If interim management is born during the 70's in Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the discipline is more recent in France with a presence in the French practices since about ten years. This book written by Thomas Starkloff and Christian Briere de La Hosseraye, associates at X-PM Transition Partners, details the attributes of a growing practice and constitutes a true market research.

First, it explains why some companies are ready to hand over the reins of a service, a department, a program or a project to an external manager. The authors have successfully established an "interim management matrix" grouping different types and mode of intervention.

Then, the book shows how men and women decide to give up to a career within a company and choose instead interim management assignments. On this subject, the book is great because of the quality of the many testimonials of these professionals. Finally, to complete the description of this ecosystem, it precise the role of IM service providers.

Le management de transition - Les enjeux d'une pratique en plein développement (in French)
Christian Brière de la Hosseraye, Thomas Starkloff
Éditions Dunod (21 April 2010)
208 pages
ISBN : 978-2100541072

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