221 Posts Found

Each year, TED hosts some of the world’s most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. Now, you can view many of these talks online.

Content: Online Resource | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Miscellaneous, People

In this issue of Spotlight, Professor Henri-Claude de Bettignies speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the development of China as a world power and the opportunities and challenges this offers to western businesses.

Content: Article | Author: Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: International – China, People

Thirty-six years after his book Future Shock, the world’s most influential futurist sees the informal economy as a basis of revolutionary wealth.

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

Errors in corporate strategy are often self-inflicted, and a singular focus on shareholder value is the “Bermuda Triangle” of strategy, according to Michael E. Porter, director of Harvard’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Porter, who recently spoke at Wharton as part of the school’s SEI Center Distinguished Lecture Series, challenged managers to stop trying to be the best company in their industry and instead deliver … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Michael E. Porter | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: People, Strategy

This work is an examination in words and pictures of the way particular individuals, some famous and some not, have created businesses/careers from nothing but their own drive and talent.

Content: Book | Authors: Charles Handy, Elizabeth Handy | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

Management theory is a worldwide growth industry these days. Terrified of falling behind, business executives flock from one management guru to another in search of a competitive edge. Catchwords such as “chaos,” “excellence,” and “quality” echo in corporate halls and bounce around boardrooms the world over. Which ideas and theories are sound, and which are ultimately useless fads? John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge spent two … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Adrian Wooldridge, John Micklethwait | Subjects: Management, People

An idiosyncratic economist preaches the innate morality of business.

Content: Article | Author: Andrea Gabor | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, People

Convention and tradition may still have their (smaller) place in organizations today, but not in the company envisioned and described by one of the world’s leading and most respected management gurus, Gary Hamel. “In the years ahead,” he says in this extensive and provocative interview, “the challenge for every organization is going to be to begin to think about how to measure and support three … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Stephen Bernhut | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: People, Strategy

An original thinker and a pioneer of the theory of harmonisation, Polish born Karol Adamiecki deserves to regain his place as one of Europe’s foremost management gurus.

Content: Article | Author: Morgen Witzel | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People

One of the world’s most recognized and respected authorities on intellectual capital offers his observations on how to manage and value one of the most challenging and dynamic issues facing business leaders today, intangible assets. Lev is a frequent witness in litigation involving intellectual capital, and a frequent and vocal critic of traditional accounting. He is also the leading exponent of a new, knowledge-based approach … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Stephen Bernhut | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Accounting, People

He turned a family-run gunpowder factory into a giant corporation, and rebuilt a faltering General Motors. Pierre du Pont proves that even the most moribund company can be rescued with the right management skills.

Content: Article | Author: Morgen Witzel | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’

Content: Quotation | Source: USTelecom dailyLead | Subjects: Communication, Leadership, People, Personal Development

For the past five centuries, the political genius of Niccoló Machiavelli has been overshadowed by his reputation as a cold supporter of corrupt ruling. Only recently have his true beliefs come to light.

Content: Article | Author: Morgen Witzel | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People

In this issue of Spotlight, Dick Grote speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the difference between standard performance appraisal and ‘forced ranking’ and the reasons why forced ranking is so contentious.

Content: Article | Authors: Dick Grote, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Human Resources, People

Building more efficient equipment is actually an important key to profitability says George David, chief executive of United Technologies.

Content: Article | Author: George David | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: People, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Archives of the life works of Peter Drucker, who has been called the “father of management” because he helped create and articulate “the concepts that have made management a field of legitimate academic inquiry and professional practice.” The site features a searchable database of citations to materials from his personal papers, a bibliography of his books, and a few articles by Drucker. Also includes a … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Source: Claremont Graduate University | Subjects: Management, People

Author and Apple alumn Guy Kawasaki shares some lessons learned from wounds suffered during his long tour of duty in the technology trenches.

Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Source: AlwaysOn | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

According to this influential long-wave theorist, the world is due for a technological and economic boom that truly lifts all boats. When? That’s up to us.

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

Jay Forrester’s computer models show the nonlinear roots of calamity and reveal the leverage that can help us avoid it.

Editor’s Note: Forrester is the father of system dynamics.

Content: Article | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subject: People

The world’s most famous management writer may have spent most of his working life in the US, but he owes many of his ideas to his European origins.

Content: Article | Author: Peter Starbuck | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People