Growing pains transitioning from a entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flamholtz, Eric
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Randle, Yvonne, Mozilo, Angelo R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007.
Edition:4th ed.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.