Growing Pains, 5th Edition

Chapter 13Building Sustainably Successful Organizations^®The Frameworks, Tools, and Methods in Action

As noted in the Preface, this book is the fifth edition of Growing Pains. Since its initial publication in 1986 (under a different title), thousands of organizations around the world (both for-profit and nonprofit) have applied the managerial paradigms, methods, and related tools (intellectual content) that we present. Some of these companies have invited us to work with them to implement the intellectual content of this book. As a result, we have had the opportunity to obtain intimate knowledge about how our concepts, methods, and tools have and are being applied in practice. Some of the companies with which we have participated in such applications ...