All Summaries
All Summaries
Many people spend years trying to quit their smoking or drinking habits, lose weight, save money, or improve relationships. These efforts often fail because few of these people formulate plans before they begin. In...
In his 20 years of studying decisions, how they are made, what works, what fails, and why, Nutt s key finding is that despite the vast sums spent implementing decisions, organizations only realize benefits half of the...
Alternative staffing strategies are defined as employer-employee relationships that depart from traditional, full-time, long-term, in-house employment arrangements. While alternative methods are not new, they are...
Donald Trump is everywhere. No matter where you are and what you do, you're bound to have heard of him. Much has been said about the man...
Innovation—pioneering new ways of thinking and developing improved processes and products—is critical to business success. What is particularly needed is “breakthrough,” or radical, innovation—that which offers wholly...
In almost every organization, hidden reservoirs of "knowledge" exist relatively untapped. A few organizations are, however, going after this mother lode, learning how to mine it using a tool called "knowledge...
According to O’Donovan, CEOs must face three major challenges in the 21st century: driving change, managing corporate culture so as to reverse the increasing occurrences of corporate malfeasance, and meeting market...
Business forecaster and author Mary O’Hara-Devereaux borrows a metaphor from the old American West, “navigating the badlands,” to describe the journey that business and industry finds itself on in the current...
Although small businesses are in stiff competition with big box, large-franchise corporations that have multi-million-dollar marketing budgets, social media can help level the playing field. Social media sites such as...
In Bare Knuckle People Management, authors Sean O’Neil and John Kulisek present a frank and edgy guide to helping managers get the most from their teams. Rather than subscribing to traditional...
