Publication date: 1991-09
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Review Project Management (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) / Harvard Business School Press:
Authors
- Morgan W. McCall Jr.
- George P. Hollenbeck
Publication date: 2002-01
Dewey code: 658.407124
List Price: $39.95
Price: $23.88
Review Developing Global Executives / Harvard Business School Press:In our borderless global economy, companies must ship their executives nearly as far and wide as their products. Whether these far-flung executives soar or land with a thud may make all the difference between a successful international enterprise or a world-class failure - and it is this crucial difference that "Developing Global Executives" defines. Based on a wide-ranging study of veteran global executives, leadership development experts Morgan W. McCall, Jr. and George P. Hollenbeck reveal what it takes for organizations to groom, and individuals to become, successful international executives. The answer sounds deceptively simple: People learn to "be global" from doing global work. But therein lies a tricky distinction - What specific types of career experiences are the ones that prepare global leaders for their roles? To what extent can individuals seek out-and companies help orchestrate-these experiences?In "Developing Global Executives", leading global executives help answer these questions. Through their candid, rich, and varied stories, readers learn who global executives are, what distinguishes them from domestic leaders, and which experiences have been most critical to mastering their extremely demanding careers. In addition, these "lessons from the field" underscore the key requirements and challenges of effective leadership in a global environment: from the importance of continuous learning and the crucial role of mentors to the difficulties in overcoming "culture shock" and the warning signs of potential derailment. [+]Practical and far-sighted, this book offers a wealth of firsthand insights for aspiring and current international executives and the organizations that employ them. Morgan W. McCall, Jr. , a Professor of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, is the author of "High Flyers: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders". He was previously the Director of Research at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. George P. Hollenbeck is an organizational psychologist based in the Houston, Texas area. He formerly served as an HR executive with worldwide responsibility at Merrill Lynch and at Fidelity Investments, and as Senior Director, Executive Education at the Harvard Business School.
Authors
- Convergence Multimedia Corporation
- Convergence Multi
Price: $39.95
Review Management Consulting CD-ROM / Harvard Business School Press:In this CD ROM over 200 live-action video clips featuring recent job applicants, consultants, and former consultants give insight into what this field is really like. Includes informational interviews with professionals in strategy and speciality consulting.
Publication date: 1953
Review Management controls in industrial research organizations / Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University:
Authors
- Harvard Business Review
- Harvard Business School Press
Publication date: 1996-02-01
List Price: $24.95
Price: $19.99
Review Fast Forward: The Best Ideas on Managing Business Change / Harvard Business School Press:Technology. Deregulation. Privatization. Globalization. No business today is unaffected by these forces, as they feed on each other in a whirlwind of change. This book brings together the best ideas from the Harvard Business Review on managing change in a business environment that feels like it is always moving at fast forward. In 15 articles and interviews, Fast Forward considers the future of organizations, the process of accelerating change, and the new role of management. It features contributions from the top executives and management thinkers of today, including Peter Drucker, Michael Hammer, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John P. Kotter, Noel Tichy, Paul Allaire of Xerox, and Percy Barnevik of ABB. In two essays written especially for this collection, James Champy and Nitin Nohria reflect on the central truths of all business change, discuss the vital leadership traits of authenticity and credibility, and attack the twin enemies of change-orthodoxy and dogma.
Authors
- Steven R. Anderson
- Robert S. Kaplan
Dewey code: 658.1552
List Price: $45.00
Price: $22.20
Review Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits / Harvard Business School Press: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 face of rising costs and employee irritation. "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing" is the solution to the problems associated with large-scale ABC implementation. In this book, Kaplan and Anderson offer a revised model where managers can estimate the resource demands imposed by each transaction, product, or customer, rather than rely on time-consuming and costly employee surveys. In their new model, Kaplan and Anderson focus on the two parameters managers need to estimate: how much it costs per time unit to supply resources to the business activities (the total overhead expenditure of a department divided by the total number of minutes of employee time available) and how much time it takes to carry out one unit of each kind of activity (as estimated or observed by the manager). Rather than endlessly updating and maintaining ABC data, this book with allow managers to spend their time addressing the deficiencies the model reveals: inefficient processes, unprofitable products and customers, and excess capacity. Kaplan and Anderson lead the discussion of Time-Driven ABC in the first seven chapters, followed by individual cases studies of actual implementations by Acorn consultants in diverse settings.
