Research Catalog

Title

Growing pains : transitioning from an entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm / Eric G. Flamholtz, Yvonne Randle.

Author

Flamholtz, Eric.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2000.

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Additional Authors

Randle, Yvonne.

Description

xxvi, 388 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

• "Drawing on the experiences of Starbucks, Jamba Juice, and PacifiCare, among other recent success stories, Flamholtz and Randle show entrepreneurs how to make the successful transition from humble start-up to professionally managed firm without sacrificing the unique spirit that inspired the company in the first place.".
• "The authors provide readers with a frame-work they can use to evaluate their firm's growth objectively, anticipate problems, pinpoint solutions, and plan strategies that will move their company toward desired goals. They outline the seven predictable stages of organizational growth and identify what must be accomplished in each stage to ensure the company's continued healthy development.".
• "Growing Pains provides the entrepreneur with many proven principles of professional management, offering guidance in such key areas as strategic planning, organizational structure, management development, organizational control, leadership, and corporate culture management.
• Thoroughly updated to address the realities of today's business environment, Growing Rains will help company founders deal with the personal and professional challenges they must confront as they transform their companies into professionally managed firms."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Jossey-Bass business & management series

Uniform Title

Jossey-Bass business & management series.

Subjects

• Organizational change
• New business enterprises > Management

Note

• Rev. ed. of: How to make the transition from an entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm. 1st ed. / Eric G. Flamholtz.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: The Transitions Needed to Keep a Growing Firm Successful -- Pt. 1. A Framework for Developing Successful Organizations. 1. How to Build Successful Companies: The Pyramid of Organizational Development. 2. Identifying and Surviving the First Four Stages of Organizational Growth. 3. Recognizing Growing Pains and Assessing the Need for Change -- Pt. 2. Management Strategies for Each Stage of Organizational Growth. 4. The New Venture and Expansion Stages. 5. The Professionalizing Stage: Developing Management Systems. 6. The Consolidation Stage: Managing the Corporate Culture -- Pt. 3. Mastering the Tools of Professional Management. 7. Strategic Planning. 8. Organizational Structure. 9. Management Development. 10. Organizational Control Systems. 11. Effective Leadership. 12. Corporate Culture Management -- Pt. 4. Role of the Entrepreneur In A Growing and Changing Company. 13. Managing the Advanced Stages of Growth: A Preview of Future Challenges.
• 14. The Transition CEOs Must Make to Survive Beyond the Entrepreneurial Stage.

ISBN

078794694X

LCCN

99086346

OCLC

• 43069552
• ocm43069552
• SCSB-3861446

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries