There are growing numbers of websites, books and other items of special interest to people wishing to remove complexity and generally simplify their businesses. Websites
Bill Jensen's website contains a host of information about the concepts of simpler work and is recommended reading for anyone wanting new ideas on simpler work. Edgeware provides just-in-time, action-learning business education for entrepreneurs based on the social values Make Money - Have Fun - Change the World. David Brewster has published a book on the subject of business simplification and delivers a regular newsletter in addition to his management services. Ashley Munro Business Advisors are the developers of the Financial X-Ray, a very simple reporting format of financial performance for small & medium businesses. Matthews Steer Chartered Accountants provide Stories in Numbers and regularly hold the Institute's Business Focus workshops for their clients. Books Günter Rommel et al., Simplicity wins: How Germany's mid-sized industrial companies succeed, McKinsey & Company by arrangement with Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart, 1995, p. 204. De Bono, Simplicity, Penguin Books, 1999. Bill Jensen, Simplicity, Harper Collins Publishers, Hammersmith, UK, 2000. James P. Womack & Daniel T. Jones, Lean Thinking (Revised and Updated), Free Press, New York, USA, 2003. Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle (Revised Edition), Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London, UK & Santa Rosa, USA, 1998. Michael Hammer & James Champy, Re-engineering the Corporation (Updated), Harper Collins, New York, USA, 2001. James Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds, Abacus, London, UK, 2004. Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice, Harper Collins, New York, 2004. James Champy, Re-engineering Management, Harper Collins Publishers, Hammersmith, UK, 1995. Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989. Jim Collins, Good to Great, Random House Business Books, London, UK, 2001. Eliyahu Goldratt, Theory of Constraints, North River Press 1999. Michael George & Stephen Wilson, Conquering Complexity in Your Business, McGraw Hill, 2004. Articles Carroll Dean Murphy, Simplification as a Business Policy and Procedure, The Journal of Business of the University of Chicago, Oct 1943; 16, 4; ABI/INFORM Global. Murray Davey, How to Turn a Business Around, Business Directions, Issue 30, 1990, p 28. |
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