Industrial Management articles from March 2001

Industrial Management archives from March 2001

The Need to Step Back.
March 1, 2001... I received a call from a distraught president of a small company; he asked me to come in and help with some grief counseling. One of his department heads had died suddenly of a heart attack. The man was 33 years old, apparently healthy and...

Lessons from a Mismanaged Merger.
March 1, 2001... Executive Summary Mergers and acquisitions are still the rage, but the challenge for both the acquiring and the acquired companies is to execute the goals of this business tactic successfully. Reviewing the mistakes of companies that...

Survivalist With a Heart of Steel.(Weirton Steel Corp.)
March 1, 2001... Weirton Steel Corporation in Weirton, W.Va., had been an early-century-era steel mill that was purchased by its own employees in order to survive the industry-wide chaos of the early 1980s. By 1988, workers at the fledgling company recognized...

Understanding and Changing Your Organization's Culture.
March 1, 2001... Executive Summary Culture is not just a management fad: Cultural information is critical to managing your organization effectively. A long-term study found that organizations with strong cultures outperformed their peers two-to-one on...

The Technology Paradox.
March 1, 2001... Executive Summary Technology has made information much more readily available than ever before in human history. So why hasn't productivity shot through the roof? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of...

Benchmarking in Rapid Time.
March 1, 2001... Executive Summary Benchmarking is identified as one of the most highly utilized management tools available. It allows individuals and teams to see the world beyond the ways they have always viewed it and look into the factors that create...