The Cure (eBook)

Enterprise Medicine for Business: A Novel for Managers

Dan Paul, Jeff Cox (Autoren)

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2003 | 1. Auflage
304 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-471-43071-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A novel about transforming organizations from the author of
bestselling business books The Goal and Zapp!

The Cure is a novel for managers about transforming an
under-performing bureaucratic organization into a boundaryless,
fact-driven management culture like the one that made Jack Welch's
General Electric so consistently successful. It offers real,
practical advice for overcoming political inertia, reinventing the
company, and doing it in a year or less. By giving each key
character a distinct voice, readers are reminded of people they
have met and who may even sit in the desk next to them. These
characters interact realistically and act pragmatically, and as a
result readers become invested in how these people tackle their
challenges and create real solutions.

The methods described in the book have been successfully employed
at many of high-profile companies, such as Black & Decker,
Coleman, Emerson, Parker Hannifin, Textron, United Stationers, and
Moen. The Cure argues that modern organizations must be flexible,
quick, and boundaryless in order to thrive and survive, but it also
shows managers how to make it happen fast. Based on the successful
management theories of Dan Paul's General Management Technologies,
The Cure accomplishes these things in the form of an entertaining,
enlightening, and dramatic business narrative.

Jeff Cox (Murrysville, PA) is a creative writer known for weaving
progressive business concepts into compelling fiction. He is the
coauthor of such business bestsellers as The Goal, Zapp!, and
Heroz.

Dan Paul (Pittsburgh, PA) is CEO of General Management
Technologies, a consulting practice which focuses on the alignment
of clients' strategies, work processes, and culture in order to
target all the functions of a business on the same priorities.
Formerly with General Electric, he's worked with many high-profile
clients and spoken at many conferences on strategic management for
Business Week and the American Management Association.

Autor

DAN PAUL is CEO of General Management Technologies, a consulting practice that focuses on the alignment of clients' top-level strategies, work processes, and culture across all functions and activities of the business. Prior to founding GMT, he worked under Jack Welch at General Electric. JEFF COX is a creative writer known for weaving progressive business concepts into works of fiction. He is the author or coauthor of seven fictional business books, including such bestsellers as Zapp! and The Goal, which have sold millions of copies.

Inhalt

Introduction.

Management Organization Roster.

The Cure, a Novel for Managers.

Symptoms.

Diagnosis.

Treatment.

Cure.

Rezensionen

This collaborative effort bv Paul, a former strategic planner for
CEO Jack Welch at General Electric, and business writer Cox (Zapp!)
is described in the promotional copy as "a novel for managers," a
fictional story that illustrates the business principle of the
"boundaryless" company pioneered by Welch. It's a stodgy but
effective effort in which an inefficient, disorganized
widget-producing outfit called Essential resolves a dire
companywide communication problem just in time to avoid corporate
disaster. Paul and Cox's approach is to create a series of
high-level managerial characters with stereotypical business
personalities. The huge cast includes Rick Riggins, the
authoritarian "get it done now" company president; Frank Harlan,
the egotistical, turf-protecting genius engineer; and Jake Foster,
a slow-but-steady operations manager new to the company. Essential
is about to lose its biggest client because the company can't
deliver its widgets on time. The desperate Riggins hires a wise
consultant named George Tracey, who guides the company through the
revitalization process, starting with candid employee interviews
followed by a weekend brainstorming session and a retreat. Paul and
Cox do a solid job of creating believable business problems and
interpersonal conflicts, though the story is broken up by having
too many employees take a turn narrating in short, choppy sections.
General readers will steer clear, but the novel does offer a
pleasant spoonful of literary sugar for business types who want to
absorb the latest management trends. (Feb.) (Publishers
Weekly, February 10, 2003)

'...contains much sound advice and, apart from being a
good story, is very informative and
instructive...'(Professional Manager, July 2003)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.8.2003
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Management • Wirtschaft / Management • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 0-471-43071-4 / 0471430714
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-43071-1 / 9780471430711