Major Works

Major Works

 
Performance Management Cokins, Gary John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2004 Business Strategy, Major Works, Management

The global business landscape has changed immensely over the past several decades according to author Gary Cokins, and it is time for the world’s business leaders to acknowledge that their organizations must change as...

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Practical Intelligence Albrecht, Karl John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2007 Human Resources, Major Works, Personal Growth

Determining that IQ, as a singular measure of competence, could no longer be supported, Harvard professor, Howard Gardner, proposed (in Frames of Mind, 1985) a range of key competencies, which he calls multiple...

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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...

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Social Intelligence Albrecht, Karl Jossey-Bass , 2006 Human Resources, Major Works, Personal Growth, Relationships

Having pondered why some people with very high IQ scores fail miserably in their personal lives, Harvard professor Howard Gardner, concluded that the concept of “intelligence,” as a singular measure of competence,...

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Flight Capital Heenan, David Davies-Black Publishing , 2005 Global Business, Human Resources, Major Works

The U.S. has always been known to attract the world’s best and brightest—talented immigrants who have created the vast wealth and intellectual capital that have contributed so abundantly to America’s technological and...

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Lencioni, Patrick Jossey-Bass , 2002 Leadership, Major Works, Personal Growth, Teams

Team builders will, at one time or another, face the challenge of fostering group harmony in groups where there are inevitably going to be flaws due to human nature. According to author Patrick Lencioni, human beings...

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