All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Halo Effect Rosenzweig, Phil Simon & Schuster , 2007 Management

Much of our thinking about company performance, says Phil Rosenzweig, author of The Halo Effect, reflects a tendency to make specific evaluations and judgments based on general impressions. If a...

 
 
The Road to Organic Growth Hess, Edward D. McGraw-Hill , 2006 Management, Social Responsibility

In The Road to Organic Growth, Edward Hess defines two types of growth patterns in business, nonorganic growth, where companies increase size and power primarily by consuming or assimilating other...

 
 
The Strategy Paradox Raynor, Michael E. Doubleday Books , 2007 Management

In The Strategy Paradox, Michael Raynor posits that many of the strategies which lead to business success are the same strategies which can lead to business disaster. Most successful businesses result...

 
 
How to Transform Your Company & Enjoy It Lewis, Ken | Lytton, Stephen Jaico Publishing House , 2006 Management

"How to Transform your Company & Enjoy It" is the detailed narrative of how the Managing Director of a British corporation broke the established method, and...

 
 
How Full Is Your Bucket? Rath, Tom | Clifton, Donald O. Gallup Press , 2004 Management, Relationships

In this brief, yet very insightful book, the authors, a grandfather-grandson team, reveal how even the briefest of interactions can affect your relationships,...

 
 
Top Performer Lundin, Stephen C. | Hagerman, Carr Vision Books Pvt. Ltd. , 2005 Economics & Finance, Marketing

We may work at different professions, but ultimately, we all sell something for a living -- whether it's a brand, a vision, an education, a direction, or a service...

 
 
Creative Marketing Communications CEO Speak Vision Books Pvt. Ltd. , 2005 Management, Marketing

Creative Marketing Communications brings together the wealth and experience of creative hot-shots from some of the world's leading marketing, advertising, and...

 
 
Hot Spots Gratton, Lynda Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2007 Human Resources, Innovation, Management, Productivity, Teams

According to Gratton, Hot Spots are places and times—workplaces, teams, departments, companies, factories, cities, industries, coffee shops, hallways, and/or conferences—where people work in exceptionally creative and...

 
 
A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance Chevalier, Roger AMACOM , 2007 Human Resources, Management

At one time or another, most managers have experienced dissatisfaction with their employees' performance. Despite the strong temptation to fall prey to the assumption that poor performance is a result of unchangeable...

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The Coming China Wars Navarro, Peter Pearson Education, Inc. , 2007 Global Business, Management

China’s rapid industrialization, in conjunction with its burgeoning population, is placing it on a collision course with the rest of the world, according to economist and author Peter Navarro. In The Coming...

 
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