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The thinkers 50 : the world's most influential business writers and leaders / Ciaran Parker ; foreword by Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parker, Ciarán.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executives--Biography.
- Executives.
- Businesspeople--Biography.
- Businesspeople.
- Business writing.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 160 pages : portraits ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Thinkers fifty
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
- Summary:
- The Thinkers 50 reveals the results of an international survey that highlights the individuals whose ideas, philosophies, writings, and innovations in management have set the standard for excellence-introducing such powerful concepts as "strategic intent," "the tipping point," and "systems thinking" into the business lexicon. Featuring profiles of these visionaries and trend setters, and overviews of their most important contributions, The Thinkers 50 offers a unique snapshot of the practices and personalities shaping the world of work and the increasing impact of business on popular culture.
- Contents:
- Russell Ackoff 1
- Scott Adams 4
- Chris Argyris 6
- Warren Bennis 9
- Jeff Bezos 12
- Larry Bossidy 15
- Richard Branson 18
- James Champy and Michael Hammer 21
- Ram Charan 24
- Clayton Christensen 27
- James C. Collins 30
- Stephen Covey 33
- Edward de Bono 36
- Michael Dell 39
- Patrick Dixon 42
- Leif Edvinsson 45
- Bill Gates 48
- Malcolm Gladwell 51
- Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones 54
- Daniel Goleman 57
- Vijay Govindarajan 60
- Lynda Gratton 64
- Alan Greenspan 67
- Andrew Grove 69
- Gary Hamel 72
- Charles Handy 75
- Geert Hofstede 78
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter 81
- Robert Kaplan and David Norton 84
- Manfred Kets de Vries 87
- Rakesh Khurana 90
- W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne 93
- Naomi Klein 96
- Philip Kotler 99
- Paul Krugman 102
- Costas Markides 105
- Henry Mintzberg 108
- Geoffrey Moore 111
- Kjell Nordstrom and Jonas Ridderstrale 114
- Kenichi Ohmae 117
- Don Peppers 120
- Tom Peters 123
- Michael Porter 126
- C. K. Prahalad 129
- Edgar H. Schein 132
- Richardo Semler 135
- Peter Senge 138
- Thomas A. Stewart 141
- Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner 144
- Jack Welch 147
- Assembling the 50 151.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275991458
- OCLC:
- 65207104
- Publisher Number:
- 9780275991456
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