All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Green Marketing Manifesto Grant, John John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2007 Marketing, Social Responsibility

In The Green Marketing Manifesto, John Grant, a British marketing professional with over 20 years of experience, provides a green marketing blueprint for people in the field of marketing. He outlines...

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The Green Workplace Stringer, Leigh Palgrave Macmillan , 2009 Social Responsibility

The drive to make the workplace more environmentally friendly has shifted rapidly from a matter of choice to one of economic survival for businesses in the twenty-first century. In The Green Workplace...

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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 Hamster Revolution Halsey, Vicki | Burress, Tim Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2007 Productivity

E-mail and information storage tasks are estimated to take up 40% of a typical professional’s day. E-mail volume is said to be rising at a rate of 14.6% annually. Every day, there is an avalanche of disorganized,...

 
 
The Hands-Off Manager Chandler, Steve | Black, Duabe Career Press, Inc. , 2007 Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

In The Hands-Off Manager, authors Steve Chandler and Duane Black explore ways to nurture success in the form of hands-off leadership that results in happy employees and increased productivity. The...

 
 
The Hard Road to the Softer Side Martinez, Arthur C. | Madigan, Charles Times Books , 2001 Business Biographies, Leadership, Management

When Arthur C. Martinez was asked to take control of Sears in 1992, he found a company in disarray, despite its illustrious history and venerable name. Sales were down, morale was low, operating costs were exorbitant,...

 
 
The Healthy Company Rosen, Robert H. | Berger, Lisa Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. , 1991 Business Strategy

In a healthy company, an active wellness culture is rife with activities and policies designed to improve the health of employees, and reduce health costs. Companies must commit to becoming learning institutions,...

 
 
The Hero's Farewell Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey Oxford University Press , 1988 Leadership, Management, Social Responsibility

Society has come to recognize the leaders of modern corporations as heroes. As men and women take high corporate offices today, they are expected to play a kind of heroic role in guiding the destiny of their firms....

 
 
The High-Impact Middle Manager Haneberg, Lisa ASTD Press , 2010 Management

In The High-Impact Middle Manager, Lisa Haneberg focuses on those who have more impact on business than any other layer of an organization: middle managers. As the glue that connects corporate strategy...

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The House of Nomura Alletzhauser, Albert J. Little, Brown & Company , 1990 Economics & Finance, Global Business

Alletzhauser produces a skillful re-creation of dramatic conflicts that the Nomura story represents: Nomura versus fate, society, and situation, as well as the conflicts experienced by the majorplayers with themselves...

 
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