All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Building the High-Trust Organization Shockley-Zalabak, Pamela S. | Morreale, Sherwyn P. | Hackman, Michael Z. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Business Strategy

Trust is not just important; it is the main element of success for any organization. High-trust organizations grow faster, innovate and execute better, enjoy more stakeholder loyalty, and are more valuable than...

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Built on Values Rhoades, Ann Jossey-Bass , 2011 Communication, Management, Personal Growth

As Ann Rhoades and Nancy Shepherdson explain in Built on Values, the “perfect company culture” does not exist. The right culture for any company can be defined by determining what values are important...

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Built To Change. Lawler III, Edward E. | Worley, Christopher G. Jossey-Bass , 2006 Change Management, Innovation, Management

In Built to Change, Edward Lawler III and Christopher Worley address an important and ever-prevalent element of modern business that challenges organizations big and small, old and new. That immense issue is change,...

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Built to Learn Purington, Cliff | Butler, Chris | Gale, Sarah Fister AMACOM , 2003 Management, Personal Growth

In 1998, aerospace giant, Rockwell Collins, was representative of the outdated approach to organizational learning that existed throughout the business world. Its training program, budgeted for $17.3 million, was...

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Built to Love Boatwright, Peter | Kagan, Jonathan Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2010 Innovation, Marketing

In Built to Love by Peter Boatwright and Jonathan Kagan, product emotions are defined as personal feelings invoked by a specific brand, service, or product. For the most part, individuals purchase...

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Business Across Cultures Trompenaars, Fons | Woolliams, Peter Capstone Wiley Publishing Ltd. , 2004 Diversity, Global Business

In a global economy, contemplation of culture is neither new nor unusual. In fact, it is crucial for a successful business venture. Often, when company executives seek to break into the international market or form...

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Business at the Speed of Now Bernard, John M. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Management

In Business at the Speed of Now, John Bernard asserts that we are in the midst of the biggest economic shift in more than a century—the shift from an economy driven by mass production to an economy...

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Business Development for the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry. Austin, Martin Gower Publishing Limited , 2008 Business Strategy, Health Care

In Business Development for the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry, Martin Austin describes the basic processes needed to identify new business opportunities and to bring pharmaceutical alliances to a successful...

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Business in the Cloud Hugos, Michael | Hulitzky, Derek John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Technology

Technology is rapidly evolving, and the costs for keeping up are soaring. Opportunities in the market exist for companies capable of ramping-up or scaling-down operations quickly. In Business in the Cloud...

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Buyology Lindstrom, Martin Broadway Business , 2008 Customer Focus, Marketing

For years, marketers have had to work by assumptions. Using only a few standardized test questions and sales figures, they have had to piece together effective marketing campaigns that would hopefully deliver the buzz...

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