ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness

ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness

 
Rethink Merrifield, Ric FT Press , 2009 Change Management, Innovation, Management, Productivity

When it becomes necessary to search for cost efficiencies and business improvement ideas, company leaders tend to focus on fine-tuning processes (the hows) rather than focusing on what companies actually do and why...

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No More Pointless Meetings Murphy, Martin AMACOM , 2013 Management, Productivity

In No More Pointless Meetings, Martin Murphy presents a transformative new way for leaders to get the most out of their teams in the least amount of time. By holding mundane, draining meetings, many...

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The Complete Guide to Recruitment Newell Brown, Jane Kogan Page Limited , 2011 Human Resources

The Complete Guide to Recruitment, by Jane Newell Brown, offers a step-by-step approach to navigating the many aspects of hiring and retaining employees. Recruiting is a task that is vital to the...

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Creative People Must Be Stopped Owens, David A. Jossey-Bass , 2011 Innovation

In Creative People Must Be Stopped, business professor and consultant David A. Owens discusses the challenges of innovation within organizations. While creative new ideas are increasingly important to...

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The Power of Business Process Improvement Page, Susan AMACOM , 2010 Business Strategy, Productivity

Most aspects of business equate to a process. However, those processes are frequently not as efficient or effective as they could be. Business process improvement or BPI can help companies demonstrate greater customer...

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Army of Entrepreneurs Prosek, Jennifer AMACOM , 2011 Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship

Businesses face a tough financial landscape today. To complicate matters further, the economy does not always function in a predictable or recognizable fashion. Large, well-established companies have faced great...

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The Deciding Factor Rosenberger, Larry | Nash, John Jossey-Bass , 2009 Business Strategy, Leadership

In The Deciding Factor, industry experts Larry Rosenberger and John Nash show how an organization can make better decisions through a combination of data, mathematics, and software, and ultimately...

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Lean but Agile Rothwell, William J. | Graber, James | McCormick, Neil AMACOM , 2012 Business Strategy

In Lean but Agile, authors William J. Rothwell, James Graber, and Neil McCormick offer different perspectives for organizations concerned with both planning for and meeting organizational work and...

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The Enemy of Engagement Royal, Mark | Agnew, Tom AMACOM , 2011 Leadership, Management

In today’s business world, organizations are constantly challenged to “do more with less.” Companies must determine how to translate employee motivation into better performance at the individual, team, and organization...

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Leading Leaders Salacuse, Jeswald W. AMACOM , 2006 Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Leaders are in for a new set of challenges when they are called upon to manage people who are themselves leaders. This challenge is particularly prevalent in “high talent” organizations made up of people with high...

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