HBR ten must-reads : the essentials.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drucker, Peter F., author.

Christensen, Clayton M., author.

Porter, Michael E., author., author.

Goleman, Daniel, 1946- author.

Series:

HBR's 10 must reads (Series)

HBR's 10 Must Reads series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book ""must read."" These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration--and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success. If you read nothing else ""full stop"" read:Michael Porter on creating competitive advantage and distinguishing your company from rivals, John Kotter on leading change through eight critical stages, Daniel Goleman on using emotional intelligence to maximize performance Peter Drucker on managing your career by evaluating your own strengths and weaknesses, Clay Christensen on orchestrating innovation within established organizations, Tom Davenport on using analytics to determine how to keep your customers loyal, Robert Kaplan and David Norton on measuring your company's strategy with the Balanced Scorecard, Rosabeth Moss Kanter on avoiding common mistakes when pushing innovation forward, Ted Levitt on understanding who your customers are and what they really want, C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel on identifying the unique, integrated systems that support your strategy.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1: Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change {by} Clayton M. Christensen and Michael Overdorf

2: Competing on Analytics {by} Thomas H. Davenport

3: Managing Oneself {by} Peter F. Drucker

4: What Makes a Leader? {by} Daniel Goleman

5: Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work {by} Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

6: Innovation The Classic Traps. {by} Rosabeth Moss Kanter

7: Leading Change Why Transformation Efforts Fail. {by} John P. Kotter

8: Marketing Myopia {by} Theodore Levitt

9: What Is Strategy? {by} Michael E. Porter

10: The Core Competence of the Corporation {by} C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-64687-X

1-4221-7201-5

9786613632920

OCLC:

1024273316