The Ascendant Organisation: Combining Commitment and Control for Long-Term Sustainable Business Success

The Ascendant Organisation combines high effectiveness, control and commitment in all aspects of it's business to achieve long term success. Each by itself succeeds only in the short term. Peter Wickens, author of The Road to Nissan, unites 25 years of top level experience in Japanese, American and British companies with a special analytical insight to provide the knowledge and the know-how which guide the reader through the maze of hard and soft leadership issues. The aim is to move organisations from alienation, anarchy and apathy to ascendancy.

PETER D. WICKENS had over 30 years of top executive experience in British, American and Japanese multinationals. Since leaving Nissan in early 1995, Peter had become Professor and President of the Centre for Achievement in Manufacturing and Management at the University of Sunderland. He was also a Vice President of the Institute of Personnel and Development and he wrote, lectured and consulted widely. He was Honorary Professor at Kingston University Business School.