Guide To Management Ideas And Gurus

Author : Tim Hindle
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781846681080
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Tim Hindle
Publisher : Economist Books
ISBN 13 : 9781846686078
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus written by Tim Hindle and published by Economist Books. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful guide, which has proven hugely popular around the world in hardback, not only includes the most significant ideas that have influenced the management of business over the past century, but it also includes entries on the most influential business thinkers of the past and present. Entries on ideas include: Active Inertia; Disruptive Technology; Genchi Genbutsu (Japanese for "Go and See for Yourself"); The Halo Effect; The Long Tail; Pareto Principle ; Six Sigma;, Skunkworks; SWOT analysis; Thin Slicing; Tipping Point; Triple Bottom Line.

Author : Brad Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134534833
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management Gurus and Management Fashions written by Brad Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s, popular management thinkers, ‘gurus’, have promoted a number of performance improvement programs and management fashions which have greatly influenced both the everyday conduct of organizational life and the preoccupations of academic researchers. This book provides a rhetorical critique of the management guru and management fashion phenomenon, building on the important theoretical progress that has recently been made by a small, but growing band of management researchers. Fantasy theme analysis, a dramatically-based method of rhetorical criticism, is conducted to critique three of the most important management fashions to have emerged during the 1990s: * the re-engineering movement promoted by Michael Hammer and James Champy * the effectiveness movement led by Stephen Covey * the learning organization movement inspired by Peter Senge and his colleagues. In addition to its rhetorical and empirical contributions, this book stimulates a much-needed critical dialogue between practitioners and academics on the sources of the underlying appeal of management gurus and management fashions, and their effect upon the quality of management and organizational learning.

Author : Adrian Wooldridge
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062096729
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masters of Management written by Adrian Wooldridge and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, having completed a two-year research study, longtime Economist journalists and editors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge published The Witch Doctors, an explosive critique of management theory and its legions of evangelists and followers. The book became a bestseller, widely praised by reviewers and devoured by readers confused by the buzzwords and concepts the management “industry” creates. At the time, ideas about “reengineering,” “the search for excellence,” “quality,” and “chaos” both energized and haunted the world of business, just as “the long tail,” “black swans,” “the tipping point,” “the war for talent,” and “corporate responsibility” do today. For decades, since the rise of MBA programs on campuses across the country, the field of management has operated in a dubious space. Many of its framers clamor for respect within the academy while making millions of dollars pedaling ideas, some brilliant and some nonsensical, in speeches, consulting arrangements, and books. Although The Witch Doctors was a damning critique (“a scalpel job,” according to the Wall Street Journal), it also argued that much of management theory is valuable—making companies more effi-cient and productive, improving organizational life for workers, and providing sound ways for companies to innovate while defending more entrenched plans. Building upon all that made the original such a phenomenal success, this fully revised and updated edition, Masters of Management, takes into account the rise of the Internet, the growing power of emerging markets, the Great Recession of 2008, and the more recent developments in management theory. The result is an indispensable volume for any manager.

