Synopsis In "Managing by Values", Ken Blanchard, author of the best-selling "One Minute Manager", presents a careful, highly detailed course of action designed to enable companies to determine their core beliefs and put them into practice. By clarifying, communicating, and aligning corporate practices in all areas, the authors argue, people can be managed by a common vision, purpose, and set of values. Blanchard and co-author Michael O'Connor have drawn upon their real-world experience with client organizations to create a practical approach to getting a defined, functional set of guiding values adopted and implemented throughout the organization.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-04-01 | | Narrated by: | Mitchell Ryan | | Edition Description: | Unabridged |
| Size | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 4.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Note Argues for a new definition of corporate success based on the quality of a company's service to its customers and the quality of life for employees, and presents a three-step process for implementing a new management-by-values approach.
Industry Reviews "Managing By Values" describes how companies of all types can achieve a new level of organizational success by committing to a common purpose and a set of values enhancing the quality of service available to customers and the quality of life accessible to the employees. Based on over twenty-five years of research and application in organizations, "Managing By Values" provides readers with a practical game plan that clarifies, communicates, and aligns the organization's practices at all levels and in all areas, with a defined, functional set of guiding values adopted throughout the organization. "Managing By Values" provides a clear methodology for defining and implementing such values to achieve organizational, group, team, and individual objectives. "Managing By Values" is highly recommended reading for anyone charged with a managerial responsibility. McNamer
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