Patterns of Excellence
Danny Samson, David Challis
ISBN: 0273638769
Lets face it for many of us,
our organisations are not as well organised as we would like...It's time for a rethink
Patterns of Excellence
presents a blueprint for success which can be adapted to any organization. Based on
extensive analysis of worldwide excellence in performance, this highly accessible book
reinforces theory with practical examples.
Samson and Challis reveal the
patterns of excellence which connect the operations of the world's best organizations, and
demonstrate how to mould these defining principles into a structures framework and
management approach. The book's case studies provide illuminating analysis and practiocal
guidance on implementing managment structures..
The Authors
Danny Samson is currently
both Professor of Management at Melbourne Business School and Director of the Centre for
Manufacturing Management. He began his career working as a chemical engineer for ICI,
after which he attained a PhD in Management and subsequent appointments at the
universities of Illinois and New South Wales. He has written five books and published over
fifty articles on management.
Danny regularly consults
business across a variety of industries in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the USA on
strategy, operations improvement and realization of the business principles outlined in
Patterns of Excellence. In addition he conducts regular executive education programs for
companies wishing to restructure themselves within this framework. He has worked on
numerous high-level government inquiries in fields ranging from technology management,
manufacturing management and leadership to industry competitiveness, market policy and
restructuring.
David Challis has spent the
last 20 years consulting to organizations in Europe, USA, Australia and Asia in the area
of stretegic organizational change. He has worked at all organizational levels: board
through middle management through shop floor and has an outstanding track record as an
effective change agent. David is an Assiciate of Melbourne Degrees in Engineering and a
PhD in Management.