“I would like to promote the concept of a partnership of insurance companies, physicians and hospitals in deploying a basic framework for an electronic medical records system that is affordable.” CompanyRecordsConceptsMedicalHospitalsPartnershipPhysiciansFrameworkAffordableInsurance CompaniesDeployingMedical Records Author:Samuel Wilson
“"Value added" is a meaningless concept for a retail business , for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not primarily engaged in manufacturing.” ValuesCompanyConceptsEngagedMeaninglessManufacturingRetailInsurance CompaniesRetail Business Author:Peter Drucker
“Bring on those tired, labor-plagued, competition-weary companies and ESOP will breathe new life into them. They will find ESOP better than Geritol. It will revitalize what is wrong with capitalism. It will increase productivity. It will improve labor relations. It will promote economic justice. It will save the economic system. It will make our form of government and our concept of freedom prevail over those who don't agree with us.” WisdomGovernmentFormPoliticsJusticeCompanyEconomyEconomicConceptsCapitalismLaborIncreaseRelationAgreeTiredCompetitionBreatheProductivityLiberalismWearyNew LifeForms Of GovernmentEconomic SystemsEconomic JusticeEsops Author:Russell B. Long
“To make HP a great company once again, we need more than competitive costs and operational efficiency. We're in the process of assessing and refining our growth strategy, and the same concepts that were behind our operational changes will be at work here: simplicity, focus, alignment, and execution.” NeedsProcessGrowthBehindsCompanyFocusCostConceptsStrategySimplicityExecutionEfficiencyAlignmentRefiningGreat CompanyAssessing Author:Bill Vaughan
“Most companies spend all their time looking for another management concept and very little time following up the one they have just taught their managers.” LittlesCompanyTaughtConceptsManagementFollowingManagersLittle Time Author:Ken Blanchard
“I have told our senior executives that I will slaughter holy cows if it benefits the company's long-term success. When we asked ourselves whether Formula 1 still matched the concept of a sustainable company, the clear answer was no.” IfsLongStillsTermAnswersCompanyClearHolyBenefitsConceptsLong TermExecutivesFormulasCowsSeniorSlaughterMatchedFormula 1Long Term Success Author:Norbert Reithofer
“You can build the most important companies in history with a very simple to describe concept. You can market products in less than 50 characters. There is no reason why you can't build your company the same way. So force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do. Basically take out that red and start eliminating stuff.” WayImportantReasonCharacterForceStuffSimpleCompanyProductsConceptsRedMarketingReason WhyNo ReasonInitiativeSimplifyEliminating Author:Keith Rabois
“I've always loved the beauty world. Ever since I was a child, I looked at magazines and wore fragrances and tried out samples and sets. I worked at Clinique in the creative department for a summer during high school. And when I graduated from university, I worked at Prescriptives. My uncle [Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder Companies] smartly had wanted me to go into a small brand - to figure out what part of the company I loved. I discovered I was passionate about the creative process, the product development, creating a concept around a fragrance or lipstick.” WorldChildrenWantedSchoolProcessCompanyCreativeFiguresProductsDevelopmentSummerCreatingHigh SchoolConceptsUniversityPassionateMagazinesBrandsDepartmentCreative ProcessUnclesFragranceChairmanLipstickSampleProduct Development Author:Aerin Lauder