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Managing for improved corporate performance

Managing for improved corporate performance

Build and reinforce the company’s ability to improve its performance.

Author(s): Lowell L. Bryan, Ron Hulme

Publisher: McKinsey Quarterly

Date of publication: 2003

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Summary

What organizational practices help a company to avoid giving in to the temptation of managing performance for the short term alone?

Synopsis

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Resist the temptation of the short term

Resist the temptation of the short term

How to reconcile the need to produce immediate results and the need to prepare for the future? Resisting the temptation to focus on the short term is difficult, but beneficial in the long term.
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Learning from Sony's success

A small company created in 1946, Sony is now a global electronics and entertainment giant. What lessons can be learned from this success story?
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