The Breakthrough Strategy: Using Short-Term Successes to Build the High Performance Organization

Robert H. Schaffer

ISBN 10: 0887302769 / ISBN 13: 9780887302763

Published by Longman Higher Education, 1989

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Synopsis:

A management expert demonstrates a strategy for performance improvement. Schaffer applies "the simple and direct approach of the successful entrepreneur" (D. A. Noble) to corporate America.

Reviews: In sharp contrast to those who criticize today's businesses for sacrificing long-term planning to short-term profits, Schaffer, who heads his own management-consultancy firm, contends that companies may improve productivity through short-term, "breakthrough" projects. He demonstrates how top cor porations can call upon hidden reserves and untapped or misused capacities to achieve limited but almost miraculously rapid results in pursuing carefully selected short-term goals. Adopting a how-to approach, he gives detailed examples of the innovative strategies used in these projects, often inspired by emergencies or introduced by staff specialists. These projects, he says, frequently serve as first steps toward long-term gains and corporate progress, given the confidence, skills, management disciplines and momentum developed over the short run. Illustrations.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Breakthrough Strategy: Using Short-Term ...
Publisher: Longman Higher Education
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: good