Principles of general management : the art and science of getting results across organizational boundaries / John L. Colley, Jr. ... [et al.] ; foreword by Robert F. Bruner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colley, John L., Jr., 1930-2020, Author.

Contributor:

Colley, John L., Jr., 1930-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management.

Strategic planning.

Corporate governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Charlottesville, VA] : Published in association with the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stop! If you have been looking for the one resource for managing a business of any size, this is it. Based on the extensive business experience of five experts, this authoritative guide provides an in-depth look at what every leader must know about managing across departments, functions, divisions, or companies. Drawing on decades of combined experience, John Colley and colleagues detail the wide range of skills, tools, and conceptual understanding as well as the qualities of leadership that a successful general manager must acquire. In an era of specialization and specialists, the authors return due focus to the generalist. No other book so passionately and thoroughly examines the roles and responsibilities of the general manager and the full scope of this distinct, pressure-filled occupation. The authors explore the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the job and discuss how the skilled manager moves an organization from abstract goals to definitive action. For every profit center or plant manager, function head, division president, or CEO, this book is indispensable reading.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. General Management in Economic Context

2. General Management in Organizational Context

3. The Roles and Tasks of the General Manager

4. The Efficacy of Strategic Management

5. The Strategic Management Process

6. Fundamentals of Strategy Formulation

7. The Strategic Plan: Purpose, Direction, and Goals

8. The Business Plan: Scale and Resources

9. The Annual Plan: Anticipated Actions

10. The Business Model

11. The Relationship between Cash Flow and Growth

12. Product, Marketing, and Pricing Strategies

13. Relating Productivity and Firm Growth

14. Residual Income, EVA, and Corporate Capital Charges

15. The Allocation (Redeployment) of Capital (Cash)

16. Share Repurchases

17. Making Effective Decisions

18. Organizing and Aligning

19. Staffing

20. Integrating

21. Executing

22. Controlling and Reporting

23. Learning and Innovation

24. Public Relations and Advocacy

25. Reflections on General Management

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-447) and index.

ISBN:

9786611734626

9781281734624

1281734624

9780300134919

0300134916

OCLC:

1024037203