The Frontiers Of Management

Author : Peter Drucker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136008429

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The Frontiers of Management offers stimulating and profitable reading for both existing Drucker disciples and those new to his writing. This collection of thirty-five finely balanced articles and essays, plus an interview and afterword, was planned by the author from the beginning to be published eventually in one volume and as variations on one unifying theme - the challenges of tomorrow that face the executive today. What kind of tomorrow it will be depends heavily on the knowledge, insight, foresight and competence of the decision makers of today. The future is in the hands of executives who are already fully occupied with the daily crisis, and for whom the daily crisis is the one absolutely predictable event in their working day. It is to these people that this Drucker volume is addressed, to enable them to see and to understand the long-range implications and impacts of their immediate, everyday, urgent actions and decisions.

Author : Peter F. Drucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:987177716

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Author : Peter F. Drucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0750648740

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Author : Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Publisher : Harvard Business School Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159139323X

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the Frontiers of Management by Rosabeth Moss Kanter Pdf

* Kanter is highly respected as a management scholar and thinker * Gathers all of Kanterâ¬"s pioneering work for HBR into one volume * Provides Kanterâ¬"s own perspective on her seminal works over the last 15 years * The market is craving classic and authoritative ideas from a well respected scholar and practitioner. This book will feed that hunger. * Enforces a â¬Ssingle, timeless message: the importance of treating people as assets, not costs, and providing the tools and conditions that liberate people to use their brainpower to make a difference.⬠* 20,000 copies sold in hardcover.

Author : Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Industrial management
ISBN : 9792001727

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Author : L. Pal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230369016

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Frontiers of Governance by L. Pal Pdf

The first detailedanalysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) influence on global public sector reform. Based on extensive interviews and internal documents, this book explores the evolution of the OECD's approach to governance issues over the last 50 years and what its future agenda should be.

Author : Peter F. Drucker
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 2234 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781647820275

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Peter F. Drucker Boxed Set (8 Books) (The Drucker Library) by Peter F. Drucker Pdf

The perfect gift for aspiring leaders: The Peter F. Drucker Library. Filled with practical guidance on perennial leadership issues, the Peter F. Drucker Boxed Set is essential reading for all managers and executives. More vitally relevant than ever, each book features the best of Peter F. Drucker's legendary wisdom. This specially priced 8-volume set includes every book in the Drucker Library: Peter F. Drucker on Economic Threats; Peter F. Drucker on Technology; Peter F. Drucker on Business and Society; Peter F. Drucker on Nonprofits and the Public Sector; Peter F. Drucker on the Network Economy; Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials; Peter F. Drucker on Globalization; and Peter F. Drucker on Practical Leadership. Build your professional library with the Peter F. Drucker Boxed Set.

Author : Diana Kelly
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787699878

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The Red Taylorist by Diana Kelly Pdf

This biography traces the adult life, works and relationships of the Taylorist, Walter Polakov, focusing on his socialist scientific management, his ideals and dreams, and how these were constrained by conventionality in the USA in the first half of the twentieth century.

Author : B. Vipin,C. Rajendran,Ganesh Janakiraman,Deepu Philip
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811627743

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Emerging Frontiers in Operations and Supply Chain Management by B. Vipin,C. Rajendran,Ganesh Janakiraman,Deepu Philip Pdf

This edited book addresses the challenges in managing the operations and supply chain of organizations in the era of internet of things and Industry 4.0. It presents cutting edge research on real world operations related problems, in-depth analyses, and relevant managerial implications. Wide variety of solution approaches such as quantitative, quantitative, and simulations are presented in the context of managing the operations and supply chains. Consisting of selected papers from the XXIII Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, this volume is part of a two volume series with the other book consisting of chapters on quantitative decision making. This edited book covers various quantitative models on operations and supply chain management such as inventory optimization, machine learning-operations research integrated model for healthcare systems, game-theoretic analysis of review strategies in truthful information sharing, design of contracts in supply chains, supply chain optimization, inventory routing, and shop floor scheduling. In addition to the quantitative models, several innovative heuristics are proposed for different problems. This book explores qualitative models on improving the performance of small and medium enterprises and petroleum industries and a simulation model for staff allocation in the information technology industry. Finally, this book provides review articles on vaccine supply chains and behavioral operations management. The book throws light on the emerging trends in the use of analytics, optimization, and simulation tools and empirical analysis to improve the performance of operations and supply chains of organizations. It will serve as an essential resource for practitioners, students, faculty members and scholars in operations management and related areas to gain knowledge and pursue high quality research on developments in areas such as managing the resource management and the solution methodology---innovative tools employed in addressing the real world problems and the different optimization techniques.

Author : Peter F. Drucker
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422170878

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The Frontiers of Management by Peter F. Drucker Pdf

Every decision executives make today shapes the future of their organization - as well as that of the communities and society in which the organization operates. How to make choices that lead to the best possible future for all stakeholders? Look beyond the immediate crisis of the day - to the long-term implications of your decisions and actions. In the thirty-five essays comprising The Frontiers of Management, classic management thinker and teacher Peter Drucker offers advice. Each selection in this compelling collection is as fresh and relevant today as it was when written in the 1980s. With every essay, Drucker teaches by example- deftly demonstrating how to put current events in their larger historical context, how to pick the right people for a given task, how to think through an acquisition. The book provides not only durable examples of a great thinker's writing but a set of ever more urgently needed lessons on how business leaders today can understand the context of their own daily decisions - and make the wisest possible choices for the future. Timely and vivid, The Frontiers of Management remains a practical guidebook packed with enduring wisdom.

