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People-Focused Knowledge Management Wiig, Karl Elsevier, Inc. , 2004 Management, Marketing

This book is based on the fundamental belief that in order to build a great enterprise, developing people knowledge is a must. It presents management...

The Culture Code Rapaille, Clotaire Broadway Books , 2006 Major Works, Marketing

For 30 years, Dr. Clotaire Rapaille has used a revolutionary idea to improve the bottom line of such diverse companies as Chrysler, Procter & Gamble, GE, AT&T, Boeing, Honda, Kellogg, and L’Oreal. This...

The Well-Timed Strategy Navarro, Peter Wharton School Publishing , 2006 Management

When plotting strategy to achieve competitive advantage, many companies fail to take into account the importance of the business cycle. The business cycle revolves around economic movements that ebb and flow between...

The Enthusiastic Employee Sirota, David | Mischkind, Louis A. | Meltzer, Michael Irwin Pearson Education, Inc. , 2005 Human Resources, Productivity

Companies must pay attention to their bottom lines, but many companies lose sight of the fact that paying attention to their employees will positively impact their bottom line. What motivates employees to perform, to...

Small Giants Burlingham, Bo The Penguin Group , 2006 Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility

Earning a good return on investment or just being big does not equal great. “Small Giants” want to be great at what they do. They aim to provide a great place to work, offer great customer service, maintain great...

Working With You is Killing Me Crowley, Katherine | Elster, Kathi Warner Business Books , 2006 Management

In a perfect world, businesses would run as they were presented in company brochures and portfolios-- performing as lean, mean, profit-making machines, with all its departments and people united as one mind, moving...

Dealmaker Wallace, Jerry L. Cameo Publications, LLC , 2006 Business Strategy, Management

"All you have to do is step up to the plate." This quote from Jerry Wallace pretty much sums up how he became the premiere Real Estate dealmaker out...

The DNA of Leadership Glaser, Judith E. Adams Media , 2006 Human Resources, Leadership, Personal Growth

In The DNA of Leadership, which follows her successful Creating WE, author Judith Glaser identifies the seven leadership practices that can re-shape an organization into a culture that...

The Next Level Eblin, Scott Davies-Black Publishing , 2006 Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

40 percent of new executives fail in their positions within eighteen months of promotion. Could it be that CEOs and executive teams have chosen the wrong person for the job nearly half the time? Scott Eblin doesn’t...

Billy, Alfred, and General Motors Johnson, Lydia Brown AMACOM , 2006 Business Biographies, Entrepreneurship, Major Works

In the 1950s, GM was a juggernaut, dominating every market it entered and influencing American manufacturing, marketing, and even society like no other company, before nor since. Now, as the company approaches its...