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Open-book management : getting started / Cathy Ivancic, Jim Bado.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ivancic, Catherine.
Contributor:
Bado, Jim.
Series:
Fifty-Minute series.
50-minute series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Open-book management.
Industrial management.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (118 p.)
Place of Publication:
Menlo Park, CA : Crisp Publications, c1997.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Open-book management is one of the most popular ideas for growing a business because it encourages employees at all levels to look for ways to make and save money for their company. This book is designed to help managers and supervisors involve their employees in building a more productive and profitable enterprise. Learn how to teach people in your company how money gets made-and lost-and what they can do about it.
Contents:
TITLE
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE SERIES
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Getting Started
CHAPTER 1 Why Open the Books?
THE ECSTATIC BUZZ OF BUSINESS
UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU WANT
10 REASONS TO OPEN YOUR BOOKS
EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT IS NOT ENOUGH
BUILD ON THE PAST
Is Your Company Ready?
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT OPEN-BOOK MANAGEMENT
DISCLOSING FINANCIAL INFORMATION
THE DISCLOSURE DILEMMA: THE COMPETITION
YOUR FIRM'S SENSITIVE INFORMATION
SHARING THE INFORMATION
THE OPEN-BOOK MANAGEMENT PUZZLE
Ideas for Getting Started
CHAPTER 2 Critical Numbers and Business Goals
WHAT ARE CRITICAL NUMBERS?
Examples of Critical Numbers
Critical Numbers Change with Business Changes
TRACKING CRITICAL NUMBERS
CREATE A "LINE OF SIGHT"
NEXT YEAR'S CRITICAL NUMBERS
RELAY REAL-TIME INFORMATION
START (OR RESTART) THE PLANNING
CONNECTING CRITICAL NUMBERS TO GOALS
Your Vision for the Company
YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE
TAKING THE VISION TO THE EMPLOYEES
BRING YOUR CRITICAL NUMBERS INTO FOCUS
CHAPTER 3 Prepare to Open the Books
GETTING THE WORD OUT
What Is the Current Method?
RATE YOUR APPROACH
NEW WAYS TO SHARE INFORMATION
GAMES, HUDDLES, TEAMS, AND SCORECARDS
HAVE A LITTLE FUN
Celebrate the Milestones
8 IDEAS FOR INVOLVEMENT
CHAPTER 4 Developing Employees as Businesspeople
CONFRONTING COMMON MYTHS
WHY EMPLOYEES WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE BUSINESS
"HOT TOPICS" CAN MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES
Examples of "Hot Topics'
CONQUERING NUMBER PHOBIA
TEACH BUSINESS CONCEPTS WITH REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES
A REAL-LIFE ANALOGY
COMPARING HOUSEHOLD TO BUSINESS FINANCES
COMPARING BUSINESS AND HOUSEHOLD TERMS
3 REAL-LIFE ANALOGIES YOU CAN USE
BALANCE SHEET
PROFIT AND LOSS
CASH-FLOW STATEMENT
Concepts, Not Statements, Are Critical.
FINDING A METHOD FOR TRAINING
SOURCES OF BUSINESS EDUCATION
2 VISUALS THAT ILLUSTRATE FINANCIAL CONCEPTS
#1 GUESSING GAME
#2 A HILL OF BEANS
ADULT LEARNING FOR SUCCESS
Principles of Adult Learning
Action Plan for Success
CHAPTER 5 Developing Leadership
ADDRESSING BUSINESS CHALLENGES
The DILLY Method*
Are You a DILLY Method Company?
BUILDING A COMPANY OF BUSINESSPEOPLE
25 Characteristics of Businesspeople
FROM HIRED HAND TO BUSINESS PERSON
ASSESSING YOUR LEADERS
DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS
HOW DO YOUR LEADERS RATE?
FOCUS ON BUILDING LEADERS
Checklist to Build Leaders' Skills
Leadership Skills in Review
MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS
CHAPTER 6 Rewards of the Open-Book Process
SHARING SUCCESS
HIRED HANDS OR BUSINESSPEOPLE?
How far are people on the journey from hired-hands to businesspeople?
YOUR PLACE ON THE JOURNEY AFFECTS HOW REWARDS FIT
HOW DO REWARDS HELP THE JOURNEY?
INVENTING INCENTIVES
Filling Up the Bucket
Increasing Stakes in Meeting the Annual Plan
Earn Back a Sacrifice
Sharing Equity Through an ESOP
Equal Bonus Based on Customer-service Goals
Targets Trigger Annual Bonus
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF INCENTIVES
CHECKLIST FOR OPEN-BOOK INCENTIVES
EMPLOYEES WHO ACT LIKE OWNERS
REVAMPING REWARDS
WARNING! WARNING!! WARNING!!!
TIPS FOR REVIEW GROUPS AND COMMITTEES
3 COMMON MISTAKES WITH VARIABLE INCENTIVES
MOTIVATING WITHOUT MONEY
ASSEMBLING THE PUZZLE PIECES
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103).
ISBN:
1-4175-2420-0
OCLC:
70772013

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