Strategic Management

Management models: many students will come across them in their studies, yet it is only when actually working with them that the function and benefit of management models are revealed. This intuitive and accessible textbook will be useful for all students of management - particularly those coming at..

Looking toward the C-suite? Take heed. Author and serial CEO Dick Cross pulls back the curtain on this top leadership role, explaining in his new book that being a successful leader, running a business, and doing it extraordinarily well isn't a full-time job. In 60-Minute CEO: The Fast Track to Top ..

Could your organization be a better place to work? This book examines the concept of organizational climate. Using case studies to illustrate causes and consequences of various climate factors, it makes practical suggestions for how improvements can be made - to everyone's benefit...

Could your organization be a better place to work? What effect would that have on the quality and quantity of what gets done?This book examines the concept of organizational climate ('what it feels like to work here') in a readable and accessible way without sacrificing academic rigour. Using case s..

This book provides an integrative Business Transformation Management Methodology, the BTM², with an emphasis on the balance between the rational aspects of transformation and the often underestimated emotional readiness of employees to absorb and accept transformation initiatives. A '360-degree' vi..

Leveraging Diversity: Strategic Learning Capabilities for Breakthrough Performance is designed to help business leaders and diversity practitioners alike conquer the complexity and take advantage of the opportunities associated with working productively with diversity. The book presents a clear dire..

Helps business leaders and diversity practitioners conquer the complexity and take advantage of the opportunities associated with working productively with diversity. This book presents a direction for building the strategic learning capabilities needed to create and sustain adaptive organizations t..

Originally published in 1972. This book was designed to help those in positions of management during the 1970s. The author attempted to predict what problems managers would face during that period, and suggested a practical system of management designed to help them cope with these problems. Many of..

A New Brand of Expertise uniquely clarifies the dynamics of the red-hot "free agent" workplace and teaches the new skills and employment strategies independent professionals must master to succeed. In today's quick and turbulent markets, companies often need specialized professional talent on an int..

A New Brand of Expertise uniquely clarifies the dynamics of the red-hot "free agent" workplace and teaches the new skills and employment strategies independent professionals must master to succeed. In today's quick and turbulent markets, companies often need specialized professional talent on an int..

Originally published in 1986. A large extent of the basic controversy and confusion associated with management thought can be attributed to disagreement over concepts and terminology. This absence of agreement and the resulting lack of standardization associated with it are the problems addressed by..

This title was first published in 2001: This book explains the power of using ABM to increase the profitability of your business. It provides step-by-step guidance on basic principles, comparisons between traditional methods, definitions of processes, activities and cost-drivers as well as details o..