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 44
... tion , information - sharing , and wholly new roles for supervisors / managers at all levels ) . There is , then , a feel to the prescriptions taken as a whole - what they add up to in terms of the way we think about people , customers ...
... tion , information - sharing , and wholly new roles for supervisors / managers at all levels ) . There is , then , a feel to the prescriptions taken as a whole - what they add up to in terms of the way we think about people , customers ...
Page 212
... tion's traditional feudal authority , and use teams ( see also P - 2 , P - 8 ) . 3M has always done it ; so has Hewlett - Packard . Frito - Lay slashed product development time when it adopted the team approach in the mid - seventies ...
... tion's traditional feudal authority , and use teams ( see also P - 2 , P - 8 ) . 3M has always done it ; so has Hewlett - Packard . Frito - Lay slashed product development time when it adopted the team approach in the mid - seventies ...
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... tion through word - of - mouth . . . . Customers . Companies can use word of mouth to reach customers at trade shows , technical conferences , training programs , and customer or- ganizations . [ New - product test ] sites and early ...
... tion through word - of - mouth . . . . Customers . Companies can use word of mouth to reach customers at trade shows , technical conferences , training programs , and customer or- ganizations . [ New - product test ] sites and early ...
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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