The secret of the 'champion's' success - the dual fit

Article Abstract:

Entrepreneurs who operate from within corporations, so-called 'champions', are those executives who come up with the ideas for new products or new technologies and possess the motivation to follow through on the ideas to realize their benefits. Many companies are so anxious to hold on to these executives that they do not consider how well the ideas fit into the overall organization, both in terms of the company fit (the commitment of top management to the ideas) and the marketplace fit (to assure that the products being developed will be successful on the market). The process of criteria-setting to assure that the ideas will truly benefit the organization is described, and the importance of a 'sponsor' for the 'champion' from top management is discussed.

Social aspects, Usage, Executives, Entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, management

---

Wringing some benefits from those dreaded meetings

Article Abstract:

Corporate managers spend much of their time in meetings, and whether the meetings are formal or informal, they represent a considerable cost to organizations. While many of the meetings are arguably unnecessary, it is important that attendees of those that are get as much out of them as possible. Meetings should focus attention on the goals of the organization, involve workers in the decision-making process, promote creativity, develop new ways to look at problems, and increase a manager's power. Several methods for improving the productivity of meetings are described.

Economic aspects, Meetings

---

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: In the shadow of the chaebol. Why Islam is turning violent in Pakistan. In the shadow of the Taliban
• Abstracts: Services and the changing economic base of regions in the United States. Drivers in the Adoption and Sophistication of Database Marketing in the Services Sector
• Abstracts: Deal size rising in the Northwest. How Crown put its seal on a complex deal
• Abstracts: Transport deregulation bears fruit for a Kiwi: developing people and ancillary services. The mobile executive: wheels of fire: cars for today's director
• Abstracts: John Willis: threading a path through the French way of doing business. The Other Banking Revolution: Wholesalers Look at Productivity

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.