Adding value

the long version

When companies fail, mismanagement is usually cited as one of the main reasons. The true failure, however, often lies not with managers themselves but with the system by which they are chosen and developed. Many professionals are promoted to management because they excel in a specific skills area, such as engineering or accounting, but are given little or no guidance on how to actually manage. In Adding Value, Gerard Egan describes the basic skills managers need to look beyond their own area of expertise in ways that add value to the business. He presents a comprehensive, integrated system of management that can be adapted to meet any company's real business needs - including strategy, leadership, structure, human resources, innovation, and organizational culture . Egan offers not just theoretical constructs but three practical, hands-on models. Most importantly, he shows how to integrate the models into a system that managers can use to identify, organize, and implement the best ideas emerging from today's "business and organizational potential" movement.