Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success. Based on his popular column in Business 2.0, Jeffrey Pfeffer delivers wise and timely business commentary that challenges conventional wisdom while providing data and insights to help companies make smarter decisions. The book contains a series of short chapters filled with examples, data, and insights that challenge questionable assumptions and much conventional management wisdom. Each chapter also provides guidelines about how to think more deeply and intelligently about critical management issues. Covering topics ranging from managing people to leadership to measurement and strategy, it's good organizational advice, delivered by Dr. Pfeffer himself.
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Delivers a business commentary that challenges conventional wisdom while providing data and insights to help companies make smarter decisions. This book covers topics ranging from managing people to leadership to measurement and strategy. It is also filled with insights that challenge questionable assumptions, and conventional management wisdom.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781422103128
Publisert
2007-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvard Business Review Press
Vekt
425 gr
Høyde
218 mm
Bredde
149 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
241

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Biographical note

Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or coauthor of twelve books, including Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsense and The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action.