How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things : Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers That Plague Even the Best Businesses

Smith, Neil/ O'Connell, Patricia

Palgrave Macmillan（2013/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781137278401
• DDC分類 658

Full Description

Companies make headline news all the time for decisions that make many of us scratch our heads in wonder, even those companies that are smart and successful. Here, New York Times bestselling author Neil Smith, with more than 20 years of experience leading large-scale performance improvements, reveals the hidden barriers that cause excellent companies to do dumb things and cause smart people within companies to act in dumb ways. Drawing on his years of experience working with CEOs and helping transform top global businesses, and insights to CEOs around the world, Smith has identified eight barriers that prevent organizations from both achieving and maintaining sustainable success. Rich with anecdotes and case studies, Smith outlines a fast and proven process in which 12 principles of business transformation can break down the barriers holding companies back.

Contents

Preface Introduction: The Revelation PART I: THE 8 BARRIERS - A PROMISE (an acronym) Avoiding Controversy Poor Use of Time Resistance to Change Organizational Silos Management Blockers Ignorance of Size Superficial Assumptions or Wrong Information Existing Processes PART II: BREAKING BARRIERS 12 Principles for Change A Process that Works PART III: THE RESULTS Results: Thousands of Ideas, Profits, Simplicity, Culture Change PART IV: CONCLUSION Liberating the Way People Work, Think, and Behave