Growing pains [electronic resource] : transitioning from a entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm / Eric Flamholtz, Yvonne Randle ; foreword by Angelo R. Mozilo.
Material type: TextPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007Edition: 4th edDescription: xix, 472 p. : illISBN: 9780787996215 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): New business enterprises -- Management | Organizational changeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 658.4/063 LOC classification: HD62.5 | .F535 2007Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
The authors -- A framework for developing successful organizations -- How to build successful companies: the pyramid of organizational development -- Identifying and surviving the first four stages of organizational growth -- Recognizing growing pains and assessing the need for change -- Management strategies for each stage of organizational growth -- The new venture and expansion stages -- The professionalizing stage: transitioning from entrepreneurship to professional management -- The consolidation stage: managing the corporate culture -- Mastering the tools of professional management -- Strategic planning -- Organizational structure -- Management development -- Organizational control systems -- Effective leadership -- Corporate culture management -- Advanced aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- Advanced strategic planning -- Managing to advanced stages of growth: a preview of future challenges -- Making the transition to a public company -- The personal aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- The special case of managing family business transitions -- The transition CEOs must make to survive beyond the entrepreneurial stage -- List of tables, figures, and exhibits.
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