Hidden
Value
How
Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results from Ordinary People
O`Reilly
III
August 2000 320 pages
Paperback 0875848982
This title provides vivid,
detailed case studies of several organizations in widely disparate industries and
illustrates how long-term success comes from value-driven, interrelated systems that align
good people management with corporate strategy. Hidden Value offers a customizable
template for building high-performance, people-centered organizations.
Key Features
- The
authors invite readers to solve a mystery as they proceed through the book-to figure out
how some firms have succeeded while others have failed in getting the best out of their
people.
- Readers
will learn how to build the capability within the organization so that it's the right
organization and not just dependent on finding and keeping the few right people.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments.
Chapter 1. The Right People or the Right Organization? Chapter 2. Southwest Airlines: If
Success Is So Simple, Why Is It So Hard to Imitate? Chapter 3. Cisco Systems: Acquiring
and Retaining Talent in Hypercompetitive Markets. Chapter 4.The Men's Wearhouse: Growth
in a Declining Market. Chapter 5. SAS Institute: Succeeding with Old-Fashioned Values in a
New Industry. Chapter 6. PSS World Medical: Opening the Books. Chapter 7. AES: Is This
Global Company Out of Control? Chapter 8. New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc.:
Transforming People and Systems. Chapter 9. Cypress Semiconductor: What's Missing?
Chapter 10. Unlocking the Hidden Value in All of Your People. Index.
For : Managers and Human
Resources practitioners.