Business Strategy

Business Strategy

 
Identifying and Managing Project Risk Kendrick, Tom AMACOM , 2009 Business Strategy, Management, Productivity, Teams

All projects involve risk, and those projects that are successful generally have leaders who employ the best project management practices available. In his book Identifying and Managing Project Risk,...

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Own the Room Booth, David | Shames, Deborah | Desberg, Peter McGraw-Hill , 2010 Business Strategy

Don't simply present. Persuade, inspire and perform! Research shows that a memorable presentation is a combination of stirring your audience's emotions while appealing...

 
 
Pitch Like A Girl Lichtenberg, Ronna Rodale Inc. , 2005 Business Strategy

"You throw like a girl" used to be the ultimate in playground put-downs. As adults, however, women can learn how to pitch their ideas in a way that's true to them and...

 
 
The GE Work-Out Ulrich, Dave | Kerr, Steve | Ashkenas, Ron McGraw-Hill , 2002 Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Management

Employees at GE have a deeply engrained and internalized process for addressing and solving the company’s problems quickly, simply, and with the involvement of people who will ultimately carry out the decision. The...

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The Red Queen Among Organizations Barnett, William P. Princeton University Press , 2008 Business Strategy

In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen leads Alice on a chase after which neither character has moved from the spot where they began. Evolutionary biologists refer to this race as “the Red...

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Terrorism and Disaster Management McGlown, K. Joanne Health Administration Press , 2004 Business Strategy, Health Care, Human Resources

In the years following September 11, 2001, communities around the world have scrambled to address the threat of terrorism and protect themselves from its occurrence. Public healthcare in the United States is slowly...

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Beyond the Babble Matha, Bob | Boehm, Macy Jossey-Bass , 2008 Business Strategy, Communication, Human Resources, Personal Growth

Communication is one of the most important tools leaders can use to focus their employees on understanding, embracing, and delivering a company’s strategy. However, most individuals reach positions of leadership...

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Improve Your Competitive Strategy Zuckerman, Alan M. Health Administration Press , 2002 Business Strategy, Health Care

Until the early 1990s competition in the healthcare industry was friendly and almost completely harmless. Healthcare firms struggled to meet demand, and most markets required multiple entities to keep up with patient...

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Extreme Toyota Osono, Emi | Shimizu, Norihiko | Takeuchi, Hirotaka | Dorton, John Kyle John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2008 Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Management, Productivity

Toyota is defined by contradictions. The auto company has a famously efficient production system, but appears to have heavy layers of management and a surplus of administrative employees. It has a stable history...

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The Spider's Strategy Mukherjee, Amit S. FT Press , 2009 Business Strategy, Change Management, Management

Business leaders of today face tremendous challenges. Global data capabilities allow work production across distributed networks, requiring that companies manage the flow of raw material, work-in-process, money, and...

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