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    The Neglected Firm (Review and Analysis of Vasconcellos E. Sa's Book)
    The Neglected Firm (Review and Analysis of Vasconcellos E. Sa's Book)
    The Neglected Firm (Review and Analysis of Vasconcellos E. Sa's Book)
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    The Neglected Firm (Review and Analysis of Vasconcellos E. Sa's Book)

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    The must-read summary of Jorge Vasconcellos E. Sa's book: "The Neglected Firm: Every Manager Must Manage Two Firms: The Present One and the Future One".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Jorge Vasconcellos E. Sa's book "The Neglected Firm" shows that one of the central challenges of management is the need to strike the optimum balance between what a business currently does and what it will need to do to succeed in the future. In his book, the author describes the "eternal dilemma of management" and how this dilemma needs to be solved through the management of present and future firms before the company can achieve good performance. This summary explains exactly how you can do this and will help you to ensure the future success of your business.

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    To learn more, read "The Neglected Firm" and discover how you can follow this new strategic framework for long-lasting performance.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateNov 12, 2014
    ISBN9782511021781
    The Neglected Firm (Review and Analysis of Vasconcellos E. Sa's Book)

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      The Neglected Firm (Review and Analysis of Vasconcellos E. Sa's Book) - BusinessNews Publishing

      Book Presentation: The Neglected Firm by Jorge Vasconcellos e Sa

      Book Abstract

      About the Author

      Important Note About This Ebook

      Summary of The Neglected Firm (Jorge Vasconcellos e Sa)

      1. The Concept of the Future Firm

      2. How to Manage the Future Firm

      3. Organizing the Future Firm

      Book Abstract

      Main Idea

      One of the central challenges of management is the need to strike the optimum balance between what a business currently does and what it will need to do to succeed in the future. Both facets of an operation are important for any business which aspires to excel over the longer term. In many ways, managers have to run the firm which caters to existing clients while simultaneously building a new parallel firm which will cater to the needs of the clients of the future.

      Today, most managers seem to get so caught up in the day-to-day demands of current operations they neglect to plan effectively for the future. Or, to put that differently, managers generally tend to neglect their strategic planning departments, preferring instead to concentrate the majority of their attention on projects which are in the immediate future instead. While this approach may be lauded by Wall Street, it places the company at a potential competitive disadvantage to other enterprises which do a better job of preparing for the future.

      Accordingly, every business manager should pay more attention to strategic planning. The firm of the future, as brought into existence by the strategic planning unit, needs to just as actively managed as is the current business. The potential successes of the future should not be squandered because of the pressing demands of the present. To neglect intelligent business planning

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