Des Dearlove

The Ultimate Book of Business Thinking

Harnessing the Power of the World's Greatest Business Ideas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thousends of brilliant new business ideas are launched into the world of work every day. Can you know how to sort out the ideas that will really drive your business from the rest? From scientific management to knowledge management and from the agile arganisation to the virtual organisation. Des Dearlove describes each idea, shows how it has been applied practically and gives alternative interpretations and definitions from the sceptics. He goes on to assess the opportunities and pitfalls for today's business in applying concepts as diverse as game theory and just-in-time, hot-desking and kaizen.
This completely updated edition of 'The Ultimate Book ob Business Thinking' will ensure you are papidly up to speed with the ideas that are shaping modern business. With the benefit of additional concepts and a full appendix, 'The Ultimate Book üb Susiness Thinking' offers a unique insight into how key business ideas developed and what their real impact has been.

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Produktdetails

• Capstone
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781841124407
• ISBN-10: 1841124400
• Artikelnr.: 10973655

Autorenporträt

DES DEARLOVE is a co-founder of the media content, concepts, and consulting firm, Suntop Media. He writes on business for The Times and other leading business publications. He is also the author or co-author of several business bestsellers including Business the Bill Gates Way, Business the Richard Branson Way, The Career Adventurer's Fieldbook and is co-editor of The Financial Times Handbook of Managemen.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
Action Learning.
Activity-Based Costing.
Adhocracy.
Agility.
Balanced Scorecard.
Benchmarking.
Boston Matrix.
Branding.
Broadbanding.
Burnout.
Channel Management.
Core Competencies.
Core Values.
Crisis Management.
Decision Theory.
Discounted Cash Flow.
Downsizing.
E-Commerce.
Emotional Intelligence.
Employability.
Empowerment.
Four Ps of Marketing.
Game Theory .
Hoshin Kanri.
Intellectual Capital.
Interim Management.
Just-in-Time (JIT) (Kanban).
Kaizen (Quality Circles).
Knowledge Management.
Leadership.
Lean Production .
The Learning Organization.
The Managerial Grid.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Matrix Model.
Mentoring.
Outsourcing.
Porter's Five Competitive Forces.
The Psychological Contract.
Re-Engineering .
Relationship Marketing.
Scenario Planning.
Scientifi c Management.
Seven S Framework.
The Shamrock Organization.
Shareholder Value.
Strategic Infl ection Point.
Strategic Management.
Succession Planning.
Supply Chain Management.
Team-Working.
Theories X and Y (and Z).
Thought Leadership.
TQM and the Quality Movement.
360-Degree Feedback.
Time-Based Competition.
The Transnational Corporation.
Value Innovation.
The Virtual Organization.
Appendix.
Index.

Rezensionen

"This book is a good primer. It should help to broaden and deepen knowledge and in the right hands will prompt richer questioning and a desire to follow up the book by use of further reading." (Ambassador)
"Overall the book is an invaluable guide to a wide range of business related topics." (Professional Manager)