Many general managers are faced with this difficult situation at any given moment, if I do not deliver the numbers, top management will invest in our growth. But what it takes to deliver the desired numbers could include layoffs and other adverse decisions. Is it better to retreat short-term solutions and the weather the loss of revenue, or a reduction in the short term to really help deliver long-term results? Looks to fight one general manager to these issues. "Hide
by Clayton M. Christensen, Tara Donovan Source: Harvard Business School 17 pages. Publication Date: 01 Oct 2000. Prod. #: Six hundred and one thousand and sixty-two-PDF-ENG
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