Flamholtz, Eric.
Growing pains transitioning from a entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm / [electronic resource] : Eric Flamholtz, Yvonne Randle ; foreword by Angelo R. Mozilo. - 4th ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007. - xix, 472 p. : ill.
Includes 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
New business enterprises--Management.
Organizational change.
Electronic books.
HD62.5 / .F535 2007eb
658.4/063
Growing pains transitioning from a entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm / [electronic resource] : Eric Flamholtz, Yvonne Randle ; foreword by Angelo R. Mozilo. - 4th ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007. - xix, 472 p. : ill.
Includes 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
New business enterprises--Management.
Organizational change.
Electronic books.
HD62.5 / .F535 2007eb
658.4/063