''Breakthrough Management'' shows how to manage business priorities systematically and effectively. It illustrates how a large part of the competitive advantage of a business stems from improvements in its current operating performance, and the pace of its achievement is the distinctive factor between success and failure. Presenting an original management model, Merili incorporates a Japanese approach (Management by Policies), which can be seen as an extension of TQM techniques.

Author Biography

Giorgio Merli is a Senior Partner with Galgano & Associati, oneof Italy's largest management consulting firms. A graduate engineerwith a master's degree in manufacturing management, he started hiscareer with Philips where he became Manufacturing Director. He hascarried out several reorganisation projects in Italian andmultinational companies and has been particularly involved in theimplementation of Total Quality and Lean Organisation strategies inWestern companies. He is consultant to CEOs of major internationalcompanies and juror for the European Quality Award (EQFM). GiorgioMerli has published numerous articles and is the author of severalbooks, among them. Total Manufacturing Management (1990), TotalQuality Management (1991), Comakership (1992), and is co-author ofBeyond Business Process Reengineering (Wiley, 1995).