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Page 31
... failed , and the new bunch will do over $ 2 billion in sales in 1987. Some , such as LSI Logic , which was just founded in 1981 but is projecting sales of $ 300 million in 1987 , have become powerhouses . They give us a wide lead in ...
... failed , and the new bunch will do over $ 2 billion in sales in 1987. Some , such as LSI Logic , which was just founded in 1981 but is projecting sales of $ 300 million in 1987 , have become powerhouses . They give us a wide lead in ...
Page 36
... failures ( and record start - ups ) Technology Revolution • Design ( fast collection of customer data , reduced design - to - manufacture time ) • Manufacturing ( smaller , more flexible factories ) • Distribution ( electronic linkages ...
... failures ( and record start - ups ) Technology Revolution • Design ( fast collection of customer data , reduced design - to - manufacture time ) • Manufacturing ( smaller , more flexible factories ) • Distribution ( electronic linkages ...
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... failure and success as an insider , and from watching the likes of Schaefer and Gen- eral Bill Creech , former commander of the giant Air Force Tactical Air Command , whose dramatic organization turnaround was chronicled at length in A ...
... failure and success as an insider , and from watching the likes of Schaefer and Gen- eral Bill Creech , former commander of the giant Air Force Tactical Air Command , whose dramatic organization turnaround was chronicled at length in A ...
Page 48
... failures and persistent champions of innovation if the state of excitation necessary to deal with the exploding competitive picture is to be maintained . 3. The flexibility - through - empowered - people prescriptions 48 / A WORLD ...
... failures and persistent champions of innovation if the state of excitation necessary to deal with the exploding competitive picture is to be maintained . 3. The flexibility - through - empowered - people prescriptions 48 / A WORLD ...
Page 54
... failure to train , failure to simplify structure , and failure to reward ( pay for ) good per- formance . Thus , the ten prescriptions for achieving flexibility through people are close to meaningless if taken separately ; they must be ...
... failure to train , failure to simplify structure , and failure to reward ( pay for ) good per- formance . Thus , the ten prescriptions for achieving flexibility through people are close to meaningless if taken separately ; they must be ...
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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