Organizations today face a stark choice: change or fail. Transformation has become the only constant of the business landscape, and those companies that cannot adapt are doomed. But Karl SchoemerÂ’s New Reality program is here to help businesses make the tough choices that will lead to success. This book includes practical tools to help managers and employees: * Adapt to change *…
In a global, complex, and competitive world, developing a plan without testing it against market reaction is like walking blind into a minefield. War gaming is a metal detector for a company. Yet war games run by the large consulting firms are kept secret and cost millions. For the first time, this book makes them accessible to every product and brand manager, every project leader, every mar…
Management consultant Dudik attempts to apply the thinking of scientific philosopher Karl Popper to corporate strategy. Popper's idea was that great theory couples explanatory power with great specificity about what observations in the real world would make the theory false. Dudik argues that this model of scientific theory should be applied to strategic thinking. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,…
This book shows how you can make sure that when change happens (and it frequently does) your company is ready for it. Shareholders want to see change take effect immediately, as each day's delay can cost them money or lose them market share, while staff are often suspicious of change, wondering what's in it for them. How do you make sure the change you want happens successfully, that it has eve…
A guide for educators and executives explains how the new megaindustry that dominates education is transforming our economy and lifestyle; changing companies, consumers, and employees; and redefining learning in both the public and private sectors. 25,000 first printing.