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Author James Schindler
Followers dominate all organizations, but a preoccupation with leaders hinders the consideration of the importance of followers and the relationship between followers and leaders. Followership: What It Takes to Lead will teach you how to become a better leader by be....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations
Author Stephen Thompson Thompson , Jeffrey Harrison
Few industries are buffeted from as many strong forces as healthcare. The industry is highly regulated, thus dramatically increasing costs and sometimes even interfering with the ability to deliver healthcare. New drugs, treatments, and medical technologies are so c....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers
Author Robert Sher
Most midsized company leaders want their businesses to become mighty growth machines. Unfortunately, sometimes that growth slows, stops, or goes the other way, and their leaders don’t know why. Is it the market? Is it the product? Is it the leadership team? Is it so....
Release Date 2014/09 -
How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing
Author Terrence E. Deal , Lee G. Bolman
The proven model that offers powerful and elegant strategies for leadersHow Great Leaders Think: the Art of Reframing uses compelling, contemporary examples to show how more complex thinking is the key to better leadership. Leaders who understand what's going on ar....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Handbook of Strategic Account Management: A Comprehensive Resource
Author Diana Woodburn , Kevin Wilson
A compilation of the established knowledge in strategic account managementWhile companies and academics expend tremendous effort on mass marketing, they often overlook their immediate customers (which are critical in both senses) and hence the importance of strategi....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Author Suzanne W. Morse
The new edition of the acclaimed guide to strategic decision-making in community planning, development, and collaborationBased on the results of more than a decade of research by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Smart Communities provides directions for strateg....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking
Author Rich Horwath
According to a study published in Chief Executive Magazine, the most valued skill in leaders today is strategic thinking. However, more than half of all companies say that strategic thinking is the skill their senior leaders most need to improve. Elevate provides le....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author William Putsis
How to compete in the right space for greater profitability and growthThe Internet, mobile technology, the ubiquity of information and the availability of big data have dramatically increased the speed and impact of success and failure. Companies today know that the....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Assoc Prof Jerome Couturier , Prof. Davide Sola
Discover how to become an effective strategic thinker Some people seem to achieve the best results, again and again. Is it luck? Or is it strategy? How to Think Strategically equips you with the skills you need to make the best decisions and develop a powerful stra....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Strategic Market Management, 10th Edition
Author David A. Aaker
Marketing professionals need to be able to adapt new strategies in order to keep their companies relevant. Aaker walks them through the strategic challenges created by the dynamic nature of today's markets. Strategic Market Management, 10th Edition emphasizes a cus....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Strategic Management from an Islamic Perspective: Text and Cases
Author Khaliq Ahmad , Rodrigue Fontaine
Fascinating insights into modern strategic management from an Islamic perspectiveWhile strategic management is a cornerstone of any MBA program, it's almost always taught from conventional theories and typically American case studies. This book takes those traditio....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Author Ignacio González-Posada
What can WWII teach us? Is it possible to see Hitler as an efficient manager? What would today’s business schools have to say about Churchill’s management style? What was going though the minds of leaders when they took decisions that led to thousands of deaths? How....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Strategic Information Management, 3rd Edition
Author Dorothy E Leidner , Robert D. Galliers
'Strategic Information Management' has been completely up-dated to reflect the rapid changes in IT and the business environment since the publication of the second edition. Half of the readings in the book have been replaced to address current issues and the....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere
Author Ravi Venkatesan
India is back! With the country’s general elections in 2014 resulting in a government formed by a new political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by a business-friendly prime minister, Narendra Kumar Modi, the world’s largest democracy is once again on the mind....
Release Date 2013/06 -
A Strategic-Oriented Implementation of Projects
Author Project Management Institute
While it is broadly accepted that projects are the building blocks in implementing organizational strategic objectives, many books fail to address one critical question: how do you translate a strategic objective into a manageable project task? Lavishly illustrated....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Strategic IT: Best Practices for Managers and Executives
Author Lyle Yorks , Arthur M. Langer
Solid guidance for CIOs on integration of technology into business modelsStrategic IT Best Practices for IT Managers and Executives is an exciting new book focused on the transition currently taking place in the CIO role, which involves developing a capacity for thi....
Release Date 2013/04 -
The Chocolate Conversation: Lead Bittersweet Change; Transform Your Business
Author Rose Fass
The single factor that determines success or failure in big business today is conversation. Great leaders use public and private conversations to cultivate a common worldview, set standards, and uncover concerns that can undermine the goals of the organization. So w....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Strategy in Practice: A Practitioner's Guide to Strategic Thinking, 2nd Edition
Author George Tovstiga
The 2nd edition of Strategy in Practice presents a practitioner focused approach to strategy. It is increasingly recognised that the ability to adapt classic formulas to changing circumstances and develop fast, sound strategic thinking is what differentiates the suc....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Market Your Way to Growth: 8 Ways to Win
Author Milton Kotler , Philip Kotler
Marketing guru Philip Kotler and global marketing strategist Milton Kotler show you how to survive rough economic watersWith the developed world facing slow economic growth, successfully competing for a limited customer base means using creative and strategic market....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader
Author Shannon O'Donnell , Richard L. Nolan , Robert D. Austin
Being a great leader today is much harder than you thinkMeet Jim Barton. He’s a newly minted CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexity—thanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if yo....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Business Models and Strategic Management
Author Francine Newth
Finally, a book comes along that provides a unique yet simple and powerful approach to understand the business model and the critical role strategic management has in supporting it. Its value is in business model thinking. It brings you a combination of the best con....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Author Anthony Flynn
Smart brands such as Chipotle, Zazzle, Nike, and Pandora are ditching the outdated 20th century model of a one-size-fits-all approach to providing products and services. From a Netflix movie night to a marriage courtesy of eHarmony, customization is changing every c....
Release Date 2012/11 -
The Secrets of Facilitation: The SMART Guide to Getting Results with Groups, New and Revised
Author Michael Wilkinson
The revised edition of this facilitation classic offers a wealth of targeted techniques for facilitators who seek effective, consistent, and repeatable results. Based on Michael Wilkinson's proven SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) approach, The Sec....
Release Date 2012/10 -
DefrICtion: Unleashing Your Enterprise to Create Value from Change
Author Chris Potts
Michael is CEO of a $64 billion global corporation, driving a strategy founded on productivity and growth. Despite having 'best practices' in place, spearheaded by Finance, he's convinced that many of the company's investments in change are still not delivering ....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Analysis Without Paralysis: 12 Tools to Make Better Strategic Decisions, Second Edition
Author Craig S. Fleisher , Babette E. Bensoussan
Since the publication of the original edition, the importance of interpreting business data has become mission critical for professionals in all types of businesses. These professionals have discovered the benefits of business analysis to address their organization....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Trevor Blake
How many self-help books are written by authors whose biggest success is selling self-help books? New York Times bestseller Three Simple Steps is different.Despite stock market crashes, dot-com busts, and the specter of recession, the author started a virtual compan....
Release Date 2012/08 -
Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations
Author John Wells
In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their ....
Release Date 2012/06 -
Author Roger Hussey
Increasing business competition is compelling managers not only to develop realistic and achievable strategies but also to analyze goals in financial terms and to evaluate performance. Whether in manufacturing, service, or the non-profit sector managers need to kno....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Creating Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Third Edition
Author John M. Bryson , Farnum K. Alston
Creating Your Strategic Plan is the best-selling companion workbook to Bryson's landmark book, Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Whether used with the main text or by itself, this thoroughly revised third edition provides a step-by-step gui....
Release Date 2011/08