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Since writing The End of Economic Man 58 years and 27 books ago, Peter F. Drucker has continued to demonstrate his gift for articulating the emerging issues of the day — and making them meaningful to the here-and-now work of managers. He recently spent several hours talking with Leader to Leader managing editor Paul Cohen about what is changing — and what is not — … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: People, Trends / Analysis

Consultant Slywotzky’s new book describes a series of twenty-three fictional meetings (between a frustrated manager and a guru), each covering a distinctive “profit pattern.” Put yourself in the student’s role — do the homework and the recommended reading — and you’ve got a complete toolbox of strategic models for profit-making.

Editor’s Note: The Art of Profitability is available for immediate download as an ebook. … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Adrian J. Slywotzky | Subjects: Management, Strategy

How much of your company’s potential lies untapped? Although you’ve paid for it, are you allowing it to sit and rot? Rot may seem a harsh word, but it’s accurate. Over time, untapped potential turns into complacency. By taking these steps, you will build the readiness for realizing the unused potential of your company and turn outstanding performance into the new minimum standard for your … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Daniel D. Elash, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

chairman and co-founder of Intel

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Management | Industry: Semiconductor

Growth strategies do not fail because of the unknown — they fail because managers are unwilling to confront what is known.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Change Management, Management

vice president of strategic planning and analysis for eBay (one of earliest employees and former President)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management | Industry: Advertising

Companies waste billions on knowledge management because they fail to figure out what knowledge they need, or how to manage it. In his latest book, Thomas A. Stewart explains how to answer both questions.

Content: Article | Author: Thomas A. Stewart | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Knowledge Management

founder of eBay

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

founder of AOL

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

founder of SGI and Netscape

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

At 17, living out of his father’s basement in Salt Lake City, he started a software company, called Serius, and sold it to Novell for $24 million four years later. At 24, he parlayed a 17-page business plan into $17 million in venture capital for an Internet consulting firm called USWeb, and moved to the Silicon Valley. By 1998, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company had … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

It’s one thing to say that IT is aligned with business strategy and another to make sure it’s happening. Understand where alignment goes wrong, and then take some simple steps to avoid that scenario.

Content: Article | Author: Joe Santana | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Do you regard discipline and punishment as one and the same? If so, that may explain your uneasiness at the thought of disciplining employees who exhibit substandard conduct or work quality – particularly those who fail despite their best efforts.

Content: Article | Author: Christina Morfeld | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

Liu is the chairman of Legend Holdings, China’s (and Asia’s) number-one manufacturer of PCs, with more than $3 billion in revenue.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Management | Industry: Personal Computer

The innovator’s educator looks at why great companies fail and why theory trumps data.

Editor’s Note: I haven’t read his book, but I found his comments in this interview to be very insightful…

Content: Article | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, People

Effective teams aren’t just task-focused. They balance task, learning together and attention to behaviour.

Content: Article | Author: David Clutterbuck | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: Best Practices, Management

Given the recent turmoil surrounding stock options, employers and employees alike may be looking more skeptically at this once-popular form of compensation. Among the issues to be considered: How effective are stock options in aligning the interests of managers with the interests of shareholders? Do broad-based option programs improve company performance? And should companies be required to include stock option compensation as an expense on … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Finance, Management

Brandeis professor Ben Gomes-Casseres, a Harvard Business School alum, has developed a useful Web site on alliance strategy and management. Free content here includes useful presentation slides, forums, and other materials on the topic that he has written for a variety of publications and occasions. Materials range from an op-ed piece on the death of co-opetition to a presentation urging managers to create alliance strategies, … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Benjamin Gomes-Casseres | Subjects: Management, Strategy

The management scholar put 1,435 good companies through a rigorous performance analysis and discovered only 11 became great. Here’s why.

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, People