What Makes a High Performance Organization: Five Factors of Competitive Advantage that Apply Worldwide

by André de Waal

This book will show companies and managers how to achieve better financial results than their competitors over the next 5-10 years by transforming themselves into HPOs: High-Performance OrganizationsIt has been extensively researched by the author, including: (a) review of 292 studies into business high performance and excellence(b) personal survey of close to 2500 organizations throughout the world(c) collection of numerous in-depth case studies of high performing companies representing nearly every continentAs a result of all this research, the book s author Dr. Andre A. de Waal has been able to develop and practice an HPO framework tool on 200 organizations since 2006, both profit and non-profit, even as his research goes on. His insightful conclusions from this work coupled with his intensive research will prove crucial for management decision-makers who seek to dramatically improve their companies. Why is this book is needed now? We are in a severe recession, though the economy has been picking up, growth will continue to be slow for many years to come. This book makes it possible for a company to accelerate its growth. Also, customers worldwide have been growing more demanding and vocal especially as complaints about an organization can now spread like wildfire on the Internet. Thus becoming an HPO ensures a company stays competitive and maintains high levels of customer satisfaction

331 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

As an independent boardroom advisor and researcher, André de Waal PhD, MBA, MSc has advised over 200 global companies on strategic performance management and high performance issues. His consultations with his client companies and professional management associations span five continents including many emerging markets.

André has conducted over five years of scientific research, examining and analyzing 290 international studies and surveying 1,470 profit, non-profit and government organizations in 50 countries. The results of his study into the factors that make and sustain High Performance Organizations are found within the pages of this book.

André de Waal, is Academic Director of the HPO Center, an organization which conducts research into high performance organizations. He is also Associate Professor of High Performance Organizations at the Maastricht School of Management, guest lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam, and visiting fellow at Cranfield University (United Kingdom).

André has published over two hundred fifty articles and twenty-four books. His articles have been published worldwide by British Academy of Management, Business Strategy Series (Emerald), Chief Learning Officer, Leadership Excellence, MSNBC.com, and many more.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent guide for creating a High Performance Organization (HPO).