“For every business…systematic, purposeful work on economic tasks and decisions has to become a way of life. What the tasks are and how they might be organized has been the concern of this book.”
Executives are responsible for managing and entrepreneurship. Without management, economic results wither. Without economic results, management is without purpose.
Moreover, for management to maximize economic results, executives must show employees how “to become effective executives.” (226) Employees must learn how to “contribute to economic results.”
(Managing for Results, Conclusion)