Download or read book Guide to the Management Gurus 5th Edition written by Carol Kennedy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth edition of the original, best-selling guide to the ideas of leading management thinkers. The ten additional full-length entries range from classic gurus such as Henry Gantt and the Gilbreth time-and-motion pioneers to the latest thinkers influencing 21st-century business, including Clayton Christensen, master of innovation theory, and Karen Stephenson with her ground-breaking insights into human networks. The lives and work of more than 55 gurus are covered in clear and accessible style, along with penetrating analysis of their ideas and influence on management. Guide to the Management Gurus has sold around the world since its first publication in 1991, and has been translated into more than 15 languages, including Russian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
Download or read book Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus written by Tim Hindle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good management is a precious commodity in the corporate world. Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus is a straight-forward manual on the most innovative management ideas and the management gurus who developed them. The earlier edition, Guide to Management Ideas, presented the most significant ideas that continue to underpin business management. This new book builds on those ideas and adds detailed biographies of the people who came up with them-the most influential business thinkers of the past and present. Topics covered include: Active Inertia, Disruptive Technology, Genchi Genbutsu (Japanese for "Go and See for Yourself"), The Halo Effect, The Long Tail, Skunkworks, Tipping Point, Triple Bottom Line, and more. The management gurus covered include: Dale Carnegie, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Philip Kotler, Michael Porter, Tom Peters, and many others.
Download or read book Guide to the Management Gurus written by Carol Kennedy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2002 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling guide to the works and theories of leading management thinkers covers over forty-five influential gurus, ranging from pioneers to today's stars of the lecture circuit.It has been sold around the world since its first publication in 1991 and has been translated into eight languages.This new edition is revised and updated throughout and includes five new gurus. The theories of each of the total of forty- five gurus are covered succinctly and clearly, with an analysis of the importance of their ideas and how influential they are likely to be.
Download or read book The Guru Guide written by Joseph H. Boyett and published by . This book was released on 1998-04-30 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Guru Guide" provides enough information to help business people understand the essence of current management practices--and to implement them--by offering a summary of each practice as well as insights into what other leaders think and what some companies are actually doing.
Download or read book Guide to the Management Gurus written by Carol Kennedy and published by Random House Business Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of a Tudor maverick and poetic genius whose life - full of swashbuckling derring-do and courageous defiance - sheds new light on the reign and personality of Henry VIII.
Download or read book Guide to the Management Gurus written by Carol Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2001-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular guide to the works and theories of leading management thinkers, for those interested in the evolution of the ideas that have shaped our business culture - from scientific management to employee participation, core competencies and the learning organization.
Download or read book Gurus on Leadership written by Mark Thomas and published by Thorogood Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-stop guide to the world's key writers on leadership, their thought and contribution. It includes: an update of the recent themes and issues that dominate the leadership agenda; a listing of the main gurus from Adair to Sun Tzu, their main concepts and approaches; a quick guide to some of the world's current and recent business leaders; and a compendium of leadership checklists for developing skills and competencies. Gurus include: John Adair, Warren Bennis, Robert Blake, Jane Mouton, Ken Blanchard, Peter Drucker, Daniel Goleman, Chris Keeble, Nicolo Machiavelli, Douglas McGregor, John Kotter, Manfred Kets de Vries, James M Kouzes, Barry Posner, David McClelland, W. J. Reddin Tannenbaum; Schmidt Leadership Continuum; and Abraham Zalenik.
Download or read book Thriving on Chaos written by Tom Peters and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1988-11-30 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestseller that offers prescriptions for an economic world turned upside down. A New York Times bestseller for eleven months.
Download or read book The Guru Guide written by Boyett and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management written by Alan Murray and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management offers “Lasting Lessons from the Best Leadership Minds of Our Time.” Compiled by Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal, this is the definitive guide to how to be a successful manager from the world’s most respected business publication—an indispensible handbook for new managers and veterans alike, providing solid business strategies to help them put their best ideas to work.
