ORGANIZATIONAL behavior

ORGANIZATIONAL behavior

 
The Definitive Drucker Edersheim, Elizabeth Hass McGraw-Hill , 2007 Business Biographies, Management

For more than seven decades, Peter Drucker’s advice, and observation of organizations, provided him with a unique perspective on business as an innovative agent of change. This perspective has resulted in practical and...

 
 
Separately Together Fiol, C. Marlena | O'Connor, Edward J. Health Administration Press , 2009 Relationships, Teams

In Separately Together, C. Marlena Fiol and Edward J. O’Connor delineate a process for building a harmonious, productive, and mutually beneficial relationship between the administrators and medical...

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Crisis of Character Firestein, Peter Union Square Press , 2009 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

Modern corporations face unprecedented challenges to remaining profitable, including demanding market conditions, constant public scrutiny via today’s technology, and increased awareness of environmental consequences...

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Work Without Managers Fisher Jr., James R. The Delta Group , 1991 Human Resources, Management

In Work Without Managers, Fisher attempts to awaken professional/technical workers to the power and influence they possess to enact change. He also addresses the managers who want to know what their professional...

 
 
The Distance Manager Fisher, Kimball | Fisher, Mareen Duncan McGraw-Hill , 2001 Leadership, Management, Technology

With an increasing number of employees working outside the central workplace, direct control over members of a project team is a thing of the past. In The Distance Manager, authors Kimball Fisher and...

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The Savvy Manager Flagello, Jane R. | Dugas, Sandra Bernard ASTD Press , 2009 Management

In The Savvy Manager, Jane R. Flagello and Sandra Bernard Dugas offer managers tips on how to deal with the human element of a company and how to improve an organization by improving their management...

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The Inspiring Leader Folkman,, Joseph R. | Edinger, Scott K. | Zenger, John H. McGraw-Hill , 2009 Communication, Leadership

In The Inspiring Leader, John H. Zenger, Joseph R. Folkman, and Scott K. Edinger explain how leaders can bring about extraordinary performance and move a group from ho-hum to gung-ho by breaking...

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Street Smarts Franklin, William H. Georgia State University Press , 1990 Customer Focus, Entrepreneurship

The premature arrival of the future is a major problem for business managers. Most businesses are involved in what happened yesterday rather than in managing what will happen tomorrow. Today is all that you can control...

 
 
The Southwest Airlines Way Gittell, Jodie Hoffer McGraw-Hill , 2002 Business Biographies, Customer Focus, Management

Southwest Airlines has sustained a steady 10 to 15 percent rate of growth throughout its 32-year history, and has been profitable every year but its first. For most of 2002, its total market value of about $9 billion...

 
 
The Tipping Point Gladwell, Malcolm Little, Brown & Company , 2003 Innovation, Major Works

How is it that Paul Revere’s ride is heralded to this day, while the endeavors of William Dawes, who also rode at the very same time to warn of the British, barely rate a footnote in history? How is it that Hush...