“…the problem of growth is largely one of management attitude, the requirement for successful growth is primarily the ability of management drastically to change its basic attitudes and behavior.”
Business size is the focus of this chapter. Drucker describes the problems and requirements of “four stages of business size.” His main argument is that attitudes, behavior, and organizational structure determine size.
Drucker explains the primary problems of small and large businesses and what is required for growth. He provides case studies and solutions from America’s most successful companies.
An executive should ask: What is our management structure? What should it be? What attitudes and behaviors are stopping growth? What behavior and structure are needed to grow the business?
(The Practice of Management, chapter 18)