Download or read book Management Guide written by Joseph H. Boyett and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Leader s Guide to Radical Management written by Stephen Denning and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical new management model for twenty-first century leaders Organizations today face a crisis. The crisis is of long standing and its signs are widespread. Most proposals for improving management address one element of the crisis at the expense of the others. The principles described by award-winning author Stephen Denning simultaneously inspire high productivity, continuous innovation, deep job satisfaction and client delight. Denning puts forward a fundamentally different approach to management, with seven inter-locking principles of continuous innovation: focusing the entire organization on delighting clients; working in self-organizing teams; operating in client-driven iterations; delivering value to clients with each iteration; fostering radical transparency; nurturing continuous self-improvement and communicating interactively. In sum, the principles comprise a new mental model of management. Author outlines the basic seven principles of continuous innovation The book describes more than seventy supporting practices Denning offers a rethinking of management from first principles This book is written by the author of The Secret Language of Leadership—a Financial Times Selection in Best Books of 2007.
Download or read book The Success Gurus written by Andrew Clancy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insightful and easy-to-read summaries of fifteen great books. There are dozens of leadership and career books published every year, each promising a different path to success. How are readers expected to get the information they need without reading every one of them? Soundview Executive Book Summaries has developed a reputation for being the premier business book selection service in the country. Each month Soundview editors select and summarize the best books so that readers can get a better idea of what's out there and which books will give them an edge. Soundview follows up its previous books (The Marketing Gurus, The Management Gurus, and The Sales Gurus) with this collection of fifteen synopses of definitive books from authors who know the challenges of having a great career. They include Daniel Pink, Seth Godin, Stephen R. Covey, and Marchall Goldsmith. Two of the summaries have never been published. Each book is represented by main points, key examples, best quotes, and more.
Download or read book The Ultimate Business Guru Guide written by Stuart Crainer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-05-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seemingly endless parade of consultants, academics and journalists continue to pontificate about management, leadership and the dream of the perfect organization. But only a tiny fraction have really changed the way business works. These are the gurus. In this new edition of worldwide bestseller, The Ultimate Business Guru Book, the authors have assembled the greatest business gurus in a unique, one-stop guide. The book keeps business leaders ahead of double-speaking colleagues and consultants by bringing them rapidly up to speed with the very best that the world's business thinkers currently have to offer.
Download or read book Get Organized written by Frank Buck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s world, we’re often overwhelmed by our digital devices, stacks of paper, and constant interruptions. Get Organized! outlines a complete organizational system for the busy school leader. Providing you with simple tools and techniques to bring order and control to your personal and professional life, this book will increase your productivity and decrease your stress. With Get Organized! you can spend your time on what matters most—your school and your students. Special Features: Includes easy to implement ideas, at little or no cost—you can start right away! Each chapter contains practical tips and tools, listing exactly what to do in order to implement the strategy. This entirely updated edition provides digital strategies and tips for thriving in the Information Age.
Download or read book Managing with the Gurus written by Carol Kennedy and published by Random House Business Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each chapter of Managing with the Gurus deals with one of 20 key managerial functions, from business re-engineering to quality control. Excerpts from the most important books on the topic are included, and the book also contains a Gurus Who's Who.
Download or read book The Heretic s Guide to Best Practices written by Paul Culmsee and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to solving complex problems, we often perform elaborate rituals in the guise of best practices that promise a world of order, certainty, and control. But reality paints a far different picture, which practitioners are often reluctant to discuss. A witty yet rigorous journey through the seedy underbelly of organisational problem solving, The Heretics Guide to Best Practices pinpoints the reasons why best practices dont work as advertised and what can be done about it. Hugely enjoyable, deeply reflective, and intensely practical. This book is about weaving human artistry and improvisation, with appropriate methods and technologies, in order to pool collective intelligence and wisdom under pressure. Simon Buckingham Shum, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, UK This is a terrific piece of work: important, insightful, and very entertaining. Culmsee and Awati have produced a refreshing take on the problems that plague organisations... If youre trying to deal with wicked problems in your organisation, then drop everything and read this book. Tim Van Gelder, Principal Consultant, Austhink Consulting
