The Management Audit: How to Create an Effective Management Team (Financial Times) - Hardcover

Michael Craig-Cooper; Philippe De Backer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0273600044 ISBN 13: 9780273600046

Publisher: Financial Times Management, 1993

Synopsis

The management audit is a tool designed to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a company's management team, the organization's structure and the corporate culture. This text demonstrates to managers the value of the management audit, reviews the management audit process and describes the benefits of the audit. It illustrates that an audit can be carried out at all stages of a company's life and identifies the circumstances for a management audit. It is written by specialists from an international consultancy, and includes international case studies and features the Carre Orban "Global Profile" technique. It is suitable for Chief Executives, main board directors and non-executive directors in national and multinational firms in all industry sectors.

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About the Author

Slr Mlchael Craig-Cooper CBE qualified as a solicitor in 1961. He joined Allen & Overy in 1962 and spent two years with the firm before joining the International Nickel Company of Canada Ltd where he spent 20 years. Sir Michael has served on boards in the UK, Europe, Africa, India and the Middle East and has been involved in extensive public and voluntary service. He is also a Trustee of the Orders of St John and Order of Malta Homes Trusts and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is currently a consultant at Korn/Ferry Carre Orban International, Europe's leading consultancy in executive search and management audit.

Philippe De Backer was born in Brussels and educated in the USA. He attained an MBA at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration in 1983, before returning to Belgium where he rejoined ADB group of companies and finished his term with the company as chief executive. In 1986 he joined Carre Orban & Partners as a partner and ultimately as CEO of the European organization. In 1993 he moved to leading strategy consulting firm Bain & Company as a partner.

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The management audit is a tool designed to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a company's management team,

the organization's structure, and the corporate culture. This text demonstrates to managers the value of the

management audit, reviews the management audit process, and describes the benefits of the audit. It illustrates that an

audit can be carried out at all stages of a company's life and identifies the circumstances for a management audit. It is

written by specialists from an international consultancy and includes international case studies and features the Carre

Orban "Global Profile" technique. It is suitable for Chief Executives, main board directors, and non-executive directors in

national and multinational firms in all industry sectors.

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PREFACE

As the business environment becomes more global, companies face an increasingly rapid pace of change. The ability to redeploy assets has become a crucial success factor. Flexibility and adaptability are the key words; company culture, structure and organization are all in the melting pot.

Human resources have to be one of the most important assets which a company possesses. Yet traditionalists still look at short-term needs, and try to optimise individual talent. This book challenges such a tradition: it provides new, more effective ways of coping with uncertainty and managing change.

Management Audit is a new way of looking at management. It provides a tool that enhances human and organizational resource techniques. It can make a contribution at the highest level: it is intended both for large multinationals and smaller companies.

The success of Management Audit can only be truly measured by long-term operational results. Modern managers have already experienced such benefits: some of them have written about their experience in the short interviews we feature. By focusing on realistic models and new organizational concepts, we hope this book will prove as beneficial to the reader as Audits have been to those organizations who have commissioned them.

Constant reference to actual experience makes this book particularly valuable. The management consultancy which has pioneered Management Audit as a technique gives many examples of its work: we also feature selected interviews with leading executives. The aim is to help the reader manage change more effectively.

Our hope is that this book will prove useful to all executives adapting to a new world economic and business environment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times Management
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273600044
• ISBN 13: 9780273600046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226