Instant Management: The Best Ideas from the People Who Have Made a Difference in How We Manage - Softcover

Kennedy, Carol

9780688135119: Instant Management: The Best Ideas from the People Who Have Made a Difference in How We Manage

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688135110 ISBN 13: 9780688135119

Publisher: Quill, 1994

Perfect for the busy executive or student, this user-friendly reference summarizes the key theories of 34 renowned business thinkers who have shaped corporate management strategy. Not only a guide to theory, this important tool is also helpful for appraising company performance and providing ideas for improvement.

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From Publishers Weekly:

Kennedy, executive editor of the British Institute of Directors' journal, Director , provides a welcome guide to today's ever-growing flood of books by management "gurus" in 34 summaries of management theories and brief, lively biographies of authors and important titles. Claiming that many of the gurus "build on each other's ideas and their own," she points out that the writings of General Motors decentralizer Alfred P. Sloan and AT&T's "Organization Man," Chester Barnard, as well as F. W. Taylor's mechanistic management theories and Douglas McGregor's and Abraham Maslow's advocacy of human motivation have influenced generations of leaders. And she reports that while quality-control pioneers like W. E. Deming inspired Japan's industrial miracle, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman coauthored the world's bestselling business book, In Search of Excellence.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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