Authors
- Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- David B. Sicilia
Publication date: 1997-12
Dewey code: 338.762925060973
List Price: $50.00
Price: $22.90
Review The Engine That Could: Seventy-Five Years of Values-Driven Change at Cummins Engine Company / Harvard Business School Press:The Rise of Cummins Engine Company from a tiny Indiana machine shop to one of the world's leading producers of diesel engines is a story rich with lessons for today's managers. By responding to challenges familiar to all American manufacturers with a tough competitive stance and a uniquely people-centered philosophy, Cummins has carved out a distinctive position in the international industrial landscape. From its early days with charismatic founder Clessie Cummins to its continued proud independence in an age of hostile takeovers, Cummins has done business with confidence and creativity. This vivid book depicts the tough choices - often with enormous consequences - that must be made by successful managers.
Authors
- Gerardo R. Ungson
- Harvard Business School Press
Publication date: 1997-03-01
Dewey code: 331
List Price: $35.00
Price: $84.69
Review Korean Enterprise: The Quest for Globalization / Harvard Business School:Korean Enterprise presents a comprehensive look at Korea's business culture, the country's efforts to become a global player, and the challenges that lie ahead. Korea's economy has become the eighth largest in the world, yet Korean enterprises face numerous threats. The authors outline seven key imperatives in the areas of industrial policy, technological innovation, management practice, organizational design, entrepreneurship, and human resource investment that Korea must achieve if it is to be capable of competing. The book is an original exploration of the relationships among national culture, management practice, and government policy and an insightful evaluation of Korean management and development practices.
Publication date: 1993-12
Price: $16.95
Review Field Guide to Marketing (Harvard Business/The Economist Reference Series) / Harvard Business School Press:Organized to permit swift and early access, the book also contains revealing information about well-known companies and products, as well as descriptions of some of the world's biggest and most influential advertising agencies. Sprinkled with witty and enlightening quotes from a variety of sources, Field Guide to Marketing sparks deeper thinking about the contemporary issues in marketing. Marketing professionals and general managers alike will find themselves using this reference tool daily.
Authors
- Peter Weill
- Jeanne W. Ross
- David Robertson
Dewey code: 658.4038
List Price: $38.00
Price: $20.44
Review Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution / Harvard Business School Press:Enterprise architecture defines a firm's needs for standardised tasks, job roles, systems, infrastructure, and data in core business processes. Thus, it helps a company to articulate how it will compete in a digital economy and it guides managers' daily decisions to realise their vision of success. This book clearly explains enterprise architecture's vital role in enabling - or constraining - the execution of business strategy. The book provides clear frameworks, thoughtful case examples, and a proven-effective structured process for designing and implementing effective enterprise architectures.
Authors
- James A. Narus
- James C. Anderson
- Nirmalya Kumar
Publication date: 2007-11-07
Dewey code: 658.804
List Price: $35.00
Price: $23.10
Review Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets / Harvard Business School Press:Do your salespeople feel under extreme pressure to retain accounts or gain new business at any cost? If so, you may be leaving big money on the table. Consider the integrated-circuit supplier representative who lost $500,000 of potential profit on a single transaction, just to win a deal that he would have closed anyway at the higher price. Do not make price concessions. Become a value merchant instead. In this authoritative book, James Anderson, Nirmalya Kumar, and James Narus explain how companies in business markets can use customer value management techniques to estimate the value of your market offerings, create value propositions that resonate with your customers, and maximize the return you will get on the superior value that you deliver. Drawing on extensive research and detailed case studies of companies like Sonoco, Tata Steel, and Quaker Chemical, Value Merchants will change the mindset and behavior of your executives, sales management, representatives, and marketers as well as your customers.
Publication date: 1990-10
Price: $20.00
Review Marketing, 1991-92 (Harvard Business School Career Guides) / Harvard Business School Pr:
Authors
- George Westerman
- Richard Hunter
Dewey code: 658.4038
List Price: $35.00
Price: $21.78
Review IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage / Harvard Business School Press:Are you exposing your business to IT risk, and leaving profit opportunities on the table? You might be if you are managing your IT risk using more traditional approaches. IT Risk, a new book based on research conducted by MIT s Center for Information Systems Research and Gartner, Inc. , helps companies focus on the most pressing risks and leverage the upside that comes with vigilance. Traditionally, managers have grouped technology risk and funding into silos. IT Risk outlines a new model for integrated risk management, which identifies three core areas you can develop to eliminate the problems that silo strategies create. The authors also offer specific ways to make the most of your new found advantage. And because IT risk is the responsibility of all senior executives not just CIOs this book describes the tools and practices in language that general managers can understand and use. Named a top-ten managerial book of 2007 by CIO Insight magazine.
