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This collaborative effort bv Paul, a former strategic planner forCEO Jack Welch at General Electric, and business writer Cox (Zapp!)is described in the promotional copy as „a novel for managers,“ afictional story that illustrates the business principle of the„boundaryless“ company pioneered by Welch. It's a stodgy buteffective effort in which an inefficient, disorganizedwidget-producing outfit called Essential resolves a direcompanywide communication problem just in time to avoid corporatedisaster. Paul and Cox's approach is to create a series ofhigh-level managerial characters with stereotypical businesspersonalities. The huge cast includes Rick Riggins, theauthoritarian „get it done now“ company president; Frank Harlan, the egotistical, turf-protecting genius engineer; and Jake Foster, a slow-but-steady operations manager new to the company. Essentialis about to lose its biggest client because the company can'tdeliver its widgets on time. The desperate Riggins hires a wiseconsultant named George Tracey, who guides the company through therevitalization process, starting with candid employee interviewsfollowed by a weekend brainstorming session and a retreat. Paul andCox do a solid job of creating believable business problems andinterpersonal conflicts, though the story is broken up by havingtoo many employees take a turn narrating in short, choppy sections. General readers will steer clear, but the novel does offer apleasant spoonful of literary sugar for business types who want toabsorb the latest management trends. (Feb.) (PublishersWeekly, February 10, 2003)
'... contains much sound advice and, apart from being agood story, is very informative andinstructive...'(Professional Manager, July 2003)
A novel about transforming organizations from the author ofbestselling business books The Goal and Zapp!
The Cure is a novel for managers about transforming anunder-performing bureaucratic organization into a boundaryless, fact-driven management culture like the one that made Jack Welch'sGeneral Electric so consistently successful. It offers real, practical advice for overcoming political inertia, reinventing thecompany, and doing it in a year or less. By giving each keycharacter a distinct voice, readers are reminded of people theyhave met and who may even sit in the desk next to them. Thesecharacters interact realistically and act pragmatically, and as aresult readers become invested in how these people tackle theirchallenges and create real solutions.
The methods described in the book have been successfully employedat many of high-profile companies, such as Black & Decker, Coleman, Emerson, Parker Hannifin, Textron, United Stationers, andMoen. The Cure argues that modern organizations must be flexible, quick, and boundaryless in order to thrive and survive, but it alsoshows managers how to make it happen fast. Based on the successfulmanagement theories of Dan Paul's General Management Technologies, The Cure accomplishes these things in the form of an entertaining, enlightening, and dramatic business narrative.
Jeff Cox (Murrysville, PA) is a creative writer known for weavingprogressive business concepts into compelling fiction. He is thecoauthor of such business bestsellers as The Goal, Zapp!, andHeroz.
Dan Paul (Pittsburgh, PA) is CEO of General ManagementTechnologies, a consulting practice which focuses on the alignmentof clients' strategies, work processes, and culture in order totarget all the functions of a business on the same priorities. Formerly with General Electric, he's worked with many high-profileclients and spoken at many conferences on strategic management forBusiness Week and the American Management Association.
The Cure is a novel for managers about transforming anunder-performing bureaucratic organization into a boundaryless, fact-driven management culture like the one that made Jack Welch'sGeneral Electric so consistently successful. It offers real, practical advice for overcoming political inertia, reinventing thecompany, and doing it in a year or less. By giving each keycharacter a distinct voice, readers are reminded of people theyhave met and who may even sit in the desk next to them. Thesecharacters interact realistically and act pragmatically, and as aresult readers become invested in how these people tackle theirchallenges and create real solutions.
The methods described in the book have been successfully employedat many of high-profile companies, such as Black & Decker, Coleman, Emerson, Parker Hannifin, Textron, United Stationers, andMoen. The Cure argues that modern organizations must be flexible, quick, and boundaryless in order to thrive and survive, but it alsoshows managers how to make it happen fast. Based on the successfulmanagement theories of Dan Paul's General Management Technologies, The Cure accomplishes these things in the form of an entertaining, enlightening, and dramatic business narrative.
Jeff Cox (Murrysville, PA) is a creative writer known for weavingprogressive business concepts into compelling fiction. He is thecoauthor of such business bestsellers as The Goal, Zapp!, andHeroz.
Dan Paul (Pittsburgh, PA) is CEO of General ManagementTechnologies, a consulting practice which focuses on the alignmentof clients' strategies, work processes, and culture in order totarget all the functions of a business on the same priorities. Formerly with General Electric, he's worked with many high-profileclients and spoken at many conferences on strategic management forBusiness Week and the American Management Association.
