Guide To Managing Growth: Turning Success Into Even Bigger Success
by Rupert Merson /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Successful and ambitious organisations recognise the "growth imperative," but often do not know how to achieve growth and how to sustain it. Growth means change. What worked last year will not necessarily work next year an organisation that wants to manage growth successfully will need to change things that are not yet broken. Growth, and the change it brings, affects every aspect of the business people management, marketing, customer and client management, financial management, organisational design, performance management, and measurement. Growth gives rise to problems for businesses of all sizes. A young business run by its entrepreneurial founders will need to invest in structure and systems. Different divisions in a big business will evolve at different speeds and be at different stages of their evolution, each with its own particular issues to address as well as needing to be satisfactorily reconciled with each other. This guide explores the various different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics that will enable businesses to address them and move forward to an even more successful future. "Gets to the nub of what nearly every business finds difficult to get right, with plenty of pertinent insights and advice for managers responsible for achieving growth." Simon Michaels, Managing Partner, BDO LLP "Lots of practical guidance and useful insights on the challenges faced by businesses ambitious to grow." Peter Leach, business adviser and author of Family Businesses: The Essentials
