Simple management

Author: (German) Dieter Brandes
Translator: Zhang Huanshan
Germany/Germany
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2006-10-01
Features: "Perfection is not that nothing can be added, but that nothing can be taken away." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Simplicity is a different path, one that is away from complexity, bureaucracy, and mediocrity. Simple management requires clear goals, trust, courage, and consistency.
"This book is a milestone on the path to correct and good management; it is a warrior fighting against the art of deception in management books." — Professor Folkmund Malik, St. Gallen Management Center, Malik Management Institute
"It is difficult to achieve simplicity because simplicity lacks the impressive elements we value, and only those who truly understand complexity can achieve simplicity. This book tells us that the phrase 'This is really simple!'—whether spoken by our customers or employees—is our best praise. This book also tells us that achieving simplicity depends on courage and healthy human reason. The entire book is simple and clear!" — Wen Wen Wei (wenenwelen), IKEA Regional Manager in Germany
Do you want to know how the German retail giants IKEA and Aldi, renowned worldwide and rivaling Walmart, achieved their success? Do you want to understand the management methods they use to maintain their unchanging position in the field of success? Simple Management has the answers.
Simple Management is a translation of the German text written by Dieter Brandes, a German strategist and organizational consultant, who was once a manager and board member of the international retail giant Aldi Nord. This book takes several internationally renowned successful companies, such as Aldi and IKEA, as examples to analyze how businesses can leverage simple management methods to eliminate complex and cumbersome approval processes, save labor and costs, achieve results quickly, and maintain sustained success. In other words, this book summarizes and provides a powerful yet simple and actionable method—simple management—and offers detailed analysis, clearly outlining how to achieve simplicity, avoid complexity, while also providing practical guidelines and self-assessment tools.
The book is meticulously structured, with fluent language that combines theory with practice, making it highly beneficial for improving internal management in problem-solving enterprises.
"Perfection is not that nothing can be added, but that nothing can be taken away." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Simplicity is a different path, one that is away from complexity, bureaucracy, and mediocrity. Simple management requires clear goals, trust, courage, and consistency.
"This book is a milestone on the path to correct and good management; it is a warrior fighting against the art of deception in management books." — Professor Folkmund Malik, St. Gallen Management Center, Malik Management Institute
"It is difficult to achieve simplicity because simplicity lacks the impressive elements we value, and only those who truly understand complexity can achieve simplicity. This book tells us that the phrase 'This is really simple!'—whether spoken by our customers or employees—is our best praise. This book also tells us that achieving simplicity depends on courage and healthy human reason. The entire book is simple and clear!" — Wen Wen Wei (wenenwelen), IKEA Regional Manager in Germany
Do you want to know how the German retail giants IKEA and Aldi, renowned worldwide and rivaling Walmart, achieved their success? Do you want to understand the management methods they use to maintain their unchanging position in the field of success? Simple Management has the answers.
Simple Management is a translation of the German text written by Dieter Brandes, a German strategist and organizational consultant, who was once a manager and board member of the international retail giant Aldi Nord. This book takes several internationally renowned successful companies, such as Aldi and IKEA, as examples to analyze how businesses can leverage simple management methods to eliminate complex and cumbersome approval processes, save labor and costs, achieve results quickly, and maintain sustained success. In other words, this book summarizes and provides a powerful yet simple and actionable method—simple management—and offers detailed analysis, clearly outlining how to achieve simplicity, avoid complexity, while also providing practical guidelines and self-assessment tools.
The book is meticulously structured, with fluent language that combines theory with practice, making it highly beneficial for improving internal management in problem-solving enterprises.