Improving Performance
How to Manage the White Space
on the Organization Chart
The Blueprint for Managing
Change and Enhancing Organization and Human Performance
"Geary Rummler and Alan
Brache clearly demonstrate how the effective management of the organization, process, and
job levels of performance enables a business to design and implement the changes necessary
for survival in an increasingly global economy." Frank Popoff, chairman and CEO, The
Dow Chemical Company
"Process Management,
guided from the customer's perspective, will give any organization a competitive
advantage. In this book, Rummler and Brache provide a concept that can be used to achieve
better performance and strengthen competitiveness." Bert-Olof Svanholm, president and
CEO, ABB-Sweden
"Rummler and Brache
present concepts and tools that are being used successfully throughout Motorola worldwide.
Their ideas for managing the white space played a key role in Motorola's attack on
quality." Bill Wiggenhorn, president, Motorola University and corporate vice
president of training and education. Motorola Inc.
"Successfully
implementing a Total Quality Strategy in a large corporation with very diverse products
and services requires a vehicle for integrating all the quality improvement technology
available today into one comprehensive approach. For GTE Corporation, that vehicle is
Rummler and Brache's 'Process Management.'" D. Otis Wolkins, vice president of
Quality Services, GTE
258 pages