Publisher's Synopsis
All organisations strive for excellence, for improved efficiency. Yet the real 'holy grail' is sustainable excellence - which depends not merely on efficiency, but on increased effectiveness. This book introduces a suite of consistent, interrelated tools and techniques to enhance enterprise effectiveness. The tools can be used in business transformation, enterprise architecture and many other aspects of strategy development and implementation, in every type of enterprise. Topics covered include: - how to use the SEMPER diagnostic to assess the overall 'ability to do work' in any part of the enterprise - and identify automatically what to do about any highlighted areas of concern - how to use SEMPER analysis to review, re-assess and re-purpose the enterprise's strategic assets - how to use SCORE as substitute for SWOT, for quick strategic assessments that are aware of impacts on overall enterprise effectiveness - how to use Five Elements analysis to pre-empt, resolve and reduce role-related conflicts within the enterprise If you want to lead your enterprise to a whole new level of effectiveness, this is one book you'll definitely need.