Enterprise Growth Strategy: Vision, Planning and Execution

Even during economic downturns businesses have to grow to survive and compete in domestic and international markets. There is always a need to plan for future growth.Enterprise Growth Strategy presents the total process of a growth strategy. Dr Kumar, is an engineer who entered the academic world following a long career in manufacturing business and has since taught almost every aspect of business and management. The 'growth strategy' concept he has developed is comprehensive and manifestly practical.

Dr. Dhirendra Kumar is Senior Extension Engineer at North Carolina State University in the USA. He has worked as an engineer, technical adviser and program manager for Outboard Marine, John Deere, Pratt and Whiney, and Pitney Bowes. Since turning to academia, Dr. Kumar has been a researcher, senior lecture, and a visiting and adjunct professor, holding different posts at the Universities of lowa, Nebraska, Hartford, Central Connecticut and New Haven. He has written books, instructional manuals, and many conference papers and is a member of a number of advisory boards and scholarship committees. In his current role he advises graduate students on industrial projects and leads projects in organization external to his university. Dr. Kumar is also developing and taping courses for distance learning on topics, such as Enterprise Growth Strategy, Resources Transformation, and Continuous Improvement.