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Peter F. Drucker is best known for his work on management. The White House press release of June 21, 2002, announcing that Drucker would be a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom cites Drucker as “the world’s foremost pioneer of management theory.” Indeed he is. Yet all this seminal work on management came about as Drucker pursued his main interest in a larger and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Joseph A. Maciariello | Source: Leader to Leader | Subject: People

The Toyota Production System has revolutionized industry. James Womack and Daniel Jones believe it can transform the world.

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

Sam Rovit, a partner in the Chicago office of Bain & Company and head of Bain’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the paradox of the need for M&A in corporate growth and the high failure rate of such operations.

Content: Article | Authors: Sam Rovit, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: People

In his new book, According to Kotler, Phil Kotler gives a summary of the key principles of marketing and how they relate to current events such as corporate accounting scandals, outsourcing, globalization, warehouse shopping and online marketing.

Here is an excerpt of it, based on the thousands of questions Kotler has been asked over the years by clients, students, business audiences, and journalists.

Content: Article | Author: Philip Kotler | Source: MarketingProfs | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, People

Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton (Penguin Press, 2004) is the historical biography that business executives should turn to if they wish to learn what leadership is really about. Unique among the historians who write about politics in early America, Chernow has a profound knowledge of management and finance, and this fine book offers business readers a detailed analysis of how a “numbers man” with the greatest … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Ron Chernow | Subjects: Leadership, People

First published in Brazil in 1988 as Turning the Tables , this book was the all-time best-selling nonfiction book in Brazil’s history. Semler, the 34-year-old CEO, or “counselor,” of Semco, a Brazilian manufacturing firm, describes how he turned his successful company into a “natural business” in which employees hire and evaluate their bosses, dress however they want, participate in major decisions, and share in 22 … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Ricardo Semler | Subjects: Management, People

In this book, two of the world’s most respected sources of business insight come together to select and profile the 25 most influential businesspeople of the past quarter century. These incisive profiles teach specific lessons you can use to discover, refine, and nurture your own leadership style… achieve breakthrough results… and accelerate your career progress.

The team: Nightly Business Report, the United States’ #1 daily TV … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Jeffrey Brown, Mukul Pandya, Robbie Shell, Sandeep Junnarkar, Susan Warner | Subjects: Leadership, People

NYU Professor Baruch Lev finds vast value in intangible assets.

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

The Nobel Prize-winning economist parses the roles of emotion, cognition, and perception in the understanding of business risk.

Content: Article | Author: Michael Schrage | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, People

Last month Edward C. Prescott and Finn E. Kydland won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for two important papers they coauthored that advanced the field of dynamic macroeconomics. As the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences put it, Prescott and Kydland’s work “has not only transformed economic research, but has also profoundly influenced the practice of economic policy in general, and monetary policy in … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Economics, People

John Seely Brown speaks to editor Sarah Powell about nurturing invention and managing innovation.

Content: Article | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: People

In two separate talks at Wharton recently, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Pete Peterson, chairman of The Blackstone Group, lamented what they see as the sorry state of the U.S. economy, and then presented their views on how to fix it. Not surprisingly, the answers offered by Stiglitz, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Clinton, and Peterson, former Secretary of … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Economics, People

Global competition, supply-chain partnerships, knowledge management, and 24/7 operations are among the trends driving changes in business processes and business structures. As information and decision-making power filter deeper into the organization, traditional command-and-control, hierarchical structures are giving way to new, matrix formats. CIOs who look beyond the technologies to the culture changes they bring can lead their companies through the transition. Editor-in-chief Brian Gillooly invited … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Optimize Magazine | Subjects: Miscellaneous, People

Regarded as the most influential and widely read thinker on modern organizations and their management, Peter Drucker has also established himself as an unorthodox and independent analyst of politics, the economy, and society. A man of impressive scope and expertise, he has paved significant inroads in a number of key areas, sharing his knowledge and keen insight on everything from the plight of the employee … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Subject: People

This article, written back in 2000 when his book “Living on the Faultline” was being released, offers a good introduction to Moore’s management thinking and theories.

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

Management journals and New Economy magazines are filled with an unending stream of thinking and writing about entrepreneurship. But amid the proliferation of management gurus, there’s one theorist whose voice pierces through the clutter: Joseph Schumpeter. More than a half-century ago, the Moravia-born economist coined the enduring term “creative destruction” as a great metaphor for capitalism. But his understanding of the dynamics of capitalism and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Thomas G. McCraw | Source: STERNbusiness (NYU) | Subjects: History, People

Professor Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe discusses the transformational imperatives of leadership. Professor Alimo-Metcalfe joined with Dr John Alban-Metcalfe to undertake the largest ever investigation of leadership, and the first to involve a significant proportion of women and individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic group backgrounds, leading to the development of the Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (TLQ), a new leadership 360-degree feedback instrument, the success of which led to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Leadership, People

Companies that are stuck in a rut look to Keith Yamashita to find out how to get back on track.

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Reingold | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, People

Management gurus, including Stephen Covey, Tom Peters and Gary Hamel, are making millions by promising companies that their techniques and insights can improve productivity and make the most of human capital. Whether they really deliver on those promises is another issue.

Content: Article | Author: Samuel Greengard | Source: Workforce Management | Subjects: Management, People

When it first appeared in 2001, the Thinkers 50, the first ever global ranking of business thinkers (gurus), provoked debate, disappointment and delight in equal measure. It attracted votes, opinions and media coverage from throughout the world. We were amazed by the response.

The Thinkers 50 2003 provides a completely new ranking, the definitive guide to which thinkers and ideas are in – and which … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Stuart Crainer | Source: Suntop Media | Subjects: Management, People