Bengt Karlöf – författare

I utvecklingen av styrelsearbetet har Styrelseakademien spelat en viktig roll, inte minst för medelstora och mindre företag och organisationer. I förskjutningen mot de affärsmässiga komponenterna i styrelsearbetet tar Styrelseakademien ett initiativ i form av samverkan vid tillkomsten av denna handledning för styrelsen och strategiarbetet. I boken presenterar jag en struktur för styrelserollen i företagens och organisationernas strategiarbete kompletterat med basala kunskaper inom strategi som utgör en väsentlig komponent i management, dvs styrning, ledning och strategi.

"Book of the month": Learn from and with others. Now it has finally arrived - the book BENCHLEARNING. An important part of the book deals with the pre-conditions for grown-ups to learn in work life. Benchlearning combines operations and the human element in a win/win-situation. The employers achieve increased efficiency and the employees attain a richer work life. The book contains both the theories in management and pedagogics as well as practical examples from actual projects. Benchlearning change peoples mind-set towards increased awareness and a higher degree of participation and renewal.Chef "Management issues mostly focus on the executive perspective. The authors instead emphasise the role of the employees and Benchlearning as a method to develop the "learning organisation". There is substantial new pedagogical thinking and the book constitutes a good example of creative innovation in Swedish management thinking."Dagens Industri Following the success of his previous book, Benchmarking - A Signpost to Excellence in Quality Productivity, Bengt Karlöf creates a new concept - Benchlearning - by combining the practical technique of benchmarking with the more abstract ideas of Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning. Benchlearning details a completely new way of thinking which provides insights, methods and tools which deal with the continually increasing importance of the human element in organisational development, acknowledges existing theories of knowledge formation and provides case histories (such as Ericsson) and methods with which these new Benchlearning concepts can be applied. The main feature of the book is how to combine efficiency with organisational learning. Using examples from different organisations Benchlearning shows how to monitor efficiency, provide inspiration for a development drive, and illustrate how people's attitudes can be influenced. This emphasis on learning from other people's experience is a key point for successful development. The application of the authors concepts promotes a win-win-win situation - Employee performance improves as they learn to develop, customers gain more value and choice and owners benefit from a more competitive organisation. This book provides the next step in benchmarking.

In the industrialized world, it is widely accepted that a free market leads to greater efficiency in terms of productivity and cost. But how can competition be introduced into situations where for example alternative suppliers cannot be used? Benchmarking provides an effective substitute for competition. Benchmarking is a continuous, systematic process for comparing your own efficiency in terms of productivity, quality and practices with those companies and organizations that represent excellence. It has been demonstrated to have a profound effect in numerous situations where conditions of a 'planned economy' exist.Benchmarking: A Signpost to Excellence in Quality and Productivity explains the concept of efficiency and how benchmarking can be utilized to improve performance. The authors identify three categories of benchmarking: Internal: between units of an organizationExternal: between competitorsFunctional: equivalent operations in different organizationsTo set up your own project, the book provides a step-by-step guide through the following essential stages: Deciding what to benchmarkIdentifying benchmarking partnersGathering and analyzing informationImplementing for effectThis is a must have book for any organization embarking on the Benchmarking process.

The Benchmarking Workbook will do exactly what the title suggestsmake it easier for you to put theory into practice. It is a"do-it-yourself" guide to benchmarking. Benchmarking methods aresimple, easy to grasp, and universal everyone can do it! But manypeople suffer from unclear frames of reference, impossibledeadlines, inadequate budgets, unexplained expectations; even whenthese obstacles are overcome, the greatest danger is becomingswamped by detail. This is where the Benchmarking Workbook willprove to be a major ally. If you are on a benchmarking team, youwill find that this workbook is a tool to help get at the practicalaspects; aspects with which books of theory just cannot cope. Itincludes* examples from actual cases* self-diagnostic "what to do" sections* forms, checklists and questionnairesThe Benchmarking Workbook helps you* organize your research* clarify your thinking* prioritize your findingsThe Benchmarking Workbook has been developed by Karlof andPartners. It is the practical companion to the original bookBenchmarking: A Signpost to Excellence in Quality and Productivityby Bengt Karlof and Svante Ostblom, published by John Wiley &Sons.

