127 Articles found for subject: People

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the world we know. Suresh Sethi describes the fascinating career of Herbert A. Simon, a father of artificial intelligence, renaissance man, and true polymath who made pioneering contributions to fields ranging from economics to psychology and from management to the philosophy of science.

Content: Article | Author: Suresh P. Sethi | Source: Management and Business Review (MBR) | Subject: People

Why have we lost touch with W. Edwards Deming. Through his red bead experiment he showed that we often get a false read on workers because we judge them too narrowly. Deming believed that we can improve worker performance only when we improve the entire system they work within. And he believed that managers wrongly apply incentive pay plans, forced rankings, and all sorts of … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Joshua Macht | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Management, People

Leaders can learn a lot from the late Apple CEO, but not all of it should be emulated.

Content: Article | Author: Jon R. Katzenbach | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, People

Why the impact of this preeminent, farsighted management writer is still so difficult to gauge.

Content: Article | Author: James O’Toole | Source: strategy+business | Subject: People

To help corporations create knowledge more consciously, the author of Managing Flow draws on Western and Eastern philosophic traditions.

Content: Article | Authors: Ikujiro Nonaka, Sally Helgesen | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Knowledge Management, People

The author of Emotional Intelligence says business leaders will need greater interpersonal awareness in an era of corporate transparency.

Content: Article | Authors: Daniel Goleman, Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, People

Venture capitalist, consultant and former Apple software “evangelist” Guy Kawasaki talked about “the art of innovation” during a recent visit to the University of Pennsylvania. He offered 10 rules for entrepreneurs and innovators.

Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

The legendary advertising innovator David Ogilvy created an enduring organization using culture, integrity, and charm.

Content: Article | Author: Kenneth Roman | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: History, People

You’ve heard of Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, and C.K. Prahalad. Here we introduce the next generation of management experts who are changing the way business gets done.

Content: Article | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: People

Harvard Business School professor William A. Sahlman’s article on how to write a great business plan is a Harvard Business Review classic, and has just been reissued in book form. Now a decade old, we asked Sahlman what he would change if he wrote the article today.

Content: Article | Authors: Sean Silverthorne, William A. Sahlman | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

The originator of multiple intelligence theory prescribes a code of ethics for business.

Content: Article | Authors: Howard E. Gardner, Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Ethics, People

Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps says that Joseph Schumpeter was wrong: Entrepreneurship can generate stable growth.

Content: Article | Author: Glenn Hubbard | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, Entrepreneurship, People

A founding father of public-opinion research explains why shareholder value isn’t enough.

Content: Article | Authors: Daniel Yankelovich, Lenny T. Mendonca, Matt Miller | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, People, Strategy

Peter Drucker describes seven personal experiences that taught him how to grow, change, and age. [Hat Tip to Personal MBA]

Content: Article | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: People, Personal Development

An important American thinker in the early part of the twentieth century, James Burnham saw owners and managers in a perpetual struggle for power. In important respects, his ideas still resonate.

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

Kent B. Monroe talks about guidelines and basic rules to follow for developing and maintaining an effective organizational approach to solving pricing problems.

Content: Article | Authors: James Nelson, Kent B. Monroe | Source: Emerald for Managers | Subjects: People, Pricing

What leads a person to start a company? “The impulse…to prove oneself superior to others.”

Editor’s Note: a look at the life and work of economist Joseph A. Schumpeter

Content: Article | Author: Thomas K. McCraw | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

In this interview David Taube talks
about franchising and its pros and
cons as a business expansion model.

Content: Article | Authors: David Taube, James Nelson | Source: Emerald | Subjects: People, Strategy

“I’ve never been Commander in Chief, but I’ve been a CEO. I understand a few things about leadership at the top. I’ve figured out nine points-not ten. I call them the ‘Nine Cs of Leadership'” – says an excerpt from former Chrysler Chairman and CEO Lee Iacocca’s Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

Content: Article | Authors: Francis Adams, Lee Iacocca | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Leadership, People

Celebrated by Peter Drucker as a key influence, Walther Rathenau deserves to be remembered as a major figure in pre-War Germany.

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