Power of Performance Management: How Leading Companies Create Sustained Value

STREAMLINE YOUR MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR MAXIMUM VALUE CREATION
In our highly technological, global New Economy, business success depends more and more on the exchange of ideas implemented through sharpened organizational capabilities such as speed and responsiveness. Organizations that can quickly turn strategy into action, manage processes intelligently and efficiently–and take maximum advantage of human capital–will take the lead. Shifting from a traditional, insular management climate to a more interconnected and level playing field is now key to keeping competitive.
This book shares valuable ideas that a number of prominent organizations, including Sara Lee, NEC, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, have used to improve their performance management process and overcome roadblocks. Illustrated with case studies and descriptions of how these ideas were applied in a practical way, Power of Performance Management helps you to:
∗ Identify issues your company is facing in its ability to deliver and create value
∗ Understand the role that management must play in relation to value–creation ability
∗ Create a performance management framework that′s right for your organization
∗ Discover what information technology is needed in order to support world–class value creation
. . . and much more to ensure that your company makes a smooth transition from traditional to more efficient and effective management processes, achieves its objectives, sustains its value creation–and profits.

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Challenges for Performance Management in the New Economy.
Establish a Consistent Responsibility Structure.
Balance Long–Term and Short Term Focus.
Make Value–Based Strategies Operational.
Embrace Information Transparency.
Focus on What Is Truly Important.
Enforce Performance–Driven Behavior.
Balance Integration with Simplification.
I mplementing the Ideas.
Appendix: Management Information and Reporting Analysis.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
ANDRé A. de WAAL is a partner with Arthur Andersen Consulting, the Netherlands. He has degrees in chemistry and business administration and is certified in pro–duction and inventory management. As a consultant, he has focused on projects including the selection and implemen–tation of production, logistic and financial software packages, cost analyses, and designing logistic concepts and information technology infrastructures. He most recently worked on a benchmark study for a Dutch multinational performed in Japan, Germany, and the United States. Mr. de Waal has published over twenty articles and five books on the topic of performance management.

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STREAMLINE YOUR MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR MAXIMUM VALUE CREATION
In our highly technological, global New Economy, business success depends more and more on the exchange of ideas implemented through sharpened organizational capabilities such as speed and responsiveness. Organizations that can quickly turn strategy into action, manage processes intelligently and efficiently–and take maximum advantage of human capital–will take the lead. Shifting from a traditional, insular management climate to a more interconnected and level playing field is now key to keeping competitive.
This book shares valuable ideas that a number of prominent organizations, including Sara Lee, NEC, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, have used to improve their performance management process and overcome roadblocks. Illustrated with case studies and descriptions of how these ideas were applied in a practical way, Power of Performance Management helps you to:
∗ Identify issues your company is facing in its ability to deliver and create value
∗ Understand the role that management must play in relation to value–creation ability
∗ Creat e a performance management framework that′s right for your organization
∗ Discover what information technology is needed in order to support world–class value creation
. . . and much more to ensure that your company makes a smooth transition from traditional to more efficient and effective management processes, achieves its objectives, sustains its value creation–and profits.