All Summaries

All Summaries

 
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...

 
 
The Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions Buono, Anthony F. | Bowditch, James L. Jossey-Bass Publishers , 1989 Business Strategy, Change Management

In The Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions, authors Anthony F. Buono and James Bowditch define mergers as two companies combining to become one, and acquisitions as one company purchasing and taking...

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The Idea Generator Bodek, Norman | Tozawa, Bunji PCS Press , 2004 Customer Focus, Management, Productivity
The book discusses a framework that enables a company to optimize utilization of its resources by directly involving all of its manpower in the enhancement and...
 
 
The IKEA Edge Dahlvig, Andrews The McGraw-Hill Companies , 2012 Business Biographies

After serving as the CEO for ten years, Anders Dahlvig retired from Ikea in 2009. He began his career there in 1983 when the company was undergoing significant global expansion. In his book The IKEA Edge...

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The Image of Success Vega, Lizandra AMACOM , 2010 Personal Growth

Lizandra Vega wrote The Image of Success, a detailed and practical guide to putting one’s best foot forward in the working world, to help others maximize their professional success. A certified image...

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The Improvisation Edge Hough, Karen Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2011 Teams

In The Improvisation Edge, author Karen Hough provides a guide for applying the intrinsic collaborative skills and behaviors of theatrical improvisers to increase innovation and efficiencies and to...

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The Impulse Factor Tasler, Nick Fireside , 2008 Management, Personal Growth

In The Impulse Factor, Nick Tasler offers insight into what leads people to make decisions by drawing on research in genetics, psychology, politics, and even the animal kingdom. He states that there...

 
 
The Inclusion Breakthrough Miller, Frederick A. | Katz, Judith H. Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2002 Diversity, Human Resources, Social Responsibility

Although most Fortune 500 companies have some kind of diversity program, Miller and Katz believe that the majority have been unsuccessful because of what they call diversity in a box restrictive policies, practices,...

 
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