The Theory Of The Business Harvard Business Review Classics

Author : Peter F. Drucker
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692534

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The Theory of the Business (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Peter F. Drucker Pdf

Peter F. Drucker argues that what underlies the current malaise of so many large and successful organizations worldwide is that their theory of the business no longer works. The story is a familiar one: a company that was a superstar only yesterday finds itself stagnating and frustrated, in trouble and, often, in a seemingly unmanageable crisis. The root cause of nearly every one of these crises is not that things are being done poorly. It is not even that the wrong things are being done. Indeed, in most cases, the right things are being done—but fruitlessly. What accounts for this apparent paradox? The assumptions on which the organization has been built and is being run no longer fit reality. These are the assumptions that shape any organization's behavior, dictate its decisions about what to do and what not to do, and define what an organization considers meaningful results. These assumptions are what Drucker calls a company's theory of the business. The Harvard Business Review Classics series offers you the opportunity to make seminal Harvard Business Review articles a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world—and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

Author : Harvard Business Review Press
Publisher : Harvard Business School Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1633694925

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The Theory of the Business (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Harvard Business Review Press Pdf

Author : William A. Sahlman
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633691315

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How to Write a Great Business Plan by William A. Sahlman Pdf

Judging by all the hoopla surrounding business plans, you'd think the only things standing between would-be entrepreneurs and spectacular success are glossy five-color charts, bundles of meticulous-looking spreadsheets, and decades of month-by-month financial projections. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, often the more elaborately crafted a business plan, the more likely the venture is to flop. Why? Most plans waste too much ink on numbers and devote too little to information that really matters to investors. The result? Investors discount them. In How to Write a Great Business Plan, William A. Sahlman shows how to avoid this all-too-common mistake by ensuring that your plan assesses the factors critical to every new venture: The people—the individuals launching and leading the venture and outside parties providing key services or important resources The opportunity—what the business will sell and to whom, and whether the venture can grow and how fast The context—the regulatory environment, interest rates, demographic trends, and other forces shaping the venture's fate Risk and reward—what can go wrong and right, and how the entrepreneurial team will respond Timely in this age of innovation, How to Write a Great Business Plan helps you give your new venture the best possible chances for success.

Author : Harvard Business Review,Clayton M. Christensen,Jim Collins,Peter F. Drucker,Daniel Goleman
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633693135

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HBR Classics Boxed Set (16 Books) by Harvard Business Review,Clayton M. Christensen,Jim Collins,Peter F. Drucker,Daniel Goleman Pdf

The classic Harvard Business Review articles every manager and aspiring leader should read--and share with their teams--from such bestselling Harvard Business Review authors as Peter Drucker, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, Daniel Goleman, Jim Collins, Gary Hamel, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, and many more. Each compact book represents the most important ideas on management, leadership, and life. Build your professional library and advance your career with these 16 timeless business classics. The HBR Classics Boxed Set includes: Peter Drucker's bestselling "Managing Oneself," "What Makes an Effective Executive," and "The Theory of the Business"; Clayton Christensen's inspiring "How Will You Measure Your Life?"; Daniel Goleman's articles on emotional intelligence--"Leadership That Gets Results" and "What Makes a Leader?"; author of Good to Great Jim Collins's "Turning Goals into Results"; W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne's "Blue Ocean Leadership" and "Red Ocean Traps"; John Kotter's "Managing Your Boss"; Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith's "The Discipline of Teams"; Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad's "Strategic Intent"; William A. Sahlman's "How to Write a Great Business Plan"; Chris Argyris's "Teaching Smart People How to Learn"; Theodore Levitt's "Marketing Myopia"; Joseph B. Pine's "Do You Want to Keep Your Customers Forever?". The Harvard Business Review Classics series offers you the opportunity to make seminal Harvard Business Review articles a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world--and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

Author : Clayton M. Christensen
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692572

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How Will You Measure Your Life? (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Clayton M. Christensen Pdf

In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School’s graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them—but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply his wisdom to their personal lives. He shared with them a set of guidelines that have helped him find meaning in his own life, which led to this now-classic article. Although Christensen’s thinking is rooted in his deep religious faith, these are strategies anyone can use. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

Author : Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1422101681

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Classic Drucker by Peter Ferdinand Drucker Pdf

This book gathers together Peter Drucker's articles from Harvard Business Review and frames them with a thoughtful introduction from the Review's Editor Tom Stewart One of this century's most highly regarded students of management, Drucker has sought out, identified, and examined the most important issues confronting managers, from corporate strategy to management style to social change. Through his unique lens, this volume gives us the rare opportunity to trace the evolution of the great shifts in our workplaces, and to understand more clearly the role of managers. This book gathers together Drucker's articles from Harvard Business Review and frames them with a thoughtful introduction from the review's editor Thomas A. Stewart.

Author : Adam Brandenburger,Barry J. Nalebuff
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633691292

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Right Game by Adam Brandenburger,Barry J. Nalebuff Pdf

Business is like war: The best combatant wins while the worst loses, right? Not necessarily. Companies can succeed spectacularly without destroying others. And they can lose miserably after competing well. Exceptional businesses win by actively shaping the game they're playing, not playing the game they find. The Right Game shows you how to do this—by altering who's competing, what value each player brings to the table, and which rules and tactics players use. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

Author : Daniel Goleman
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692619

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What Makes a Leader? (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Daniel Goleman Pdf

When asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision—the qualities traditionally associated with leadership. Often left off the list are softer, more personal qualities—but they are also essential. Although a certain degree of analytical and technical skill is a minimum requirement for success, studies indicate that emotional intelligence may be the key attribute that distinguishes outstanding performers from those who are merely adequate. Psychologist and author Daniel Goleman first brought the term "emotional intelligence" to a wide audience with his 1995 book of the same name, and Goleman first applied the concept to business with a 1998 classic Harvard Business Review article. In his research at nearly 200 large, global companies, Goleman found that truly effective leaders are distinguished by a high degree of emotional intelligence. Without it, a person can have first-class training, an incisive mind, and an endless supply of good ideas, but he or she still won't be a great leader. The chief components of emotional intelligence—self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill—can sound unbusinesslike, but Goleman found direct ties between emotional intelligence and measurable business results. The Harvard Business Review Classics series offers you the opportunity to make seminal Harvard Business Review articles a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world—and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

Author : John P. Kotter
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422186435

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Leading Change by John P. Kotter Pdf

From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented merger and acquisition activity to scandal, greed, and, ultimately, recession -- we've learned that widespread and difficult change is no longer the exception. By outlining the process organizations have used to achieve transformational goals and by identifying where and how even top performers derail during the change process, Kotter provides a practical resource for leaders and managers charged with making change initiatives work.

Author : Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633691018

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Managing Oneself by Peter Ferdinand Drucker Pdf

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their knowledge workers careers. Instead, you must be your own chief executive officer. That means it's up to you to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course. And it's up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a career that may span some 50 years. In Managing Oneself, Peter Drucker explains how to do it. The keys: Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself by identifying your most valuable strengths and most dangerous weaknesses; Articulate how you learn and work with others and what your most deeply held values are; and Describe the type of work environment where you can make the greatest contribution. Only when you operate with a combination of your strengths and self-knowledge can you achieve true and lasting excellence. Managing Oneself identifies the probing questions you need to ask to gain the insights essential for taking charge of your career. Peter Drucker was a writer, teacher, and consultant. His 34 books have been published in more than 70 languages. He founded the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and counseled 13 governments, public services institutions, and major corporations.

Author : John P. Kotter
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780875848976

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John P. Kotter on what Leaders Really Do by John P. Kotter Pdf

Widely acknowledged as the world's foremost authority on leadership, the author provides a collection of his acclaimed "Harvard Business Review" articles.

Author : W. Chan Kim,Renée A. Mauborgne
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692671

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Red Ocean Traps (Harvard Business Review Classics) by W. Chan Kim,Renée A. Mauborgne Pdf

As established markets become less profitable, companies increasingly need to find ways to create and capture new markets. Despite much investment and commitment, most firms struggle to do this. What, exactly, is getting in their way? World-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, the authors of the best-selling book Blue Ocean Strategy have spent over a decade exploring that question. They have seen that the trouble lies in managers' mental models--ingrained assumptions and theories about the way the world works. Though these models may work perfectly well in mature markets, they undermine executives' attempts to discover uncontested new spaces with ample potential (blue oceans) and keep companies firmly anchored in existing spaces where competition is bloody (red oceans). In this bound version of their bestselling Harvard Business Review classic article, they describe how to break free of these red ocean traps. To do that, managers need to: (1) Focus on attracting new customers, not pleasing current customers; (2) Worry less about segmentation and more about what different segments have in common; (3) Understand that market creation is not synonymous with either technological innovation or creative destruction; and (3) Stop focusing on premium versus low-cost strategies. The Harvard Business Review Classics series offers you the opportunity to make seminal Harvard Business Review articles a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world--and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

Author : Michael E. Porter
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422155622

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On Competition by Michael E. Porter Pdf

For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," as well as new work on health care, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and CEO leadership. This collection captures Porter's unique ability to bridge theory and practice. Each of the articles has not only shaped thinking, but also redefined the work of practitioners in its respective field. In an insightful new introduction, Porter relates each article to the whole of his thinking about competition and value creation, and traces how that thinking has deepened over time. This collection is organized by topic, allowing the reader easy access to the wide range of Porter's work. Parts I and II present the frameworks for which Porter is best known--frameworks that address how companies, as well as nations and regions, gain and sustain competitive advantage. Part III shows how strategic thinking can address society's most pressing challenges, from environmental sustainability to improving health-care delivery. Part IV explores how both nonprofits and corporations can create value for society more effectively by applying strategy principles to philanthropy. Part V explores the link between strategy and leadership.

Author : Harvard Business Review,John P. Kotter,Clayton M. Christensen,Renée A. Mauborgne,W. Chan Kim
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 1392 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692336

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Harvard Business Review Leadership & Strategy Boxed Set (5 Books) by Harvard Business Review,John P. Kotter,Clayton M. Christensen,Renée A. Mauborgne,W. Chan Kim Pdf

The key concepts every manager and aspiring leader must know—from strategy and disruptive innovation to financial intelligence and change management—from bestselling Harvard Business Review authors. Build your professional library, and advance your career with these five timeless, ground-breaking business classics. Includes Financial Intelligence, Revised Edition; The Innovator’s Dilemma; Leading Change; Playing to Win; and Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition.

Author : Harvard Business Review
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781647822002

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management 2-Volume Collection by Harvard Business Review Pdf

If you read nothing else on change management, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. Most companies' change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management 2-Volume Collection provides enduring ideas and practical advice to help you spearhead change in your organization. Bringing together HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Vol. 2, this collection includes twenty articles selected by HBR's editors and features the indispensable article "Leading Change" by John Kotter. From timeless classics to the latest game-changing ideas from thought leaders W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Tim Brown, Roger Martin, and more, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management 2-Volume Collection will inspire you to: Lead through the eight critical stages of change Establish a sense of urgency Overcome addiction to the status quo Transform your company's culture Minimize the pain of change Get reorgs right Reshape your organization for climate sustainability Scale agile practices throughout your company Lead change when business is good—but also when times are tough HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.