Practice-oriented future planning for SMEs Future management in SMEs explained in a scientifically sound manner With concrete assistance for pragmatic in-house solutions

Autorentext
Heino Hilbig, management consultant and keynote speaker, worked for almost 30 years in technology-driven companies, dealing with innovation management and strategies for marketing and sales. Two more of his management related books have also been published by Springer Gabler.

Inhalt
Foreword by Olaf Mergili, CEO of Microplex Printware AG.- Management in medium-sized companies as a bottleneck?.- How innovative are medium-sized companies?.- About the (in)probability of being able to predict the future: Typical thinking errors, the role of chance in planning and why waiting is nevertheless not a serious option.- What SMEs can learn from other companies - or not (cases): the deep fall, tunnel vision, retreat instead of innovation, making the future an issue.- Preparing for the future: evolution - revolution - disruption?.- The swarm, the swarm bird and the consultant.- Ten steps to your own vision of the future.- Process and workshop design: a do-it-yourself guide.- Encore: The future process as a basis for crisis management.
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