing Successful Organizations
1. How to Build Successful Companies: The Pyramid Of Organizational Development
2. Identifying And Surviving The First Four Stages Of Organizational Growth
3. Recognizing Growing Pains And Assessing The Need For Change
Part Two: Management Strategies For Each Stage Of Organizational Growth
4. The New Venture And Expansion Stages
5. The Professionalizing Stage: Developing Management Systems
6. The Consolidation Stage: Managing The Corporate Culture
Part Three: Mastering The Tools Of Professional Management
7. Strategic Planning
8. Organizational Structure
9. Management Development
10. Organizational Control Systems
11. Effective Leadership
12. Corporate Culture Management
Part Four: Role Of The Entrepreneur In A Growing And Changing Company
13. Managing The Advanced Stages Of Growth: A Preview Of Future Challenges
14. The Transition Ceos Must Make To Survive Beyond The Entrepreneurial Stage
References: Key Resources For Further Information Endnotes Index
From start-up enterprise to mature corporation, this latest edition of the best-selling original explores the seven predictable stages of organizational growth. It also identifies what must be accomplished in each stage to ensure continued development and provides practical guidance for implementing management systems. Thoroughly updated to reflect recent business developments, it contains all-new chapters on strategic planning and structure, along with many new company success stories including those of Starbucks, Jamba Juice, PacifiCare, and American Century Investors.
Click hereM to read the introduction to this important book.
"Flamholtz and Randle have done an excellent job of updating their classic roadmap. It is the best approach I have seen to overcoming the hurdles we all face in creating and improving world-class companies. I have used it and it works." --Jeffrey M. Nugent, worldwide president, Neutrogena
"A must-read for any entrepreneur, board member, or manager of a company that's evolving from an entrepreneurial to a professionally managed organization. Flamholtz and Randle have created an invaluable framework for guiding all stages of a company's evolution that will help to minimize the many obstacles that all growth companies experience." --Kirk J. Perron, founder, chairman, and CEO, Jamba Juice Company
"Most entrepreneurs experience initial success by breaking the rules and ignoring the experts. But sooner or later we all run into the kinds of issues and challenges that Flamholtz and Randle have studied and assisted organizations with over the last twenty-five years. This comprehensive guide to business growth shares valuable perspectives on complex business issues. My review copy is already dog-eared!" --Brian Maxwell, founder and CEO, PowerBar Inc.
Tables, Figures and Exhibits Preface Acknowledgements The Authors Introduction: The Transitions Needed to Keep a Growing Firm Successful
Part One: A Framework For Developing Successful Organizations
1. How to Build Successful Companies: The Pyramid Of Organizational Development
2. Identifying And Surviving The First Four Stages Of Organizational Growth
3. Recognizing Growing Pains And Assessing The Need For Change
Part Two: Management Strategies For Each Stage Of Organizational Growth
4. The New Venture And Expansion Stages
5. The Professionalizing Stage: Developing Management Systems
6. The Consolidation Stage: Managing The Corporate Culture
Part Three: Mastering The Tools Of Professional Management
7. Strategic Planning
8. Organizational Structure
9. Management Development
10. Organizational Control Systems
11. Effective Leadership
12. Corporate Culture Management
Part Four: Role Of The Entrepreneur In A Growing And Changing Company
13. Managing The Advanced Stages Of Growth: A Preview Of Future Challenges
14. The Transition Ceos Must Make To Survive Beyond The Entrepreneurial Stage
References: Key Resources For Further Information Endnotes Index
"Flamholtz and Randle have done an excellent job of updating their classic roadmap. It is the best approach I have seen to overcoming the hurdles we all face in creating and improving world-class companies. I have used it and it works." --Jeffrey M. Nugent, worldwide president, Neutrogena
"A must-read for any entrepreneur, board member, or manager of a company that's evolving from an entrepreneurial to a professionally managed organization. Flamholtz and Randle have created an invaluable framework for guiding all stages of a company's evolution that will help to minimize the many obstacles that all growth companies experience." --Kirk J. Perron, founder, chairman, and CEO, Jamba Juice Company
"Most entrepreneurs experience initial success by breaking the rules and ignoring the experts. But sooner or later we all run into the kinds of issues and challenges that Flamholtz and Randle have studied and assisted organizations with over the last twenty-five years. This comprehensive guide to business growth shares valuable perspectives on complex business issues. My review copy is already dog-eared!" --Brian Maxwell, founder and CEO, PowerBar Inc.
"A must-read for any entrepreneur, board member, or manager of a company that's evolving from an entrepreneurial to a professionally managed organization. Flamholtz and Randle have created an invaluable framework for guiding all stages of a company's evolution that will help to minimize the many obstacles that all growth companies experience." --Kirk J. Perron, founder, chairman, and CEO, Jamba Juice Company
"Most entrepreneurs experience initial success by breaking the rules and ignoring the experts. But sooner or later we all run into the kinds of issues and challenges that Flamholtz and Randle have studied and assisted organizations with over the last twenty-five years. This comprehensive guide to business growth shares valuable perspectives on complex business issues. My review copy is already dog-eared!" --Brian Maxwell, founder and CEO, PowerBar Inc.