All Summaries

All Summaries

 
A-ha! Performance Walker, Douglas | Sorkin, Stephen Douglas Walker (With Stephen Sorkin), John Wiley & Sons, Inc , 2007 Management

Let's face it: what every manager, parent, teacher, spouse, advertiser, customer, coach, politician, business person wants is to get others -...

 
 
Reality-Based Leadership Wakeman, Cy Jossey-Bass , 2010 Leadership

For at least the past five years, it has become commonplace for leaders to cite a challenging business environment as the primary reason for poor results. Rising costs, customer expectations, government regulations,...

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Creating Innovators Wagner, Tony | Compton, Robert A. Scribner , 2012 Innovation

One of the few things today’s economists agree on is the importance of innovation in bringing about a full-scale, long-term economic recovery. Unfortunately, the United States’ national ranking among innovators is...

 
 
12: The Elements of Great Managing Wagner, Rodd | Harter, PH.D., James K. Gallup Press , 2006 Management

Engaged, talented employees are a company’s greatest resource. Yet many mangers fail, through both neglect and ignorance, to bring out the best in their workforce. To determine the crucial components of great...

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10 Steps to Successful Change Management Vukotich, George ASTD Press , 2011 Change Management

Change happens. There is simply no stopping it. In 10 Steps to Successful Change Management, George Vukotich offers those faced with change at an organizational level a systemized, ten-step system to “...

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The Sources of Innovation Von Hippel, Eric Oxford University Press , 1988 Innovation, Management

The old assumption that manufacturers always develop innovations with their ears tuned to customer needs is often wrong. Innovation comes from various places and usually depends on the field in question. It may come...

 
 
Always On Vollmer, Christopher | Precourt, Geoffrey McGraw-Hill , 2008 Marketing, Technology

The new media environment is “always on,” accessible to audiences from anywhere at any time, and responsive to their control. The world of marketing is now at the beginning of a consumer-centric digital age in which...

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The Domino Effect Vlcek Jr., Donald J. | Davidson, Jeffrey P. Business One/Irwin , 1992 Business Biographies, Human Resources, Leadership

The work holds a treasure trove of successful business practices, and always explains, in detail, how to adapt distribution innovations to other types of businesses. Vlcek suggests a seven-step process, known as the...

 
 
Brand Real Vincent, Laurence AMACOM , 2012 Marketing

In Brand Real, Laurence Vincent examines the multiple factors behind developing and upholding a brand’s identity and promise. The goal is to always meet or exceed the customer’s expectations from the...

 
 
The Information-Based Corporation Vincent, David R. Dow Jones-Irwin , 1990 Business Strategy, Technology

The shift from an industrial economy to an information-based economy will have a major impact on the value of information and information technology. In order to fully harness the information potential, we need to...

 
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