by Peter F. Drucker (1986)
Discusses the new economic forces that affect lives and livelihoods, today's changing people and their workplace surroundings, the newest management concepts and practices, and the shape of evolving organizations as they respond to increasing tasks and responsibilities.
Frederick Jones
"This book says 'no' to small business failures and 'yes' to controlling the destiny of our organizations. In this book, we will teach you how laziness and arrogance can ruin great business. Champions in business refrain from unprofessional, destructive behavior and magnify the positive traits identified in this book."--Back cover
Frederick Jones
"This book says 'no' to small business failures and 'yes' to controlling the destiny of our organizations. In this book, we will teach you how laziness and arrogance can ruin great business. Champions in business refrain from unprofessional, destructive behavior and magnify the positive traits identified in this book."--Back cover
John P. Kotter
Kotter presents detailed accounts of how senior and middle managers in 11 major corporations, in close concert with colleagues and subordinates, were able to create a leadership process that put into action hundreds of commonsense ideas and procedures that, in combination with competent management, produced extraordinary results.
Julie Mowinski and Lisa Francis-Jennings
Find out how change agents in different regions of the world initiate change within the public, private and voluntary sectors. How different types of change interventions challenge main stream approaches to strategic implementation and turnaround efforts. A uniting perspective is the ongoing reflections of the change agents and their practice in relation to evaluating and continually improving their style, methods and tools. What can you learn from these personal journeys? - A comfortable and safe environment for open communication and information sharing - A straight line is not always the shortest route - Find drivers for change in the most unlikely places - Achieve collective action and a common identity in a disparate environment - Temper a target-oriented approach with inclusive methods to achieve greater success - Dare to enable bottom-up change leadership - Raise our inner consciousness to become better change leaders.