Strategy making is considered the high point of managerial activity. But bombarded by fads and fixes, most managers have been groping blindly to get their arms around the proverbial elephant. Now Henry Mintzberg has teamed up with Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel to create a powerful antidote: a comprehensive and illuminating - as well as colorful - tour through the fields of strategic managem…
This revised edition of Peter SengeÂ’s bestselling classic, The Fifth Discipline, is based on fifteen years of experience in putting the bookÂ’s ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your organizationÂ’s ability to learn faster than the competition. The leadership stories in the book demonstrate the many ways that the c…
Describes the basics of the current knowledge movement in the organizational world. Drawing on the examples of over thirty firms, the authors explain what knowledge in an organization is, how managers can analyze and measure it, and what is the proper way to utilize it for greater efficiency. They categorize knowledge work into the four categories of accessing, generating, embedding, and transf…
This book shows exactly how to put theory into practice, sharing the tools used and the experience and insights gained by two leading knowledge management practitioners. In Learning to Fly, Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell share their experiences from BP, one of the world's leading knowledge organisations. It is a practical, pragmatic workbook packed with hints and tips to help managers put kno…
In this book, the author : o defines trust and related concepts, and shows how these impact on business performance o provides valuable case material of companies with both high and low trust o forges the link of trust to strategy rather than to HR The new economy has changed the rules of the game in business, and the speed at which businesses operate and interact. Corporate success has…
This book will enable the MBA students to make the most of their abilities, as well as the time available, while developing their individual learning and writing style. It also includes some handy "Tips for excellence" for those who seek to excel in some part of their programme. Written in a totally accessible manner, this book will: o Help MBA students to improve their grades o Enable…
The trouble with "management" education, says author Henry Mintzberg, is that it is business education, and leaves a distorted impression of management. In Managers Not MBAs, he offers a new definition of management as a blend of craft (experience), art (insight), and science (analysis). An education that overemphasizes science encourages a style of managing the author calls "calculating," or i…