Zilka Business Restructuring

An Action Template for Reducing Cost and Growing Profit
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-55958-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

An effective, long-term strategy for maintaining corporategrowth, profit and competitive edge
Depicting a progressive emergent framework for long-term growth,profitability, and success, Business Restructuring: An ActionTemplate for Reducing Cost and Growing Profit employs anintegrated approach incorporating several of the most popularmethodologies and best-in-class practices into a single provenframework.
Beginning with an overview of restructuring and what is neededup-front to be successful, this "How to Cookbook" helps you
* Understand business restructuring and cost reductiontechniques
* How to transform any organization into one that is highperforming
* Realize efficiencies through the reorganization of resources,improving processes, and identifying outsourcing opportunities
* Sustain results and achieve continued efficiency,profitability, and growth
* Describes the right leadership team dynamics to make sure thechanges stick
Whether you are a business leader or manager, BusinessRestructuring takes you through a logical series of steps thatwill provide you with immediately useful tactics to apply on aregular basis to achieve immediate results, as well as a long-termroadmap to deliver performance excellence and increase shareholdervalue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zilka, Carla

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1 Restructuring for Success: The 10-minutecheck.
Why You Need to Restructure.
Are Your Key Financial Indicators Telling You Something?
Notes.
Chapter 2 The Playbook: A Comprehensive Approach.
Creating a Foundation for Success.
Flexible Platform for Achieving Results.
Chapter 3 Putting the Playbook into Action.
Building A Winning Team.
Equipping Your Team With the Necessary Tools.
Note.
Chapter 4 Setting the Baseline.
Moving from Unconscious Incompetence to ConsciousIncompetence.
You Are Here.
How Fit Is Your Organization?
How Robust Are Your Processes?
Notes.
Chapter 5 Ready to Launch.
Kicking off your Restructuring Project.
So You Think You Can Change?
Notes.
Chapter 6 Executing the Framework.
Moving from Conscious Incompetence to Conscious Competence.
Organizational Efficiency.
Business Process Improvement.
Business Process Outsourcing.
Business Process Outsourcing as a Key Enabler forRestructuring.
Notes.
Chapter 7 Leadership Essentials for Success.
Do You Have What It Takes?
Plans versus People.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter.
Implication 1: Certain Leaders Have Certain Talents.
Implication 2: Changing a Leader to Fit.
Implication 3: Assessing and Aligning for the Right Roles.
Case Study: Can We Compete in this Arena?
Notes.
Chapter 8 Continuous Improvement.
Moving from Conscious Competence to Unconscious Competence.
CI Organization Structure and Roles.
CI Dashboard.
Training.
Knowledge Management.
Linkages to CI.
Note.
Chapter 9 Summary of Lessons Learned.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Carla Zilka is the founder and Principal Advisor of NexGen Advisors, a global business restructuring and transformation firm. As the Principal Advisor, Zilka partners with Fortune 1000 CEOs, hedge funds, and private equity firms to deliver a vision, strategy, and plan on how to effectively restructure and prepare for growth. To date, she and her team have been responsible for cost reductions totaling over $1.5 billion and revenue growth opportunities over $2 billion in under three years.