Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic: Inside One of The World's Most Admired Service Organizations - Couverture rigide

Berry, Leonard; Seltman, Kent

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ISBN 10 : 0071590730 ISBN 13 : 9780071590730

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008

Synopsis

Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic Offers an inside look at the Mayo Clinic. This work explains how "Putting the needs of the patient first" is more than just the Clinic's motto, but an operating principle that guides various management decisions. It shows how to apply that principle to expand your business' customer base and earn fierce, undivided customer loyalty. Full description

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Prescriptions for Service Success

“Quite possibly the most important management book to appear in more than a decade…essential reading for the leaders of any type of organization.”-Gerald Zaltman, PhD, author of How Customers Think

“This book reads like a thriller taking you into the heart of a great organization and peeling off, layer by layer, the secrets of creating incomparable performance for your customers and your partners. It should be read by everyone in business.”-Philip Kotler, Ph.D., S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

“A landmark. Through deep study, respectful listening, and eloquent reporting, the authors connect 'service success' to the very core of healthcare's mission and to the very soul of the healthcare workforce.”-Donald M. Berwick, M.D., MPP, president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

“This book is an essential read for those managing labor-intensive, highly interactive service businesses, and offers thought provoking guidance to anyone seeking to build a customer-focused culture.”-George Day, Ph.D., Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor and codirector, Mack Center for Technological Innovation, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

“Berry and Seltman have now defined a new gold standard for service with their extraordinary assessments of the prestigious Mayo Clinic's service culture and management.”-James D. Rogers, chairman/CEO, Kampgrounds of America Inc.

“An extraordinary book that provides wonderful lessons in how to build and sustain service excellence in any business organization. It also offers superb insights on how unshakable core values can drive a successful culture.”-Stephen W. Brown, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Services Leadership, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Présentation de l'éditeur

Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic reveals for the first time how this complex service organization fosters a culture that exceeds customer expectations and earns deep loyalty from both customers and employees. Service business authority Leonard Berry and Mayo Clinic marketing administrator Kent Seltman explain how the Clinic implements and maintains its strategy, adheres to its management system, executes its care model, and embraces new knowledge - invaluable lessons for managers and service providers of all industries.

Drs. Berry and Seltman had the rare opportunity to study Mayo Clinic's service culture and systems from the inside by conducting personal interviews with leaders, clinicians, staff, and patients, as well as observing hundreds of clinician-patient interactions. The result is a book about how the Clinic's business concept produces stellar clinical results, organizational efficiency, and interpersonal service.

By examining the operating principles that guide every management decision at this legendary healthcare institution, the authors

• Demonstrate how a great service brand evolves from the core values that nourish and protect it
• Extrapolate instructive business lessons that apply outside healthcare
• Illustrate the benefits of pooling talent and encouraging teamwork
• Relate historical events and perspectives to the present-day Mayo Clinic
• Share inspiring stories from staff and patients

An innovative analysis of this exemplary institution, Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic presents a proven prescription for creating sustainable service excellence in any organization.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071590730
• ISBN 13: 9780071590730
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 312