Growing pains : how to make the transition from an entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm

Abstract

Introduction: The Transitions Needed to Keep a Growing Firm Successful Part One: A Framework for Developing Successful Organizations 1. How to Build Successful Companies: The Pyramid of Organizational Development 2. Identifying and Surviving the First Four Stages of Organizational Growth 3. Recognizing Growing Pains and Assessing the Need for Change Part Two: Management Strategies for Each Stage of Organizational Growth 4. The New Venture and Expansion Stages 5. The Professionalizing Stage: Developing Management Systems 6. The Consolidation Stage: Managing the Corprate Culture Part Three: Mastering the Tools of Professional Management 7. Strategic Planning 8. Organizational Structure 9. Management Development 10. Organizational Control Systems 11. Effective Leadership Corporate Culture Management Part Four: Role of the Entrepeneur in a Growing and Changing Company Managing the Advanced Stages of Growth: A Preview of Future Challenges The Transition CEOs Must Make to Survive Beyond the Entrepreneurial Stage.