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What Management Is: How it Works and Why it's Everyone's Business

Whether you\'re new to the field or a seasoned executive, this book will give you a firm grasp on what it takes to make an organization perform. It presents the basic principles of management simply, but not simplistically. Why did an eBay succeed where a Webvan did not? Why do you need both a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joan Magretta
Other Authors: Nan Dundes Stone
Format: Printed Book
Published: London Profile Books 2013
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Universal Discipline
  • Pt. I Design: Why People Work Together and How
  • Value Creation: From the Outside In
  • Business Models: Converting Insight to Enterprise
  • Strategy: The Logic of Superior Performance
  • Organization: Where to Draw the Lines
  • Pt. II Execution: Making It Happen
  • Facing Reality: Which Numbers Matter and Why
  • The Real Bottom Line: Mission and Measures
  • Betting on the Future: Innovation and Uncertainty
  • Delivering Results: First, You Focus
  • Managing People: Which Values Matter and Why
  • Epilogue: Next Steps
  • Sources and Related Readings
  • Index.