Finding a Common Interest

Informationen zum Autor Lindie Clark spent many hours interviewing Dick Dusseldorp before he passed away in April 2000. She had extensive access to internal company documents in researching this book. She has been heavily involved in public policy and management as both student and practitioner and was the recipient of a Harkness Fellowship to Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1997. Klappentext This important book demonstrates how businesses can operate both profitably and ethically - by finding a common interest between all those involved in their operations. It does so through the example of Dick Dusseldorp! founder of Lend Lease! one of Australia's most admired blue-chip corporations. Arriving in postwar Australia with only one construction contract and a handful of workers on his company's books! Dusseldorp built Lend Lease into a billion-dollar property development and financial services concern. Widely respected for his business success! Dusseldorp was equally well known for his commitment to sharing the fruits of that success with the workers! shareholders and clients of Lend Lease! and the communities where the company conducted its business. Not only does this book tell the story of Lend Lease and its founder! through them it demonstrates how business can be done inclusively - and so provides a workable model for corporate governance. Zusammenfassung This important book demonstrates how corporations can be operated ethically by finding or creating a common interest between all those involved in its operations! including the communities where business takes place. It does so through the example of Dick Dusseldorp! who founded Lend Lease! Australia's most admired blue-chip corporation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Production management: from tendering to design and construction; 2. Labour management: redefining work, employment and industrial relations; 3. Business development: a new approach to wealth creation; 4. Ethical business practice and corporate governance; 5. Organisational overhaul: the acquisition and transformation of the MLC; 6. Creative negotiation: green bans, sewers and strata title; 7. Building communities: from suburbia to the snowfields and back; 8. Building for the future: leaving something behind; Epilogue; Notes; Index....

Klappentext

This important book demonstrates how businesses can operate both profitably and ethically - by finding a common interest between all those involved in their operations. It does so through the example of Dick Dusseldorp, founder of Lend Lease, one of Australia’s most admired blue-chip corporations. Arriving in postwar Australia with only one construction contract and a handful of workers on his company’s books, Dusseldorp built Lend Lease into a billion-dollar property development and financial services concern. Widely respected for his business success, Dusseldorp was equally well known for his commitment to sharing the fruits of that success with the workers, shareholders and clients of Lend Lease, and the communities where the company conducted its business. Not only does this book tell the story of Lend Lease and its founder, through them it demonstrates how business can be done inclusively - and so provides a workable model for corporate governance.

Zusammenfassung
This important book demonstrates how corporations can be operated ethically by finding or creating a common interest between all those involved in its operations, including the communities where business takes place. It does so through the example of Dick Dusseldorp, who founded Lend Lease, Australia's most admired blue-chip corporation.

Inhalt
Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Production management: from tendering to design and construction; 2. Labour management: redefining work, employment and industrial relations; 3. Business development: a new approach to wealth creation; 4. Ethical business practice and corporate governance; 5. Organisational overhaul: the acquisition and transformation of the MLC; 6. Creative negotiation: green bans, sewers and strata title; 7. Building communities: from suburbia to the snowfields and back; 8. Building for the future: leaving something behind; Epilogue; Notes; Index.