In the industrialized world, it is widely accepted that a free market leads to greater efficiency in terms of productivity and cost. But how can competition be introduced into situations where for example alternative suppliers cannot be used? Benchmarking provides an effective substitute for competition. Benchmarking is a continuous, systematic process for comparing your own efficiency in terms of productivity, quality and practices with those companies and organizations that represent excellence. It has been demonstrated to have a profound effect in numerous situations where conditions of a 'planned economy' exist.Benchmarking: A Signpost to Excellence in Quality and Productivity explains the concept of efficiency and how benchmarking can be utilized to improve performance. The authors identify three categories of benchmarking: Internal: between units of an organizationExternal: between competitorsFunctional: equivalent operations in different organizationsTo set up your own project, the book provides a step-by-step guide through the following essential stages: Deciding what to benchmarkIdentifying benchmarking partnersGathering and analyzing informationImplementing for effectThis is a must have book for any organization embarking on the Benchmarking process.

ReOrganization has been written as a practical guide for anyone faced with organizing a business. Because every organization situation is unique, the reader should be familiar with a number of conceptual models and tools which can be of help when creating a theory for a particular situation. As consultants and businessmen, as well as through the elaboration of certain methods, the authors have developed a sense of what is important in the work of shaping or redesigning an organization. This book will therefore be of interest to anyone on the point of realising a development in their organization and wishing to know how this can best be accomplished most effectively and successfully.

Because every organization situation is unique, the reader should be familiar with a number of conceptual models and tools which can be of help when creating a theory for a particular situation.

Management är ett kunskapsområde som sträcker sig över en bred palett av akademiska discipliner. Ett problem med den ­akademiska utbildningen är att den är inriktad på en viss del av detta breda område. Ju mer man läser desto smalare del av en komplex helhet specialiserar man sig på till man så småningom disputerar.Management är sålunda inte en akademisk disciplin utan en professionell roll och kunskapsbasen spänner över ett vitt fält av kunskapselement. Den rikliga förekomsten av managementansvar, i Sverige nu ca 30 % av den yrkesverksamma befolkningen, gör det önskvärt med vidareutbildning inom detta viktiga område. Vare sig man är ingenjör, biolog eller medicinare kommer man med stor sannolikhet att få ett ansvar för att ”leda, styra och utveckla” en verksamhet.Boken ger en överblick över detta vida och komplexa kunskaps­område genom att definiera, förklara och exemplifiera ca 250 begrepp och modeller inom området – i syfte att läsaren själv ska gräva djupare där behov finns

Effektivitet, bättre - billigare - snabbare Effektivitet kan sägas vara nyckeln till all framgångrik verksamhet, och är enligt författaren företagsekonomins saknade kärna. En viktig fråga för alla i ledande ställning inom såväl näringsliv som förvaltning är därför: Hur vet du att din verksamhet är effektiv? Svaret kräver både kunskap och medvetenhet om effektivitetsbegreppet. I boken beskriver och klargör författaren med hjälp av en mängd exempel hur man rent praktiskt arbetar med effektivitet i olika sammanhang. Kravet på effektivitet genomsyrar i dag samhällslivet på ett helt annat sätt än för bara ett par decennier sedan. Budgetrestriktioner inom EU samt åtstramningar, som även drabbar ideella organisationer, fackföreningar m.m., gör att kraven på resultat i olika former i allt högre grad relateras till de resurser som används. Utgångspunkten för existensen av all organiserad verksamhet blir en aktuell fråga inte bara i företag som har resultaträkningen som synligt bevis på sin effektivitet utan även i andra delar av samhällslivet.