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The Pareto Principle--in Koch''s words, "a minority of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead [s] to a majority of the results, outputs, or rewards" --is hardly new; Vilfredo Pareto discovered it in 1897. But London-based investor, entrepreneur, and author Koch traces Pareto''s insight through the past century (George K. Zipf, Joseph M. Juran, IBM and other computer firms) and adds a bit of chaos theory to make the 80/20 principle a way of life. He spells out essential characteristics of "80/20 analysis" and "80/20 thinking," then explores application of this "Vital Few" approach, first in business, then in achieving personal success and happiness. Koch closes with a chapter on the social implications of the Pareto Principle, urging that this predictable imbalance between inputs and outputs is "not inherently right wing," and that steps such as spreading best practices in education to all students and giving those currently excluded from the market economy a stake in the game would generate less inequality as well as greater productivity. Mary Carroll --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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How anyone can be more effective with less effort by learning how to identify and leverage the 80/20 principle--the well-known, unpublicized secret that 80 percent of all our results in business and in life stem from a mere 20 percent of our efforts.
The 80/20 principle is one of the great secrets of highly effective people and organizations.
Did you know, for example, that 20 percent of customers account for 80 percent of revenues? That 20 percent of our time accounts for 80 percent of the work we accomplish? The 80/20 Principle shows how we can achieve much more with much less effort, time, and resources, simply by identifying and focusing our efforts on the 20 percent that really counts. Although the 80/20 principle has long influenced today's business world, author Richard Koch reveals how the principle works and shows how we can use it in a systematic and practical way to vastly increase our effectiveness, and improve our careers and our companies.
The unspoken corollary to the 80/20 principle is that little of what we spend our time on actually counts. But by concentrating on those things that do, we can unlock the enormous potential of the magic 20 percent, and transform our effectiveness in our jobs, our careers, our businesses, and our lives. 作者简介
Richard Koch, who is based in London, is a highly successful entrepreneur and investor who has also worked in the United States with Bain & Company and the Boston Consulting Group. He rescued the Filofax company from near death and has started several restaurants.
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"The Pareto Principle--in Koch''s words, "a minority of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead [s] to a majority of the results, outputs, or rewards" --is hardly new; Vilfredo Pareto discovered it in 1897. But London-based investor, entrepreneur, and author Koch traces Pareto''s insight through the past century (George K. Zipf, Joseph M. Juran, IBM and other computer firms) and adds a bit of chaos theory to make the 80/20 principle a way of life. He spells out essential characteristics of "80/20 analysis" and "80/20 thinking," then explores application of this "Vital Few" approach, first in business, then in achieving personal success and happiness. Koch closes with a chapter on the social implications of the Pareto Principle, urging that this predictable imbalance between inputs and outputs is "not inherently right wing," and that steps such as spreading best practices in education to all students and giving those currently excluded from the market economy a stake in the game would generate less inequality as well as greater productivity."
--Booklist
目录
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: OVERTURE
1 Welcome to the 80/20 Principle
2 How to Think 80/20
PART TWO:CORPORATE SUCCESS NEEDN'T BE A MYSTERY
3 The Underground Cult
4 Why Your Strategy Is Wrong
5 Simple Is Beautiful
6 Hooking the Right Customers
7 The Top Ten Business Uses of the 80/20 Principle
8 The Vital Few Give Success to You
PART THREE: WORK LESS,EARN AND ENJOY MORE
9 Being Free
10 Time Revolution
11 You Can Always Get What You Want
12 With a Little Help from Our Friends
13 Intelligent and Lazy
14 Money, Money, Money
15 The Seven Habits of Happiness
PART FOUR: CRESCENDO
16 Progress Regained
Notes and References
Index
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