Relevance Regained (e-bog) af Johnson, H. Thomas
Johnson, H. Thomas (forfatter)

Relevance Regained e-bog

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Building on his pathbreaking, award-winning bestseller, Relevance Lost, H. Thomas Johnson presents a devastating critique of the top-down hierarchical accounting systems that have dominated American corporations since the 1950s.In Relevance Regained, Johnson shows exactly how &quote;managing by remote control&quote; through results-oriented accounting information has obstructed the real busines...
E-bog 113,76 DKK
Forfattere Johnson, H. Thomas (forfatter)
Forlag Free Press
Udgivet 15 januar 2002
Længde 240 sider
Genrer Business and Management
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781439105894
Building on his pathbreaking, award-winning bestseller, Relevance Lost, H. Thomas Johnson presents a devastating critique of the top-down hierarchical accounting systems that have dominated American corporations since the 1950s.In Relevance Regained, Johnson shows exactly how "e;managing by remote control"e; through results-oriented accounting information has obstructed the real business objective: to reduce process variation and lead times for the purpose of obtaining and keeping satisfied customers. The failure of most American businesses to be competitive and profitable, he contends, is their reliance on management accounting information to control people's actions and productivity. Cost-focused imperatives from on high must be replaced, Johnson asserts, with information systems that link actions with imperatives of global competition. Self-managing work teams, according to Johnson, must own problem-solving information to reduce variation, delays, and excess in processes. Johnson prescribes the necessary changes in management principles that must replace the outdated style associated with the industrial revolution. Responsiveness to customersnot accounting costsand flexibilityreducing lead times and removing constraintsare necessary for sustained competitive excellence and long-term profitability. Johnson discusses the radical overhauls of companies, such as General Electric's work-outs/"e;best practices"e; program and Harley-Davidson's work simplification programs, and shows how these strong commitments to new strategies maximize a company's most important assets: people and time. To be globally competitive, he claims, a company's work must be directed toward selling to customers, not just selling products.