A company is diversified when she runs two or more different businesses. The word “businesses” can refer either to lines of products or to companyÂ’s structure, however – since in the real world the corporate configuration always reflects companyÂ’s market situation - the most distinctive characteristics of diversified companies is certainly a large number of different product…
This books contains seven articles focusing on both policies and strategic challanges for senior managers working with boards or dealing with government issues. Contents: ; Crisis prevention: How to gear up your board ( Walter J. Salmon ); Empowering the Board ( Jay W. Lorsch ); A New tool for Board: The strategic audit ( Gordon Donaldson ); The promise of the governed corporation ( John P…
For every type of office environment, this all-new revision of the authoritative handbook for today's office features comprehensive coverage of modern office procedures, plus useful and practical information on office relationships, telecommunications, the latest on the electronic office, conducting meetings, editing and proofreading documents, and more. (barnesandnoble.com)
Today's marketplace is fueled by knowledge. Yet organizing systematically to leverage knowledge remains a challenge. Leading companies have discovered that technology is not enough, and that cultivating communities of practice is the keystone of an effective knowledge strategy. Communities of practice come together around common interests and expertise- whether they consist of first-line man…
Parks discusses the approach to teaching leadership called "case-in- point," developed by Ronald Heifetz at Harvard's Canter for Public Leadership, which takes to task the idea of born leaders. She describes Heifetz's multidisciplinary teaching method, which uses personal experience and seminar, simulation, presentation, discussion and dialogue, clinical-therapeutic practice, coaching, the labo…
In today’s economy, gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage is harder than ever. Strategic Management captures the complexity of the current business environment and delivers the latest skills and concepts with unrivaled clarity, helping students develop their own cutting-edge strategy through skill-developing exercises. The Fifteenth Edition has been thoroughly updated an…
Examine strategic management with the market-leading text that sets the standard for the most intellectually rich, yet thoroughly practical, analysis of strategic management today. Written by highly respected experts Hitt, Ireland, and Hoskisson, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION, CONCEPTS AND CASES, Eleventh Edition, combines the latest cutting-edge research and strategic…
Security Management: An Introduction, Second Edition, opens the door to a twenty-first century view of security and addresses asset protection operations and management in the post 9/11 era. It utilizes a unique approach as it presents management strategies for loss prevention as well as an overview of the security field. This book is comprehensive, highlighting the multitude of security-relate…
The Balanced Scorecard Management System has evolved from a simple management system to a fully-fledged framework for creating a strategy-focused organization. Remarkably popular in North America, Europe and Australasia, it is quickly growing in importance within Asia. This book provides a practical overview of how Asian companies are implementing balanced scorecards. In addition to over 15 cas…