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Business Restructuring An Action Template for Reducing Cost and Growing Profit

Name: Business Restructuring
Brand: John Wiley & Sons
SKU: 9780470503683
Price: 600.00 HKD
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Author: Carla Zilka
ISBN: 9780470503683

By Carla Zilka

John Wiley & Sons October 2009

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ISBN-13: 9780470503683
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publication: October 2009
Format: Hardback , 206 pages
Jurisdiction: International or US ? Countri(es) for reference only

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An effective, long-term strategy for maintaining corporate growth, profit and competitive edge.

Depicting a progressive emergent framework for long-term growth, profitability, and success, Business Restructuring: An Action Template for Reducing Cost and Growing Profit employs an integrated approach incorporating several of the most popular methodologies and best-in-class practices into a single proven framework.

Beginning with an overview of restructuring and what is needed up-front to be successful, this "How to Cookbook" helps you:

Understand business restructuring and cost reduction techniques
How to transform any organization into one that is high performing
Realize efficiencies through the reorganization of resources, improving processes, and identifying outsourcing opportunities
Sustain results and achieve continued efficiency, profitability, and growth
Describes the right leadership team dynamics to make sure the changes stick

Whether you are a business leader or manager, Business Restructuring takes you through a logical series of steps that will provide you with immediately useful tactics to apply on a regular basis to achieve immediate results, as well as a long-term roadmap to deliver performance excellence and increase shareholder value.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1 Restructuring for Success: The 10-minute check.

Why You Need to Restructure.

Are Your Key Financial Indicators Telling You Something?

Notes.

Chapter 2 The Playbook: A Comprehensive Approach.

Creating a Foundation for Success.

Flexible Platform for Achieving Results.

Chapter 3 Putting the Playbook into Action.

Building A Winning Team.

Equipping Your Team With the Necessary Tools.

Note.

Chapter 4 Setting the Baseline.

Moving from Unconscious Incompetence to Conscious Incompetence.

You Are Here.

How Fit Is Your Organization?

How Robust Are Your Processes?

Notes.

Chapter 5 Ready to Launch.

Kicking off your Restructuring Project.

So You Think You Can Change?

Notes.

Chapter 6 Executing the Framework.

Moving from Conscious Incompetence to Conscious Competence.

Organizational Efficiency.

Business Process Improvement.

Business Process Outsourcing.

Business Process Outsourcing as a Key Enabler for Restructuring.

Notes.

Chapter 7 Leadership Essentials for Success.

Do You Have What It Takes?

Plans versus People.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter.

Implication 1: Certain Leaders Have Certain Talents.

Implication 2: Changing a Leader to Fit.

Implication 3: Assessing and Aligning for the Right Roles.

Case Study: Can We Compete in this Arena?

Notes.

Chapter 8 Continuous Improvement.

Moving from Conscious Competence to Unconscious Competence.

CI Organization Structure and Roles.

CI Dashboard.

Training.

Knowledge Management.

Linkages to CI.

Note.

Chapter 9 Summary of Lessons Learned.

Glossary.

Index.

About the Author

Carla Zilka is the founder and Principal Advisor of NexGen Advisors, a global business restructuring and transformation firm. As the Principal Advisor, Zilka partners with Fortune 1000 CEOs, hedge funds, and private equity firms to deliver a vision, strategy, and plan on how to effectively restructure and prepare for growth. To date, she and her team have been responsible for cost reductions totaling over $1.5 billion and revenue growth opportunities over $2 billion in under three years.

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