Benchmarking: How to Learn from Exemplary Companies: How to Learn from Exemplary Companies

Author: Baoli Jia Consultants
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Since the beginning of the new century, the management community has unanimously regarded continuous learning as a key strategy for enterprises to adapt to change and improve performance. However, neither the currently popular learning organizations nor the yet-to-mature knowledge management has truly provided effective learning methods—"Whom to learn from," "What to learn," and "How to learn"—which remain the three major challenges for corporate managers. Benchmark Learning perfectly combines the two mainstream ideas of "benchmarking" and "learning organizations." It solves the key issues of "Whom to learn from," "What to learn," and "How to learn." Benchmark learning is the best way to create creative pressure and a prerequisite for true innovation. This book innovatively integrates the two mainstream ideas of "benchmarking" and "learning organizations," advocating a "benchmark learning" strategy that provides enterprises with an efficient learning shortcut. By learning from exemplary companies, enterprises can not only have clear direction and content in their learning but also achieve tangible results, thereby finding the best solutions for organizational learning and performance improvement. This book closely aligns with the specific realities of Chinese enterprises, boldly innovating on the concepts and operational methods of benchmark learning. It proposes Baoli Jia's self-developed learning process and steps, offering a comprehensive and practical guide for Chinese enterprises to practice benchmark learning.