[转帖]BAIN( 贝恩): Management Tools and Trends 2009

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To help inform managers about the tools available to them, in 1993 Bain & Company launched a multiyear research project to gather facts about the use and performance of management tools. Every year or two since, we've conducted research to identify 25 of the most popular and pertinent management tools. Over time, the research has provided a number of important insights:

    * Overall satisfaction with tools is moderately positive, but the rates of usage, ease of implementation, effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses vary widely;
    * Management tools are much more effective when they are part of a major organizational effort;
    * Managers who switch from tool to tool undermine employees' confidence. Decision makers achieve better results by championing realistic strategies and viewing tools simply as a means to achieving a strategic goal;
    * No tool is a cure-all.

There are some new trends from the 2007 survey:

    * ｅｘｅｃutives are recognizing the impact of soft issues, such as corporate culture and environmental issues, on their corporate success. It will be interesting to see how the current economic environment affects how companies address these soft issues;
    * Companies are looking globally for growth-both through selling products to different markets and by making acquisitions in other parts of the world;
    * Innovation continues to be one of the biggest challenges companies are facing. ｅｘｅｃutives know innovation is important, but continue to struggle with how best to do it.

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