TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flamholtz,Eric
AU  - Randle,Yvonne
TI  - Growing pains: transitioning from a entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm 
SN  - 9780787986162 (alk. paper)
U1  - 658.4063 FLA 2007 23553 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - New business enterprises
KW  - Management
KW  - Organizational change
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 454-462) and index; The authors -- A framework for developing successful organizations -- How to build successful companies: the pyramid of organizational development -- Identifying and surviving the first four stages of organizational growth -- Recognizing growing pains and assessing the need for change -- Management strategies for each stage of organizational growth -- The new venture and expansion stages -- The professionalizing stage: transitioning from entrepreneurship to professional management -- The consolidation stage: managing the corporate culture -- Mastering the tools of professional management -- Strategic planning -- Organizational structure -- Management development -- Organizational control systems -- Effective leadership -- Corporate culture management -- Advanced aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- Advanced strategic planning -- Managing to advanced stages of growth: a preview of future challenges -- Making the transition to a public company -- The personal aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- The special case of managing family business transitions -- The transition CEOs must make to survive beyond the entrepreneurial stage -- List of tables, figures, and exhibits
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