Making Growth Work How Companies Can Expand and Become More Efficient /

• Main Authors: Schwenker, Burkhard (Author), Bötzel, Stefan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

Growth is the key goal of management. It's not just an indicator of a company's performance, but also the basis for its future success. But growth doesn't just mean getting bigger – it also means getting better. In other words, growth must be profitable, otherwise it destroys the comp...

Table of Contents:

• The End of the V Curve
• Growth and Continuous Optimization — The Formulas for Sustainable Corporate Growth
• Overcoming the Limits to Growth — Exploiting Economies of Scale and Scope
• The Decentralized, Trust-Based Organization
• Decentralization — The Structural Basis for Profitable Growth
• The Trust-Based Organization — A New Management Model for Greater Growth and Efficiency
• Achieving the Willingness to Grow
• Innovation — The Engine of Growth
• Identifying Cash Potential and Investing in Growth
• Transforming for Growth — The Mobilizing Power of Change Management
• The Macroeconomic Perspective
• The Macroeconomic Perspective
• Epilogue
• Epilogue.