Turnaround

Turnaround management is a process dedicated to corporate renewal. It uses analysis and planning to save troubled companies and return them to solvency, and to identify the reasons for failing performance in the market, and rectify them. Turnaround management involves management review, root failure causes analysis, and SWOT analysis to determine why the company is failing. Once analysis is completed, a long term strategic plan and restructuring plan are created. These plans may or may not involve a bankruptcy filing. Once approved, turnaround professionals begin to implement the plan, continually reviewing its progress and make changes to the plan as needed to ensure the company returns to solvency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnaround_management

I took a Turnarounds course in my ColumbiaU MBA program.

• it was taught by John Whitney
  • 1986 book, Taking Charge: Management Guide for Troubled Companies and Turnarounds
  • retired 2003
  • interview 2009
  • died 2013