The Hunters and the Hunted: A Non-Linear Solution for Reengineering the WorkplaceCRC Press, 01/01/1994 - 564 من الصفحات As a manager who wants to attain, maintain, or reclaim a competitive position in the hotly contested and ever-changing marketplace, your goal is clear. Terrified of being the "hunted" -- in peril of being destroyed or devoured by your competitors you want to know how to once again become a "hunter." But the myriad improvement strategies that sound great in theory don't always work in practice, and they don't take into account the realities of your workplace. Through an unusual and provocative blend of fact and fiction, Jim Swartz puts you inside the transformation process itself - inside the heads of those who, finding themselves among the hunted, realize they must change the fundamental way they do business. He makes it clear why reorganization, decentralization, de-layering, continuous improvement, benchmarking, and participative management are helpful tools but fall short of tackling the real enemy. In this engaging business novel, you'll travel with Marcus, the "Master Guardian" who has been helping businesses in trouble for 1400 years, as he trains two guardian recruits: Lou, a tough steel company manager long on experience with the old ways, and Laura, a Harvard MBA with a global view and no industrial experience. Come along as they visit great business hunters past and present and become aware of the fatal corporate mindsets, mental models, and measures that doom many companies to a life of retreat and restructuring. By visiting turnaround companies, you'll learn new business process models that dramatically reduced costs, improved performance and product quality, and made these companies the fastest responding suppliers in the world. |
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Hunted | 3 |
Lou | 13 |
The Return | 17 |
Wil | 31 |
The Awakening | 35 |
Continuous Improvement | 47 |
1400 1900 | 71 |
19001930 | 93 |
FeedForward System Design | 345 |
The Variance Graveyard | 363 |
System ValueCost | 377 |
The Vision | 399 |
The Transformation Process | 417 |
Learning Organizations | 433 |
The Expert | 449 |
A Small Miracle | 459 |
1930 1950 | 107 |
Quicksand | 127 |
Response to Customers | 131 |
Response and Process Model | 157 |
His Fathers Son | 193 |
Response and WorkinProcess | 197 |
Valley of Death | 211 |
Capacity Constraints | 231 |
Continuous Improvement Drivers | 251 |
Valueless Activity | 271 |
A Sinking Ship | 283 |
Customer Satisfaction | 303 |
Feedback System Design | 327 |
Test Before the Lesson | 469 |
The Greatest Cost of All | 479 |
Hitting the Wall | 485 |
The Mind of the Hunter | 497 |
Recession | 507 |
The Finish Line | 511 |
2022 | 517 |
Notes | 525 |
A Special Note | 533 |
About the Author | 541 |
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