Insights for Managers from Confucius to Gandhi

This unique book brings together thoughts of great men and women, not found elsewhere as a complete set, that hold special interest for managers. The ideas contained within are universal and apply to all aspects of civilization; as such, they are relevant to both work and life.

The book also provides prime examples of how influential thinkers use language to effectively convey their arguments and intentions — an arguably invaluable tool for modern managers. It serves as a source of indispensable advice for business professionals and the general public.

Contents:

• Confucius
• Laozi (also Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Laotze)
• Aristotle
• Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki)
• Bernier
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Francis Bacon
• William Shakespeare
• Thomas Hobbes
• René Descartes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• George Washington
• John Adams
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Karl Heinrich Marx
• Andrew Carnegie
• Alfred Marshall
• Russell Conwell
• Elbert Hubbard
• Louis Brandeis
• Thorstein Veblen
• Alfred North Whitehead
• O Henry
• George Santayana
• Irving Fisher
• W E B DuBois
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)
• Calvin Coolidge
• Alfred E Smith
• Owen D Young
• William O Douglas
• Arthur E Nilsson
• Fred Schwed, Jr

Readership: Students and teachers studying and teaching general business and management courses; business professionals and managers; the general public.
Key Features:

• Delivers important messages to the business readers by famous figures in the field
• Contains highly relevant ideas by universally acknowledged thinkers
• Presents classic examples of applying language to argue effectively