Author : Joseph H. Boyett
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471380542
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guru Guide written by Joseph H. Boyett and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great way for busy business professionals to acquaint themselves with today's most important management trends The Guru Guide is for businesspeople who need to keep abreast of the latest trends in management, but who simply don't have the time to read every book that hits the business bestseller list. Written by authors who are themselves internationally respected business authors and consultants, it provides you with concise yet penetrating discussions of the best of today's thinking on management and leadership. A quick, easy way to improve your business literacy, The Guru Guide: * Distills and demystifies essential terms, concepts, and theories of today's top consultants and management thinkers * Profiles more than 75 top names in management, including Warren Bennis, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Michael Hammer, Peter Senge, and Margaret Wheatley * Explores the categories of leadership, managing change, the learning organization, teamwork, strategy, managing and motivating people, and more * Cross-links important ideas to provide a clearer picture of which issues the gurus agree on and which ones they don't * Provides insightful commentaries along with real-world case studies * Arms you with quick-reference charts, bulleted lists, chapter-end summaries, and other creative, quick-learning tools "It's tough to keep up with the latest management thinking. This book can help . . . and stimulate you to go to original sources of greatest value to you." -B. Joseph White, Dean, University of Michigan Business School You are a business professional. And like a physician, attorney, or any other type of professional, you have an important responsibility to your company, your clients, and yourself to stay on top of the latest trends in your field. But if you are like most managers today, you're too busy putting out fires and contributing to the bottom line to find the time for more than an occasional BusinessWeek or Fortune article. The fact is, even if you could spare an hour or two each day, you still wouldn't have the time to digest all of the "essential" business books and periodicals. Just to give you an idea of the scope of the problem, Amazon.com currently lists 700 "bestsellers" under the topics of management and leadership alone! Pretty daunting, but before you throw in the towel, consider this alternative-The Guru Guide. The Guru Guide is a concise digest of the key ideas from 79 of the world's most influential management experts. It provides instant access to the best thinking on leadership, managing change, teamwork, managing and motivating people, business strategy, and other management topics of crucial importance to today's business professional. In researching The Guru Guide, Joseph and Jimmie Boyett -widely read and respected management theorists in their own right-perused more than 200 books and 3,000 articles by Stephen Covey, Peter Senge, Tom Peters, Peter Drucker, Margaret Wheatley, Michael Hammer, Warren Bennis, Robert K. Greenleaf, and dozens of other top names in management. Out of that mountain of business wisdom, they distilled the essence of each thinker's core ideas. They cross-link the ideas in order to give you a clear picture of how thinking about critical management topics has evolved, and they provide valuable insights into the major conflicts and points of agreement among influential schools of thought. Their critical commentaries and case studies illustrate how each guru's ideas have been received and executed in the real world. And they packaged it all in a creative, easy-to-read format with quick-reference charts, bulleted lists, and chapter-end summaries of key concepts that make learning quicker and easier than ever for even the most time-starved manager. A great way to fine-tune your business literacy, The Guru Guide is must reading for all business professionals.

Author : Thomas H. Davenport
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9781578519316
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's the Big Idea? written by Thomas H. Davenport and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores where new ideas come from, how to evaluate which ideas are worth pursuing, and how to customize ideas to suit and organization's unique needs.

Author : Carol Kennedy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448136636
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Joseph H. Boyett
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471390855
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guru Guide to the Knowledge Economy written by Joseph H. Boyett and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2001-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-follow guide to understanding some of business's most important ideas and best practices Most business readers don't have time to read every book they'd like for inspiration and guidance. This follow-up to the sleeper success, The Guru Guide(TM), makes it possible to sample the best ideas of leading business thinkers. The Guru Guide(TM) to the New Economy is a clear, concise, and informative guide to the business topics that relate to the new business environment, including electronic commerce, customer relationship management, knowledge management, globalization, and business ethics. Gurus to be profiled include Stan Davis and Chris Meyer, authors of Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy; Rosabeth Moss Kanter, author of World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy; and Don Pepper, coauthor of The One-to-One Future and Enterprise One-to-One. Joseph H. Boyett and Jimmie T. Boyett (Alpharetta, GA) are cofounders of Boyett & Associates, a consulting and research firm that specializes in helping companies implement state-of-the-art management and organizational practices. Joseph and Jimmie Boyett are the coauthors of Beyond Workplace 2000 and The Guru Guide(TM) (0-471-38054-7) (Wiley).

Author : Lan Liu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470826428
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conversations on Leadership written by Lan Liu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veritable who's who in leadership, Conversations on Leadership features Warren Bennis, Jim Kouzes, John Kotter, Noel Tichy, Peter Senge, James March, Howard Gardner, Bill George, and others. Since each leader has a distinctive approach, this book provides the multi-faceted truths of leadership to broaden and deepen the understanding of the readers.

Author : Joan Magretta
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 184765682X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Management Is written by Joan Magretta and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about management, described by guru Peter Drucker as 'a first rate as an introduction for the non-manager and especially for the beginner, but equally excellent as a rounded, complete, and comprehensive `refresher course' for the most experienced executive.' Both a beginner's guide and a bible for one of the greatest social innovations of modern times: the discipline of management. Leading business editor Joan Magretta distils the wisdom of a bewildering sea of books and articles into one simple, clear volume, explaining both the logic of successful organisations and how that logic is embodied in practice by management. Newcomers will find the basics demystified. More experienced managers will recognise a store of useful wisdom and a framework for improving their own performance. In general, the book defines a common standard of managerial literacy that will help all of us to lead more effectively.