"The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal" is a practical and effective agenda for revitalizing the corporation. Through an in depth analysis of six companies that have undergone fundamental changes, the authors describe what works and what doesn't in corporate renewal. It describes the many common errors companies make in getting started. The human sources of competitive advantage - coordination, commitment, and competence - cannot be enhanced through programs. Successful corporate renewal occurs only when plants, divisions, and departments involve employees. That must be done through a carefully designed series of steps - the critical path - led by unit general managers. Companies that have followed this strategy have flatter and less hierarchical organizations, employees who take initiative to reduce costs and improve quality, and enhanced teamwork at all levels.
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Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
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While the six companies we studied differed in the nature of their leaders, the products or services they provided, and the markets they served, they nevertheless shared a common goal of revitalization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revitalization leaders, revitalization agents, lagging companies, perfection strategy, successful revitalization efforts, asset rationalization, corporate human resource function, task alignment, corporate revitalization, lagging units, organizational revitalization, critical path process, innovative units, unit top management, revitalization process, innovative plant, researcher ratings, interfunctional coordination, competitive crisis, superscripted numbers, corporate renewal, scale that ranges, revitalization strategies, human resource investment, committed managers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Products, Navigation Devices, Continental Glass, North Carolina, Scranton Steel, New York, Technical Center, Fairweather Corporation, Jerry Simpson, Free Press, Quality Committee, Livingston Electronics, Defense Group, Harvard Business Review, Hugh Dorsey, Organizational Dynamics, San Francisco, Specialized Products, William Bryant, Gulf Publishing, Larry Polk, Continental's Crawfordsville, Dick Vanaria, Don Singer, Harvard Business School New!
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While the six companies we studied differed in the nature of their leaders, the products or services they provided, and the markets they served, they nevertheless shared a common goal of revitalization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revitalization leaders, revitalization agents, lagging companies, perfection strategy, successful revitalization efforts, asset rationalization, corporate human resource function, task alignment, corporate revitalization, lagging units, organizational revitalization, critical path process, innovative units, unit top management, revitalization process, innovative plant, researcher ratings, interfunctional coordination, competitive crisis, superscripted numbers, corporate renewal, scale that ranges, revitalization strategies, human resource investment, committed managers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Products, Navigation Devices, Continental Glass, North Carolina, Scranton Steel, New York, Technical Center, Fairweather Corporation, Jerry Simpson, Free Press, Quality Committee, Livingston Electronics, Defense Group, Harvard Business Review, Hugh Dorsey, Organizational Dynamics, San Francisco, Specialized Products, William Bryant, Gulf Publishing, Larry Polk, Continental's Crawfordsville, Dick Vanaria, Don Singer, Harvard Business School New!
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- Human Resource Management Made Simple, Third Edition by Alfred York on 4 pages
- The Managerial Grid by Robert Rogers Blake on 4 pages
- The New Managerial Grid by Robert R. Blake on 4 pages
- Human Resource Management by Michael Beer on page 109, page 151, and page 208
- The Leadership Factor by John P. Kotter on page 21, page 151, and page 208
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- Breaking the Code of Change by Michael Beer on 7 pages
- The Individualized Corporation: A Fundamentally New Approach to Management by Sumantra Ghoshal in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Networking Smart: How To Build Relationships for Personal and Organizational Success by Wayne Baker in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Managing Change and Transition by Richard Luecke in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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