The perpetual enterprise machine [[electronic resource] ] : seven keys to corporate renewal through successful product and process development / / H. Kent Bowen ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.404; 658.575
• Soggetto topico: Project management - United States; New products - United States - Management; Production management - United States; Manufacturing industries - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BowenH. Kent
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-431) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: The Manufacturing Vision Group; Appendix: Project Summaries; 1. The Manufacturer's Perpetual Enterprise Machine; 2. Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities; 3. Guiding Visions; 4. Pushing the Performance Envelope; 5. Project Leadership and Organization; 6. Ownership and Commitment; 7. Prototyping: Rapid Learning and Early Testing; 8. Integration Within Projects; 9. An Opportunity for Leadership in Learning; 10. Chaparral Steel Company; 11. Digital Equipment Corporation; 12. Eastman Kodak Company; 13. Ford Motor Company; 14. Hewlett-Packard Company; Notes; Index; A; B; C ; DE; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W
• Sommario/riassunto: Describing the ways that firms can develop successful products and processes, this book examines a number of examples of successes - and failures - and derives useful lessons for managers. It derives from a major study combining five US companies and four universities.
• Titolo autorizzato: The perpetual enterprise machine
• ISBN: 1-280-52669-6; 0-19-802423-1; 1-4294-0569-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451691903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II