TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mills, John
TI  - Competing through competences
T2  - Strategy and performance
SN  - 9780521750301
U1  - 658.4012 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Performance--Management
KW  - Core competencies
KW  - Organizational effectiveness
N1  - able of Contents
When should I use this book?
How to use this book
1. Practical competence and resource frameworks
2. Awareness - what does success look like?
3. Matching problems to analysis methods
4. Insight - what focus and scope is appropriate?
5. Insight - where are these resources?
6. Insight - how important are they?
7. Building a resource/competence base
8. Measuring resource and competence development
9. Closing thoughts
N2  - In a world where customers are fickle and markets change overnight, you need to be ready to move rapidly when opportunities or threats arise. This book helps you to understand your organization's potential, its capabilities and limitations, so when new challenges appear, you'll know how to manage your resources effectively to take advantage of them. It will show you how to build a more sustainable competitive advantage by revealing the techniques that underlie your firm's strategy, and explaining how to improve and manage these resources to reinforce your strengths and ameliorate your weaknesses. Written for managers of small to medium sized businesses and industry consultants, this book also forms part of a three-volume set covering business strategy, performance, and competencies.

Step-by-step guide to developing and implementing strategy for manufacturing organisations
Developed by the Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing with major industrial clients
Part of three volume set covering business strategy, performance and competencies
ER  -