221 Posts Found

Fred Hassan’s human touch transformed Pharmacia & Upjohn from hostile tribes into a growing global concern.

Content: Article | Author: Victoria Griffith | Source: strategy+business | Subject: People

In this issue of Spotlight Sir John Harvey-Jones, former chairman of ICI and one of Britain’s best-known industrialists, talks to editor Sarah Powell about the particular challenges and opportunities facing small and family-owned companies, his approach to corporate ‘troubleshooting’, and his views on leadership.

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

Fujio Masuoka says that Toshiba tried to demote him after he invented a $76 billion product. The loss was America’s gain. Will Japan make the same mistake with the next innovation?

Content: Article | Author: Benjamin Fulford | Source: Forbes | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, People | Industry: Semiconductor

How should smart companies position themselves in the global economy? By training a historical lens on the process of globalization and thinking about strategies that can take advantage of its current, intermediate state-what HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat calls “quasiglobalization.”

Content: Article | Author: Martha Lagace | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: International, People

Many decisions CFOs make — how to raise capital, where to outsource, whether to expand — are deeply influenced by a network of politicians, financiers, and other individuals around the world. For the first time, CFO Magazine presents its list of fivescore bankers, investors, regulators, and rule-makers — as well as gadflies, opinion leaders, organizations, and forces — that have the greatest influence on the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Alix Nyberg Stuart, Lori Calabro | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, People

Short-term gains are for the birds-just ask shareholders. Here are the CEOs with real stamina, boasting the biggest returns over 25 years.

Content: Article | Author: Victoria Griffith | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: People

BusinessWeek correspondents and editors have chosen 50 individuals at the forefront of change. They are presented in the following categories:
– MANAGERS
– INNOVATORS
– AGENDA SETTERS
– FINANCIERS
– ENTREPRENEURS
– CHALLENGERS

Content: Article | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: International – Europe, People

The controversial Canadian theorist claims he can create the perfect organization. Has he found the key to management – or merely a justification for bureaucracy?

Editor’s Note: this article introduces Jaques’ Requisite Organization concepts which are very controversial but also very thought-provoking and worthy of consideration on various levels. I was particularly struck by how relevant some of his ideas are in light of recent … [ Read more ]

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

The Dutch financial services group ING takes pride in being a good corporate citizen wherever it does business. And no one is a stronger advocate of this policy than the chairman, Ewald Kist, who argues that social responsibility pays bottom-line benefits.

Content: Article | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: People, Social Responsibility (ESG)

This interview explores the field of system dynamics, originated in 1956 by Jay W. Forrester, Germeshausen Professor, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Content: Article | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, People

Renée Mauborgne is Distinguished Fellow and Affiliate Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD and a fellow of the World Economic Forum. She is an advisor to corporations in diverse industries in the USA, Europe and Asia-Pacific region. Read what she has to say about the challenges of “value innovation” and the concepts of “fair process” and new “market space”.

Content: Article | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: People, Strategy

Article profiles Robert E. Kath, widely recognized as one of the co-founders of the Internet (along with partner Vint Cerf).

Content: Article | Author: Raymond R. Bert | Source: The Bent of Tau Beta Pi | Subjects: History, People

We got it right when we said that we were in search of excellence. Not competitive advantage. Not economic growth. Not market dominance or strategic differentiation. Not maximized shareholder value. Excellence…Search of Excellence — even the title — is a reminder that business isn’t dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, People

William F. Sharpe is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Chairman, Financial Engines, Inc. He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, developed the Sharpe Ratio for investment performance analysis, the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for asset allocation optimization, and returns-based style analysis for evaluating the … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: William F. Sharpe | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Finance, People | Industry: Finance / Banking

On the 20th anniversary of In “Search of Excellence,” Peters admits, “I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote ‘Search.'”

Content: Article | Author: Tom Peters | Source: Fast Company | Subject: People

Financial Times takes a look at a dozen or people widely recognized as management gurus. Hardly a comprehensive treatment (each individual is treated in a cursory fashion and the selection of people ignores many) but of use to those interested in these types of businesslumninaries.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Financial Times | Subjects: Management, People

They Rule aims to make some of the relationships of the elite of the US ruling class visible. It allows users to browse through the interlocking directories of some of the most powerful American companies (namely the board members of those companies). You can easily see the other corporate affiliations and political donations of that individual as well as find URLs with information … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Josh On | Sources: Futurefarmers, They Rule | Subjects: Corporate Governance, People

W. Edwards Deming was the senior ‘guru’ of quality management, and his 14 points are his prescription for the achievement of quality. His basic message is that the cause of inefficiency and poor quality is the system, not the people, and it is management’s responsibility to correct the system to achieve desired results. Here is a refresher on the basics of quality productivity – the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, People

There aren’t any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Challenge, People

Men and nations behave wisely, once they’ve exhausted all other alternatives.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: People, Politics