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What Works: A Decade of Change at Champion International
Richard Ault
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Description for What Works: A Decade of Change at Champion International
Hardcover. Between 1986 and 1997, Champion International transformed from an underachieving, tradition-bound organization into a thriving, competitive, successful company. This work offers an insiders' account of this process, distilling its lessons into practical tools. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 397.
An Inside Account of One Company's Remarkable Transformation
Take a fascinating, decade-long journey to witness the remarkabletransformation of a mediocre company into a team-based topcompetitor. Your guides are a trio of participant/observers, allkey players in achieving this systemic change of classicproportion.
--Jerome M. Rosow, president, Work in America Institute, Inc.
Anyone in a leadership position today, union or management, shouldread this book. It tells the important story of howlabor/management partnerships can make a difference and provideworkable solutions to complex problems presented by today's globaleconomy.
--Boyd Young, international president, United PaperworkersInternational Union
A Cinderella story of perseverance and triumph, What Works is aninstructive guide to achieving success through cooperation,teamwork, and courage. It tells the tale of how ChampionInternational--one of America's oldest and largest industrial papercompanies--transformed itself from an underachieving,tradition-bound organization into a thriving Wall Street winnerover the course of eleven years. In answering the question of how acompany can change successfully over time while remaining bothhumane and profitable, this brisk, brutally honest, insiders'account offers a number of hard-won lessons and practical tools tomanagers and visionaries faced with the same daunting challenges.
Take a fascinating, decade-long journey to witness the remarkabletransformation of a mediocre company into a team-based topcompetitor. Your guides are a trio of participant/observers, allkey players in achieving this systemic change of classicproportion.
--Jerome M. Rosow, president, Work in America Institute, Inc.
Anyone in a leadership position today, union or management, shouldread this book. It tells the important story of howlabor/management partnerships can make a difference and provideworkable solutions to complex problems presented by today's globaleconomy.
--Boyd Young, international president, United PaperworkersInternational Union
A Cinderella story of perseverance and triumph, What Works is aninstructive guide to achieving success through cooperation,teamwork, and courage. It tells the tale of how ChampionInternational--one of America's oldest and largest industrial papercompanies--transformed itself from an underachieving,tradition-bound organization into a thriving Wall Street winnerover the course of eleven years. In answering the question of how acompany can change successfully over time while remaining bothhumane and profitable, this brisk, brutally honest, insiders'account offers a number of hard-won lessons and practical tools tomanagers and visionaries faced with the same daunting challenges.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780787941819
SKU
V9780787941819
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Ref
99-50
About Richard Ault
RICHARD AULT was the senior consultant to Champion throughout most of the decade chronicled in the book and still works closely with the company. He is an indepAndent consultant who lives in Navarre, Florida. RICHARD WALTON teaches at the Harvard Business School and was formerly a consultant to Champion where he remains a member of the board of directors. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts. MARK CHILDERS is Champion's senior vice president of organizational development and human resources. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut.
Reviews for What Works: A Decade of Change at Champion International
"Take a fascinating, decade-long journey to witness the remarkabletransformation of a mediocre company into a team-based topcompetitor. Your guides are a trio of participant/observers, allkey players in achieving this systemic change of classicproportions."
Jerome M. Rosow, president, Work in AmericaInstitute, Inc. "What Works makes a very important contribution by challengingconventional wisdom. The story of Champion International's decadeof change illustrates that a fundamental and permanenttransformation in corporate culture and performance depAnds on anevolutionary, bottoms-up organizational learning process led bymany managers at all levels."
Michael Beer, Cahners-RabbProfessor of Business Administration, Harvard Univesity "Anyone in a leadership position today, union or management, shouldread this book. It tells the important story of howlabor/management partnerships can make a difference and provideworkable solutions to complex problems presented by today's globaleconomy."
Boyd Young, international president, UnitedPaperworkers International Union
Jerome M. Rosow, president, Work in AmericaInstitute, Inc. "What Works makes a very important contribution by challengingconventional wisdom. The story of Champion International's decadeof change illustrates that a fundamental and permanenttransformation in corporate culture and performance depAnds on anevolutionary, bottoms-up organizational learning process led bymany managers at all levels."
Michael Beer, Cahners-RabbProfessor of Business Administration, Harvard Univesity "Anyone in a leadership position today, union or management, shouldread this book. It tells the important story of howlabor/management partnerships can make a difference and provideworkable solutions to complex problems presented by today's globaleconomy."
Boyd Young, international president, UnitedPaperworkers International Union