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Through studies of actual cases of manager succession, Gabarro isolates those factors that cause managers to succeed or fail in new positions, including prior experiences and support from superiors, and the steps involved in mastering the situatio...

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In an era when change is constant, random, and, as Handy calls it, discontinuous, it is necessary to break out of old ways of thinking in order to use change to our advantage. Handy examines how dramatic changes are transforming business, educatio...

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A programme for identifying and developing future executive talent for managers. The book aims to provide a practical framework for growing talent within organizations.

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Today's business environment demands significant changes in the way we do business. Simply formulating strategy is no longer sufficient; we must also design the processes to implement it effectively. The key to change is process innovation, a revo...

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When Lean Enterprises Collide presents a new theory of competition for manufacturers racing to create the most innovative product at the lowest prices. The author shows that the key to success in this environment is the integrative management of c...

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In this striking sequel to his best-selling book the age of unreason, Charles Handy shows how the changes he predicted are upon us. New developments in technology, radical changes in the global economy, and the relentless pursuit of productivity h...

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This text aims to show how to exploit the full potential of an organization's most valuable asset - the collective knowledge of its people. Examples are used from multi-national corporations and the author addresses issues of knowledge management ...

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Imagine thinking about your company's information technology in the same way that you think about its investment portfolio: as a bundle of assets that--when managed right--will generate revenues and savings. Here's just such a framework for levera...

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This work can be regarded as a toolkit for creating a profitable strategy based on building a dynamic portfolio of the best business opportunities worth pursuing. It shows readers how to leverage uncertainty and rapidly changing marketing conditio...

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Why is common sense so uncommon when it comes to managing people? How is it that so many seemingly intelligent organizations implement harmful management practices and ideas? In his provocative new book, The Human Equation, bestselling author Jeff...

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Becoming a global company once meant penetrating markets around the world. But the demands of the knowledge economy are turning this strategy on its head. Today, the challenge is to innovate by learning from the world . This book provides a bluepr...

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As entrepreneurs fuel the economy with start-ups, job creation, innovation, and new technologies, the need to understand the evolving field of entrepreneurship continues to grow. Covering every phase of the entrepreneurial venture, from the basic ...

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discover how the best companies win not by acquiring the right people--but by building the right organization The "war for talent" is one battle every company believes it should be waging. But while competitors are busy chasing after the same "hot...

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How many big businesses have pioneered the technologies and business models that now dominate e-commerce, personal computing, biotechnology, and wireless telecommunication? Answer: hardly any. The problem is not that executives fail to recognize t...

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a no-nonsense guide to the benefits and pitfalls of enterprise-wide information systems how many organizations would doubt the promise of an integrated enterprise system (es)? not many, judging by a $15 billion industry. the combination of an es a...

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Does this scenario sound familiar? An employee you manage slips up somehow: a missed deadline, a lost account, or a weak presentation. You decide to oversee that person's work more closely. After all, if your direct reports aren't delivering, it's...

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With talent shortages looming over the next decade, what can companies do to attract and retain the large number of professional women who are forced off the career highway? by documenting the successful efforts of a group of cutting-edge global c...

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Companies must innovate to grow, but they often forget to look beyond their own brands. Take Sony, for example. Its success with consumer innovations like the Walkman blinded it to obvious changes in how, when, and where people wanted their music....

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A leader is: someone people follow. But why do people follow? Books abound on leaders, but much less is known about followers. In the leaders we need , Maccoby steps into this yawning gap in the literature. This insightful book shows that follower...

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For nearly half a century, Peter Drucker inspired and educated managers—and powerfully shaped the nature of business—with his landmark articles in Harvard Business Review . Here, framed by a thoughtful introduction from "HBR" e...

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in the classroom, activity-based costing (abc) looks like a great way to manage a company's limited resources. but executives who have tried to implement abc in their organizations on any significant scale have often abandoned the attempt in the f...

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Innovation is vital to every organization's survival, yet few companies get it right. This practical guide debunks common myths that impede innovative success and offers tips and tools that help managers to identify and assess opportunities, choos...

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managing projects provides proven strategies for making sure any size task achieve its goal - on time and on budget Covering the gamut of tasks involved in managing any project, this portable guide develops ideas about planning, team building, mot...

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The new competitive challenge from Chinese businesses is like nothing seen by Western companies since the Japanese arrived twenty years ago with their cars and consumer electronics. To fend off these fierce competitors, managers must forget yester...

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Today's young leaders grew up in the glow of television and computers; the leaders of their grandparents' generation in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. In Leading for a Lifetime, Warren Bennis and Robert Thomas set to find out how e...

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every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalise on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success. Based on his popular column in Business 2.0, Jeffrey Pfeffer delivers wise and timely business commentary th...

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Over the next decade, two out of every three companies will face the challenge of their corporate lives: redefining their core business. Buffeted by global competition and facing an uncertain future, more and more executives will realize that they...

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This groundbreaking volume provides the first sweeping view of followers in relation to their leaders, deliberately departing from the leader-centric approach that dominates our thinking about leadership and management. Barbara Kellerman argues th...

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China and India are home to one-third of the world's population. And they're undergoing social and economic revolutions that are capturing the best minds--and money--of Western business. In Billions of Entrepreneurs, Tarun Khanna examines the entr...

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Is your talent strategy a unique competitive advantage? As competition for top talent increases, companies must recognize that decisions about talent and its organization can have a significant strategic impact. Beyond HR shows how organizations c...

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