Growing Pains

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Since it was first published in 1986, Growing Pains has become a classic resource for understanding how start-ups can make the transition to become large, professionally-managed organizations that maintain the special spark that launched them. In the fourth edition of Growing Pains, authors Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle have thoroughly revised and updated the book to include new ideas and concepts including information about strategic planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, family businesses, and overcoming growing pains, as well as new examples and cases of companies.

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Eric G. Flamholtz

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Business & Management Klein- u. mittelständische Unternehmen u. Existenzgründung Small Business & Entrepreneurship Unternehmer Wirtschaft u. Management

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"This book provides a proven framework and a practical approach fordealing with what matters most for the success of any growingorganization. I found it comprehensive and compelling."--MadhavanNayar, founder and company leader, Infogix "Although we already had a culture of pursuingcontinuous improvement, we lacked a framework for planning torestructure Pardee Homes to take advantage of our talented people,resources, and systems to expand our business into new markets.Utilizing 'the pyramid' we have developed a disciplinedapproach to truly strategic planning (and planning forcontingencies), excellence in execution and objective measurementof goals and objectives in every department and in everydivision."--Michael McGee, CEO, Pardee Homes "Growing Pains documents the proven system utilizedby Flamholtz and Randle to guide numerous companies through thestart-up phases to national-level growth. This is not a bookof academic platitudes or untested abstractions, but is a practicalguide book based on hands-on experiences and demonstrablesuccesses. Because Flamholtz and Randle have developed theirperspectives from having worked closely with many companies andmanagement teams, their judgments are solid and their principlescan be followed with confidence."-- Henry Cisneros, executive chairman, CityView "I have had the great fortune to personally witness amultitude of small business owners and nonprofit executivessuccessfully apply the principles taught in this book to transitiontheir organizations toward enduring success. The concepts inthis book provide the critical tools and knowledge for anyentrepreneur to channel their passion into a concrete strategy thatenables them to take their business to the next level. Flamholtzand Randle's Growing Pains is worth the investment of themost precious of our commodities--time and intellectualenergy!"--Helen Han, CEO, National Association of WomenBusiness Owners-LA
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