The Template-based management (TBM) approach has been used since 2003
across the world in diverse contexts. It has evolved hand-in-hand with
the evolution of business: Agile, Blueprints, Canvas, Design Thinking,
or Kanban are only few of the many current concepts based on the
approach. This book expands and upgrades the author's 2003 book
'Template-driven Consulting' (Springer) by tracing this evolution and
offering the current state-of-the-art to practitioners.
TBM combines structure and method: pre-structuring diverse processes, it
helps to present complex activities and procedures in a simple, clear,
and transparent manner and then implement them. The use of TBM ranges
from conception or creative work in agencies to designing organizations
and strategies, planning and monitoring initiatives and projects, to
innovation management and optimizing cost structures, processes, or
entire departments and divisions. The book also demonstrates how
successful organizations use TBM to methodically and structurally apply
the internal know-how in a cost and time-optimal way for attaining
sustainable business success. Readers will learn to apply and use TBM,
identify its importance, and benefit from a variety of case studies that
illustrate the application and use for the entire business and
management practice.