Gaining Time

by George Stalk Jr., Thomas M. Hout

Using real-world examples from companies in industries as diverse as high technology, engineering and construction, financial services, health care delivery, retail and government, the authors provide a framework for conducting and managing time-based management (TBM) programmes. They define the main business cycles to be addressed; outline critical project, process and management issues; provide appropriate tools for each phase; and give guidelines on how to manage the relationship between TBM programmes and other current projects within the organization.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1993

About the author

George Stalk Jr. is Senior Partner and Managing Director for The Boston Consulting Group as well as an Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management for the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto. He joined BCG in 1978 and has worked in its Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and Toronto offices. His professional practice focuses on international and time-based competition. He holds a BSEM from the University of Michigan, an MSA&AE MIT and MBA from Harvard Business School. George Stalk Jr. co-authored a best-seller on “time-based” competition, Competing Against Time, and Kaisha: The Japanese Corporation. A somewhat controversial book, Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or to Playing to Win? was published in October of 2004. George Stalk Jr.’s latest book: Memos to the CEO: Strategies in Our Future was published in early 2008. He has also been published in several business publications, including the Harvard Business Review where he has won the McKinsey Award for the best article.