Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management RevolutionThe national bestseller that offers prescriptions for an economic world turned upside down. "Enough inspiration and information to feed American management for years."-- "Industry Week" A "New York Times" bestseller for eleven months."Enough inspiration and information to feed American managers for years." "--Industry Week" "A provocative and worthwhile book, loaded with sound advice on how to manage our institutions in a world in which the old ways do not seem to work." "--Across the Board" |
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Page 158
... factory must cease to be viewed as a cost center . Instead , we must : ▸ Make manufacturing or operations a - or the - prime marketing tool . ▻ Give manufacturing / operations people respect and a lead role at the firm's top decision ...
... factory must cease to be viewed as a cost center . Instead , we must : ▸ Make manufacturing or operations a - or the - prime marketing tool . ▻ Give manufacturing / operations people respect and a lead role at the firm's top decision ...
Page 170
... factory can become the leading edge , the launching point for a brillant career , rather than a dead end . It is true that not as many people will work in factories in the future , but that is not an anti - manufacturing argu- ment . In ...
... factory can become the leading edge , the launching point for a brillant career , rather than a dead end . It is true that not as many people will work in factories in the future , but that is not an anti - manufacturing argu- ment . In ...
Page 487
... factory overhead is not reduced much or at all by the act of subcontract- ing ( you can't shut off the heat around ... factory floor . But slowly , as professionally trained accountants began to take control of the system , accounting's ...
... factory overhead is not reduced much or at all by the act of subcontract- ing ( you can't shut off the heat around ... factory floor . But slowly , as professionally trained accountants began to take control of the system , accounting's ...
Contents
Using the Prescriptions The Essentials of Proactive | 35 |
Achieving Flexibility by Empowering People | 281 |
A New View of Leadership | 387 |
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