Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual - Softcover

Burkus, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 132878164X ISBN 13: 9781328781642

Publisher: Harper Business, 2017

Synopsis

“Makes a provocative case that you should put customers second, close open offices, and ditch performance appraisals.”—Adam Grant, best-selling author of Originals

“Under New Management is a lively, provocative must-read.”—Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself.
 
Why accepted management practices don’t work—and how innovative companies are changing the rules
 
Should your employees know each other’s salaries? Is your vacation policy harming productivity? Does your hiring process undermine your team? David Burkus argues that the traditional management playbook is full of outdated, counterproductive practices, and he reveals how the alternative management revolution has already started at companies like Netflix, Zappos, Google, and others. Burkus investigates behind their office doors to show how these companies are reevaluating and reinventing the most basic management principles, like hiring, firing, vacation policy, and even office floor plan, and enhancing their business’s success as a result.
 
“Is your company ready for a radical departure from twentieth-century management standards? David Burkus has collected the stories of dozens of companies that are standing the old rules on their heads. Even better, Burkus shows how you can do it, too.”—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
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“If you are going to read one book on being a better manager in the next year, start here. David Burkus has assembled the most practical research and provocative ideas into an incredibly quick read.”—Tom Rath, best-selling author of StrengthsFinder 2.0

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About the Author

David Burkus is associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University where he was recently named one of the nation’s Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire. He’s the author of four books and has delivered keynote speeches and workshops for Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft and Google. Since 2017, he’s been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. He lives outside of Tulsa with his wife and their two boys.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Business
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 132878164X
• ISBN 13: 9781328781642
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256