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... Spend Time Lavishly on Recruiting P - 5 : Train and Retrain P - 6 : Provide Incentive Pay for Everyone P - 7 : Provide an Employment Guarantee P - 8 : Simplify / Reduce Structure P - 10 : P - 9 : Reconceive the Middle Manager's Role ...
... Spend Time Lavishly on Recruiting P - 5 : Train and Retrain P - 6 : Provide Incentive Pay for Everyone P - 7 : Provide an Employment Guarantee P - 8 : Simplify / Reduce Structure P - 10 : P - 9 : Reconceive the Middle Manager's Role ...
Page 6
... spending more time in Washington than at the factory ; their pleas for protection against Japan's alleged " dumping " ( selling below cost to gain market share ) culminated in the imposition of tariffs of 100 percent on certain Japanese ...
... spending more time in Washington than at the factory ; their pleas for protection against Japan's alleged " dumping " ( selling below cost to gain market share ) culminated in the imposition of tariffs of 100 percent on certain Japanese ...
Page 24
... spend three to ten times more than small ones to develop similar new products . Even firms venerated for research , such as Du Pont , are challenged by these authors : " A study ... found the bulk of the firm's commercially important ...
... spend three to ten times more than small ones to develop similar new products . Even firms venerated for research , such as Du Pont , are challenged by these authors : " A study ... found the bulk of the firm's commercially important ...
Page 40
... people and constantly upgrade skills . First , provide a special tax incentive for all funds , including employee wage costs , spent on training and pay - for - knowledge programs . Provide a 40 / A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
... people and constantly upgrade skills . First , provide a special tax incentive for all funds , including employee wage costs , spent on training and pay - for - knowledge programs . Provide a 40 / A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
Page 50
... spend breaking down inappropriate inter- functional barriers . We must move from lip service to the ideas of In Search of Excellence , A Passion for Excellence , and 1,000 other books just as good or better , to setting challenging ...
... spend breaking down inappropriate inter- functional barriers . We must move from lip service to the ideas of In Search of Excellence , A Passion for Excellence , and 1,000 other books just as good or better , to setting challenging ...
Contents
Achieving Flexibility by Empowering People | 339 |
Involve Everyone in Everything | 341 |
A New View of Leadership at All Levels | 467 |
Building Systems for a World Turned Upside Down | 579 |
Measure Whats Important | 581 |
Strategic Planning | 609 |
Set Conservative Goals | 619 |
Demand Total Integrity | 627 |
Second Thoughts | 635 |
Appendix | 655 |
Acknowledgments | 667 |
Notes | 671 |
Index | 685 |
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