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Davis proposes enhancement of management style and content to accommodate to and benefit from the changes wrought by new technology.
Monograph on the matrix model of multiple-command management approaches to top management decentralization - describes features of a command system designed to solve the freedom-order dilemma encountered in all forms of social organization, deals with implications for team work, and includes case studies relating to enterprises in the USA and selected other countries as well as concerning multinational enterprises. Bibliography pp. 233 to 235, diagrams and references.
Based on a six-year project at INSEAD, top scholars put these developments into perspective. Written for general managers as well as personnel executives and students of management, this book breaks new ground in helping them to address the emerging challenges of international human resource management.
Companies in the business of providing knowledge -- for profit -- will dominate the 21st-century global marketplace. Can your business compete? In today's fast-paced world, knowledge is doubling nearly every seven years, while the life cycle of a business grows increasingly shorter. The best way -- and perhaps the only way -- to succeed is to become a "knowledge-based" business. In The Monster Under the Bed, Stan Davis and Jim Botkin show how: * Every business can become a knowledge business * Every employee can become a knowledge worker * Every customer can become a lifelong learner The Monster Under the Bed explains why it's necessary for businesses to educate employees and consumers. Cons...
A radical realignment in the nature of wealth is under way--transforming ordinary individuals into powerful stewards of their own financial futures, and all corporations into risk managers. Deep structural shifts in financial markets and in economic value are profoundly altering the nature of wealth, catapulting most workers from spectators to players in the new economy. As of mid-1998, American households controlled 59 percent of all stocks held in the nation, a figure that underscores a fundamental new truth: wealth is not just for the wealthy anymore. In business, change occurs so fast that once-internal management activities, like setting prices, are now migrating into the marketplace. T...
Why we are on the cusp of a new economic era that will make the changes and challenges of the Information Era seem like child's play From the bestselling authors of Blur--a defining book of the Information Age--comes a startling glimpse into the near future and the emerging economy that awaits us. It's Alive foretells the jolt the world is about to receive as the science of molecular evolution races out of the laboratories and into the business world. Think back to the early 1970s. Imagine the opportunities for your business, career choice, and investments had you received an advance report on the ways in which computer and information technology would revolutionize the world. It's Alive pro...
Master problem-solving using the detailed solutions in this manual, which contains answers and solutions to all even-numbered end-of-chapter exercises. Solutions are divided by section for easy reference. With this guide, the author helps you achieve a deeper, intuitive understanding of the material through constant reinforcement and practice. An online version is also available through OWL. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
The implications of the information economy for our lives and businesses. Well reviewed.
Eric A. Stanley examines the forms of violence levied against trans/queer and gender nonconforming people in the United States and shows how, despite the advances in LGBTQ rights in the recent past, forms of anti-trans/queer violence is central to liberal democracy and state power.