Faster Company

Building the World's Nuttiest, Turn-On-A-Dime Home-Grown Billion-Dollar Business
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-471-24211-6
Verlag: WILEY

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 396 g

Gute Unterhaltung und eine Fülle von Informationen. Lehrstunden mit Pat Kelly, einem erfolgreichen Unternehmensgründer (und gewandten Erzähler), in Sachen Management: Wie baut man ein Unternehmen auf? Wie motiviert man die Angestellten zu maximalen Leistungen? Wie ist man der Konkurrenz immer einen Schritt voraus? Kelly muß es wissen: Sein Unternehmen Physician Sales and Service setzte sich innerhalb eines knappen Jahrzehnts an die Spitze seines Bereiches. (04/98)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelly, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE WORLD'S NUTTIEST BILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY.

"A Cross Between the U.S.

Marines and Animal House".

Starting Out.

FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS OF A FASTER COMPANY.

Gutsy Goals.

A Competitive Edge.

A Company of CEOs.

Values.

GETTING IT DONE: ELEVEN COMMANDMENTS FOR BUILDING A FASTER COMPANY.

Commandment I: Hire Great People.

Commandment II: Nonstop Teaching and Learning.

Commandment III: Grow Your Own Leaders.

Commandment IV: Grow Your Organization.

Commandment V: Open the Books (and Everything Else).

Commandment VI: Commit to Performance.

Commandment VII: Pour It On!

Commandment VIII: Let Employees Fire the Boss.

Commandment IX: Make a Lot of Millionaires.

Commandment X: Out with Bureaucracy!

Commandment XI: Have Fun.

Conclusion: The Paradoxes of the Marketplace.

Epilogue: What Really Matters.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

PATRICK KELLY is founder, Chairman, and CEO of PSS/World Medical, Inc., one of the fastest-growing companies in the history of the medical-supply industry. In 1997, Kelly received the Horatio Alger Award, an annual award given to dedicated community leaders who are committed to excellence-as exemplified by remarkable achievements accomplished through honesty, hard work, self-reliance, and perseverance. JOHN CASE is president of The Open-Book Press and an editor-at-large for Inc. magazine. A veteran reporter and analyst of the business world, he worked as a senior writer for Inc. from 1983 to 1996 during which time he wrote numerous cover stories and columns for the magazine. He is also the author of five other business books, including The Open-Book Experience.