Management

Management

 
The Hard Road to the Softer Side Martinez, Arthur C. | Madigan, Charles Times Books , 2001 Business Biographies, Leadership, Management

When Arthur C. Martinez was asked to take control of Sears in 1992, he found a company in disarray, despite its illustrious history and venerable name. Sales were down, morale was low, operating costs were exorbitant,...

 
 
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 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 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 Innovation Zone Koulopoulos, Thomas M. Davies-Black Publishing , 2009 Innovation, Management

Successful companies have built innovation into their corporate cultures, looking beyond their research and development departments for innovative ideas. In The Innovation Zone, author and management...

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The Invisible Employee Gostick, Adrian | Elton, Chester John Wiley & Sons, Inc , 2006 Management

There is a crisis in business today: the invisible employee. Feeling overlooked, ignored and unappreciated, invisible employees fight...

 
 
The Laws of Charisma Mortensen, Kurt W. AMACOM , 2011 Leadership, Management, Relationships

Kurt Mortensen defines charisma as the ability to easily build rapport, effectively influence others, inspire them to achieve more, and in the process make allies for life. It is a vital motivational life skill that...

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The Leader's Guide to Radical Management Denning, Stephen Jossey-Bass , 2010 Leadership, Management

The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management by Stephen Denning dismantles traditional management systems and builds a mental model of management based on a more accurate and effective understanding of how...

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The Leadership Challenge Kouzes, James M. | Posner, Barry Z. Jossey-Bass , 2002 Leadership, Management

The first edition of Leadership Challenge (1987) became one of the best-selling leadership books of all time and a modern classic on the subject. Now that the recent dot-com bust seems to have withered...

 
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