Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 19156821-20
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright with author signed gift inscription to front endpaper. Gilt embossed black boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/faint creasing to upper front corner, edge wear to back & small loss to lower back edge. 1966 First Edition, 12th Printing. Author E. Kirby Warren (known as Kirby), an outstanding alumni of Columbia Univ. --- 1957 undergraduate degree, 1958 Masters & 1961 doctorate from Columbia University's Business School, to teach at Columbia's Graduate School of Business & serve as Acting Dean & Vice Dean. Kirby specialized in long-range planning is as a strategic process whereby organizations outline broad goals & steps needed to achieve company goals. For this work, author interviewed ranking executives from 15 corporations --- some, including Dupont, GE, IBM, and Merck, are still present, and others, like ITT & the New York Central Railroad, that are no longer. 108 pgs. in 6 chapters: 1, The Unavoidable Choice: Who Takes the Choice?; 2, The Nature of Corporate Long-Range Planning; 3, Roadblocks to Long-Range Planning; 4, Response of OperatingExecutives to Long-Range Planning Efforts; 5, Measurement & Control: Why Present Efforts Fail; and 6, Measurement & Control: Developing a Better Approach; followed by Selected Bibliography & Index. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 021292
Seller: Antiquariat Ottakring 1160 Wien, Wien, Austria
Hardcover. Condition: Gut. gr.8°, 108 S., silbergepr. OKunstldr., OU, einige Anstr. im Text, Englisch. Seller Inventory # ÖKO007