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Begin with the toughest of industries, steel. While USX, LTV, Bethlehem, and the
rest of the integrated firms totter, mini-mill/micro-mill leaders such as Nucor
Corporation and Chaparral, and specialists like Worthington Industries, thrive.
Begin with the toughest of industries, steel. While USX, LTV, Bethlehem, and the
rest of the integrated firms totter, mini-mill/micro-mill leaders such as Nucor
Corporation and Chaparral, and specialists like Worthington Industries, thrive.
Page 34
The truly close-to-the-market units within GE and its acquisitions, and within Du
Pont, IBM, and P&G, are being reshaped to look and act more like The Limited,
Minit-Lube, or Worthington Industries. Take all the evidence together, and a clear
...
The truly close-to-the-market units within GE and its acquisitions, and within Du
Pont, IBM, and P&G, are being reshaped to look and act more like The Limited,
Minit-Lube, or Worthington Industries. Take all the evidence together, and a clear
...
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... Chemicals Textiles Typical Thriving Niche Creators Worthington, Nucor,
Chaparral, Allegheny Ludlum, Fansteel, Stahl Specialty, Philips Liquid Air,
Sealed Air, Safety-Kleen, Hexcel Chemical Products, Buckman Labs Nantucket
Industries, ...
... Chemicals Textiles Typical Thriving Niche Creators Worthington, Nucor,
Chaparral, Allegheny Ludlum, Fansteel, Stahl Specialty, Philips Liquid Air,
Sealed Air, Safety-Kleen, Hexcel Chemical Products, Buckman Labs Nantucket
Industries, ...
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Contents
| 43 | |
| 57 | |
Achieving Flexibility by Empowering People | 339 |
Involve Everyone in Everything | 357 |
ListenCelebrateRecognize | 379 |
Provide Incentive Pay for Everyone | 399 |
SimplifyReduce Structure | 441 |
Eliminate Bureaucratic Rules and Humiliating | 453 |
Building Systems for a World Turned Upside Down | 579 |
Measure Whats Important | 583 |
Revamp the Chief Control Tools | 597 |
Decentralize Information Authority and Strategic Planning | 609 |
Set Conservative Goals | 619 |
Demand Total Integrity | 627 |
Second Thoughts | 635 |
Appendix | 655 |
A New View of Leadership at All Level | 467 |
Pay Attention More Listening | 535 |
Bureaucracy | 554 |
Change | 561 |
Acknowledgments | 667 |
Notes | 671 |
Index | 685 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution Volume 7184 of Perennial library |
| Author | Tom Peters |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0060971843, 9780060971847 |
| Length | 736 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / General |
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