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 handbook will help you learn the skills, and the art, of good coaching, and realise its enormous value in unlocking people's potential to maximaize their own performance. The new edition of this guide has detailed advice on avoiding a 'blame culture' and fostering empowered performance. It contains extensive examples of effective questions for generating awareness and responsiblity - quest…
Coaching in organizations has grown substantially over the past ten years, with businesses spending millions of dollars on coaching programs in the United States alone. Without a universal understanding of what coaching is, however, executive coaches and consultants may become frustrated with what appears to be little or no tangible results from their corporation's investment. How can your com…
This book provides a serious examination of the process of learning with well-elaborated theories and stimulating examples from a variety of for-profit and nonprofit organizations. The authors contend that using training techniques based onlearning theories provides the most effective means of achieving results. They examine seven different training strategies for a variety of situations. (tex…
In The Years Of Living Dangerously, Stephen Vines puts into perspective the events which propelled Asia's economies into an unprecedented period of growth, and authoritatively exposes the myth the notion that foreign investors were primarily responsible for the massive capital flight that precipitated the crash of the Asian markets and economies. Rather the responsibility lay with governmental …
Practical guidelines for implementing the six disciplines of breakthrough learningThe Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning has become a standard for companies serious about increasing the return on their investment in learning and development. Now the authors help workplace learning professionals apply the concepts of their bestselling book. With real-world applications, case studie…