Authors
- Don Mankin
- Harvard Business School Press
- Harvard Business Review
Publication date: 1996-03-01
Price: $29.95
Review Teams and Technology: Fulfilling the Promise of the New Organization / Harvard Business School Press:Teams and Technology is the guidebook on how to design and use terms and technology together to improve corporate performance. Based on their research and experience in over 100 companies, the authors develop a framework for integrating team, technological, and organizational change and present specific recommendations for implementation. Teams and Technology shows how to develop new information systems that support collaborative work, how to build teams that take advantage of technological potential, and how to create an organization with a structure and policies that support the synergy of teams and technology.
Authors
- Paul R. Lawrence
- Jay W. Lorsch
Dewey code: 658.402
Price: $19.50
Review Organization and Environment: Managing Differentiation and Integration (Harvard Business School Publications) / Harvard Business School:no description
Publication date: 1990-10
Price: $20.00
Review Management Consulting (Harvard Business School Career Guide Series) / Harvard Business School Press:
Authors
- Alice H. Eagly
- Linda L. Carli
Dewey code: 658.4092082
List Price: $29.95
Price: $19.98
Review Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders (Center for Public Leadership) / Harvard Business School Press:Despite real progress, women remain rare enough in elite positions of power that their presence still evokes a sense of wonder. In "Through the Labyrinth", Alice Eagly and Linda Carli examine why women's paths to power remain difficult to traverse. First, Eagly and Carli prove that the glass ceiling is no longer a useful metaphor and offer seven reasons why. They propose the labyrinth as a better image and explain how to navigate through it. This important and practical book addresses such critical questions as: How far have women actually come as leaders? Do stereotypes and prejudices still limit women's opportunities? Do people resist women's leadership more than men's? And, do organisations create obstacles to women who would be leaders?This book's rich analysis is founded on scientific research from psychology, economics, sociology, political science, and management. The authors ground their conclusions in that research and invoke a wealth of engaging anecdotes and personal accounts to illustrate the practical principles that emerge. With excellent leadership in short supply, no group, organisation, or nation can afford to restrict women's access to leadership roles. This book evaluates whether such restrictions are present and, when they are, what we can do to eliminate them.
Authors
- Michael C. Jensen
- Kevin J. Murphy
Publication date: 2009-08
Dewey code: 658
List Price: $35.00
Price: $23.10
Review Ceo Pay And What to Do About It: Restoring Integrity to Both Executive Compensation And Capital-market Relations / Harvard Business School Press:This book proposes a whole new system for incenting managers to act in the best interests of company owners. Reversing his earlier position - that companies probably weren't paying enough to attract the best executive talent - Jensen and his coauthors are now positing that, in fact, pay packages can be too high and too risk-free, causing otherwise highly talented managers to act in ways that destroy corporate value. The authors have identified the critical missing link in current incentive plans, namely that link between a manager's effectiveness in executing strategy and the capital market's valuation of the results, which they call strategic value accountability. They explain how it works and how to devise a plan that holds top managers accountable for creating long-term strategic value.
Publication date: 1987
Review The Dynamics of Taking Charge (Managerial Transitions) / Harvard Business School Press: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 situation. The Dynamics of Taking Charge examines the managerial transitions of seventeen executives and managers, some successful and some not,and analyzes the factors that contribute to successful transitions. He identifies the five stages that a manager experiences when transitioning into new responsibilities and the impact of the managers style, experiences, and situational factors on the individuals success. Gabarro concludes that while other factors are important, it is the quality of the managers interpersonal relationships with superiors, peers, and subordinates that predictably contributes to a successful managerial transition.
Authors
- Robert J. Dolan
- Susan Dobscha
Dewey code: 658
Price: $34.95
Review Marketing Strategy (Business Fundamentals) / Harvard Business School:
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