Business Books imprint: 119 books
What Did We Know? What Did We Do?
Making decisions in large organizations
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
In July 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crashed in Sioux City, Iowa. One hundred and eleven people lost their lives and numerous others were seriously injured.The accident was initiated by a small metallurgical defect in an engine rotating part. That engine was manufactured by General Electric Aircraft...
Beyond the Champion
Institutionalizing Innovation Through People
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Large, mature companies often struggle when it comes to the uncertain process of breakthrough innovation. But innovation is an imperative in today's cutthroat business environment. To fulfill its potential, there has to be a better way—and there is.
Beyond the Champion argues that innovation...
The HP Phenomenon
Innovation and Business Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2009
The HP Phenomenon tells the story of how Hewlett-Packard innovated and transformed itself six times while most of its competitors were unable to make even one significant transformation. It describes those transformations, how they started, how they prevailed, and how the challenges along the way...
Enduring Success
What We Can Learn from the History of Outstanding Corporations
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
Enduring Success addresses a key question in business today: How can companies succeed over time? To learn the source of enduring greatness, author Christian Stadler directed a team of eight researchers in a six-year study of some of Europe's oldest and most stellar companies, targeting nine that...
by Louis W. Fry, Melissa Sadler Nisiewicz
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line through Spiritual Leadership draws on the emerging fields of workplace spirituality and spiritual leadership to teach leaders and their constituencies how to develop business models that address issues of ethical leadership, employee well-being, sustainability, and...
Getting to "Yes And"
The Art of Business Improv
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Amidst the deluge of advice for businesspeople, there lies an overlooked tool, a key to thriving in today's fast-paced, unpredictable environment: improvisation. In Getting to "Yes And" veteran improv performer, university professor, CEO, and consultant Bob Kulhan unpacks a form of mental...
by Venkat Ramaswamy, Kerimcan Ozcan
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
A fundamental shift is underway that will change how we conceive of value. In an era of increasing interconnectedness, individuals, as opposed to institutions, stand at the center of value creation. To adapt to this tectonic shift, organizations can no longer unilaterally devise products and services....
Corporate Culture
The Ultimate Strategic Asset
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Organizational culture is a quiet, but driving, influence on our perception of a company, whether as a consumer or as an employee. For instance, we know Southwest Airlines as laid back and friendly. We think of Google as innovative. To almost every well-known company we can assign a character. It...
Leading with Sense
The Intuitive Power of Savoir-Relier
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Today's business environment demands a new approach to leadership, one that effectively connects individuals and organizations in the midst of change. Leading with Sense offers a new, practical approach to meeting this challenge. Drawing on her experience as a poetic translator and her expertise in...
Narratives of Crisis
Telling Stories of Ruin and Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
How did you first hear about 9/11? What images come to mind when you think of Hurricane Katrina? How did your community react to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? You likely have your own stories about these tragic events. Yet, as a society, we rarely stop to appreciate the narratives that...
SOLD!
The Art of Relationship Sales
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
We are all salesmen. Whether we sell goods and services for a living or sell ourselves to future employers or spouses, the skills we use to build relationships, close deals and get ahead are the same.
That's the premise behind Paul Darley's Sold! The Art of Relationship Sales. Darley lays out...
Creating New Knowledge in Management
Appropriating the Field’s Lost Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Creating New Knowledge in Management rediscovers lost sources in the work of Mary Parker Follett and Chester Barnard, providing a foundation for management as a unique and coherent discipline. This book begins by explaining that research universities, and the management field in particular, have splintered...
Multinational Corporations and Global Justice
Human Rights Obligations of a Quasi-Governmental Institution
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
Multinational Corporations and Global Justice: Human Rights Obligations of a Quasi-Governmental Institution addresses the changing role and responsibilities of large multinational companies in the global political economy. This cross- and inter-disciplinary work makes innovative connections between...
It's Not About the Coach
Getting the Most From Coaching in Business, Sport and Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Coaching is a space between two or more people. It’s Not About the Coach is about inspiring coachees to make informed choices about coaching, discover their readiness for learning and develop the values required for success. In doing so coachees can achieve accelerated results in business, sport and life situations.