Tools for Success: A Managers
Guide
By TURNER
DESCRIPTION
`This is a unique and imaginative piece of work. It describes in simple terms the
practical toolsand more importantly the means of gaining the support of management and
employees toachieve the desired success.? Alan Mulally, President and CEO, Boeing
Commercial Airplanes Group
`An excellent contribution to improving individual and company performance.?
Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick
`An excellent reference work for busy managers wanting to improve their performance
and thatof their companies, whether large or small.? Rupert Lewin, Chief Executive,
Aero-Inventory Plc
WANT TO HAVE ALL THE KEY MANAGEMENT TOOLSAT YOUR FINGERTIPS BUT DON?T HAVE TIME TO READ
THEORETICAL BOOKS IN DEPTH?
Tools for Success is your one-stop guide to all the essential management tools, which will
help you todevelop the performance of your team and your organisation. A concise, yet
comprehensive book, itprovides the complete spectrum of management tools from time
management, to problem solving, fromsix sigma to balanced scorecard.
Ideal for the busy executive, the book is set out in an easy-to-read, two-page format with
cleardescriptions of the tools and how to use them. All the tools have been tried and
tested in real situationsby internationally recognised companies.
Over 90 tools are featured including: Brand Development Competitor Analysis Learning
Styles Measurement Guidelines RiskManagement Pricing Strategies Brainstorming Force Field
Analysis Waste Minimisation Road Mapping Power Maps Influence and Control Improvement
Cycles Flowcharting
Two invaluable matrix tables are also featured ensuring that you can easily identify what
tools to use inwhich situations.
CONTENTS
Introduction Day-to-day Matrix Project Matrix 5 Whys,6 Thinking Hats, 7 WastesAnalogies,
Balanced Scorecard, Bench marking, Brainstorming, Brand Development, Break Even Analysis,
Business Ethics, Business Excellence, Cause and Effect Analysis, Change Cycle,
Communication, Competitive Analysis, Competitive Product Placement, Competitor Analysis,
Concept Fans, Control and Influence, Creating Commitment, Critical Path Analysis, Cultural
Audit, Cultural Climate, Customer Focus, Decision Mapping, Decision Tables, Design of
Experiments, Diffusion of Innovation, Effort / Impact, External Analysis (PEST), Failure
Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Flowcharting, Forced
Combinations, Forced Pair Comparison, Force Field Analysis, Forward Measurement, Gantt
Charts, Hazard and Operability Analysis Histograms, Housekeeping ? 5 S, Improving Group
Communication, Improvement Cycle, Influence Diagrams, Input Output Analysis, International
Context, International Etiquette, Just In Time, Learning Styles, Manufacturing Benchmarks,
Manufacturing Strategy, Marketing Mix, Measurement Guidelines, Meeting Management, Option
generation, Order Winners & Qualifiers, Optimised Production Technology, Pricing, Pie
Diagrams, Power Maps, Presenting Solutions, Prioritisation Matrix, Process Control Charts,
Process Mapping - IDEFO, Product ? Market Analysis, Product Life Cycle, Product ? Market
Strategy Analysis, Quality Functional Deployment, Radar Chart, Risk Management, Road
Mapping, Run Charts, Scatter Gun, Scenario Planning, Shared Values, Six Sigma, Skills
Matrix, Systems Approach, Solution Effect Analysis, Sources of Innovation, Stakeholder
Analysis, Strategic Planning, SWOT Analysis, Systems Thinking, Team Selection, Team
Working, Technology and People, Thought Capture, Time Based Process Mapping, Visioning the
Future, Vital Few Analysis, Work Package Breakdown Index
194 pages