Author : Ralf Muller,J Rodney Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351908351

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Project-Oriented Leadership by Ralf Muller,J Rodney Turner Pdf

From the perspective of delivering successful projects, the value of a skilled project sponsor and project manager outweighs many other factors. Projects need leaders who can give them vision, identity, keep the stakeholders and the project team on board and make the difficult decisions that will enable the project to continue (or, if necessary, be terminated). These are human skills that don't necessarily feature large in the project management bodies of knowledge. Ralf Müller and Rodney Turner's Project-Oriented Leadership explains the key leadership models of managerial, intellectual and emotional leadership and shows how they can be applied within projects to lead processes, functions and people, and ensure an ethical and inclusive approach within projects and programs.

Author : Judi Neal,Alan Harpham
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409409595

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The Spirit of Project Management by Judi Neal,Alan Harpham Pdf

This book examines the role that spirituality plays in project management. It is an extremely important factor that is almost always overlooked, but when tapped into, it can make the difference between effectiveness and ineffectiveness. With a greater understanding of the role of spirituality in project management, project leaders will be able to engage their team members' passion and purpose, unleash their creativity, and help them solve difficult problems.

Author : Michael Cavanagh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351901451

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Second Order Project Management by Michael Cavanagh Pdf

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got, and if it's not good enough, you need to do something else. As project complexity increases, so too does the need to do new things. The existing Project Management tools - examples being Earned Value Management, PRINCE2, Lifecycle Management, PMBOK® - are incredibly useful; but they were designed for linear project development in a stable, understood environment. We term them 'First Order'. Second Order Project Management (PM) goes beyond, addressing the issues of a complex, unstable, uncertain environment with all its associated difficulties. Second Order PM has to address four major issues: the conspiracy of optimism, inappropriate contracting models, the application of methods and tools capable of dealing with complexity, and the need for creative, inspirational, adhocratic leadership. These problems are compounded by the need to convince executive sponsors from different disciplines to invest in the necessary process improvement - this book is designed to help alleviate the frustration that every member of the profession has experienced when trying to gain such approval. Illustrated by interviews with an international group of very senior managers responsible for managing highly complex projects, Michael Cavanagh explains why there is nothing magical, or even complicated, about Second Order PM. The techniques discussed include aspects of System Thinking, Experiential Learning and its application, Ethics and Governance, Stakeholder Relationships, Appropriate Contracting Models, Outcome-driven Management and Leadership Behaviour, all recognised as increasingly necessary in direct proportion to the complexity of the project at hand.

Author : Brian Garrod,Stefan Gössling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780080453576

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New Frontiers in Marine Tourism by Brian Garrod,Stefan Gössling Pdf

Diving tourism has seen such growth in the past decade that the World Tourism Organization suggests it will soon become as important as ski tourism. According to a WTO estimate, there are now 5-7 million active certified divers in the world. Despite its development as a mass tourism activity, its dynamic growth and great economic importance, particularly for island destinations in the tropics, surprisingly few scientific publications address this form of special-interest tourism. In the light of this, New Frontiers in Marine Tourism is the first attempt to describe and analyse this tourism sector comprehensively. The first part of the book is devoted to an overview of the dive sector, addressing different types of diving locations and their particular characteristics, the geographical distribution of dive locations, the origins of dive tourists, as well as the growth and economic significance of diving tourism in destinations worldwide. In its second section, the book outlines different motivations and typologies of diving tourists, their learning behaviour, knowledge of marine environments, and their interaction with flora and fauna. The third section focuses on diver satisfaction, attitudes and preferences, diver education and interpretation, compliance with regulations by divers and tour operators, environmental impacts, and aspects of risk and health, thus highlighting a variety of pressing topics related to the management of diving tourism. * First book of its kind to address the rapidly growing area of diving tourism * Contributions from academic experts in the field, it addresses hot issues such as environmental impacts, health and safety, eduaction, and economic factors and impacts. * Brilliantly edited, it represents a coherent and cohesive collection of critically important issues in this area.

Author : Mr Phil Peplow,Ms Elizabeth Harrin
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409483793

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Customer-Centric Project Management by Mr Phil Peplow,Ms Elizabeth Harrin Pdf

There has been a sea-change in the focus of organizations - whether private or public - away from a traditional product- or service-centricity towards customer-centricity and projects are just as much a part of that change. Projects must deliver value; projects must involve stakeholders, and Elizabeth Harrin and Phil Peplow demonstrate convincingly that stakeholders are the ones who get to decide what ‘value’ actually means. Customer-Centric Project Management is a short guide explaining what customer-centricity means in terms of how you work and its importance for project performance; using tools and processes to guide customer-centric thinking will help you see the results of engagement and demonstrate how things can improve, even on difficult projects. The text provides a straightforward implementation guide to moving your own business to a customer-centric way of working, using a model called Exceed and provides some guidance for ensuring that customer-centricity is sustainable and supported in the organization. This is a practical, rigorous and well-researched text. It draws on established models and uses the example of project implementation in a healthcare environment to demonstrate the impact of this significant way of thinking about value. The authors can’t guarantee that the Exceed process will radically improve project success rates, and no process can. Adopting a customer-centric mindset and using the Exceed process to measure and monitor customer satisfaction will, however, help you move towards working with happier, more engaged stakeholders.