Authors: Michael Hammer.
Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Collins Business
Publication Date: 1997-09-10


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    Reengineering has captured the imagination of managers and shareholders alike, sending corporations on journeys of radical business redesign that have already begun to transfigure global industry. Yet aside from earning them improvements in their business performance, the shift into more-process-centered organizations is causing fundamental changes in the corporate world, changes that business leaders are only now beginning to understand. What will the revolutions final legacy be? Beyond Reengineering addresses this question, exploring reengineering's effects on such areas as:

Jobs: What does process-centering do to the nature of jobs? What does a process-centered workplace feel like?

Managers: What is the new role of the manager in a process-centered company?

Education: What skills are vital in the process-centered working world, and how can young or inexperienced workers prepare?

Society: What are the implications of process-centering for employment and the economy as a whole?

Investment: What are the characteristics of a successful 21st-century corporation?

An informed look at one of the most profound changes to ever sweep the corporate world, Beyond Reengineering is the business manual for the 21st century....

    The coauthor of Reengineering the Corporation offers insights into the consequences of today's process-centered reengineering that marks the end of the Industrial Revolution. This book is required reading for executives and front-line workers, for students and investors, for everyone who wants to be prepared for the new world that is at our doorstep....

Authors: Victoria Colligan. Beth Schoenfeldt.
Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: 2008-05-13
Edition: 1st

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Authors: Stuart Slatter. David Lovett.
Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin UK
Publication Date: 1999-07
Edition: Revised

Authors: Maurice Kanbar.
Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Council Oak Books
Publication Date: 2001-01-01


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    The inventor of SKYY Vodka shares his five-step blueprint on how to turn good ideas into successful products. When the fuzz from his sweater was pulled off by a concrete wall he was leaning against, Maurice Kanbar had a brainstorm. Soon he had patented, produced, and successfully promoted the D-Fuzz-It Sweater Comb, and made his first fortune at the age of twenty-two. When Maurice's favorite after-dinner drink gave him a headache, lightning struck again. Thus was born the unique distilling system for SKYY Vodka, the fastest growing vodka of the decade in the U.S. In between came dozens of successful inventions, from multi-plex theatres to medical devices. In this engaging "master class," Kanbar's real world hits and misses illustrate the concrete steps every inventor must follow to successfully take his product to market. You don't have to be a MENSA member--although Maurice is--to make your dreams realities....

Authors: Zig Ziglar.
Paperback, 94 pages
Publisher: Career Press
Publication Date: 1997-03
Edition: 1st

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    Zig Ziglar, the master of motivation and inspiration, has helped millions achieve their goals. Now you, too, can rise to the top, overcome barriers, attain success and develop an optimistic, healthy attitude with Great Quotes From Zig Ziglar. You can use these quotes for your own personal enrichment as well as share your favorites with others....

Authors: Quinn Spitzer. Ron Evans.
Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Fireside
Publication Date: 1999-02-25
Edition: 1

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    New Coke. The Walt Disney Company's aborted theme park near the Manassas battlefield. AT&T's acquisition of NCR Corp. Were these merely the gaffes of individual decision makers, or do they represent larger, organizational deficiencies in critical thinking?

How confident are you in the collective brainpower of your organization?

The most crucial task facing any business leader in today's brutally competitive economy is to sharpen his or her organization's ability to effectively solve problems, make decisions, and cut through the information clutter. In Heads, You Win!, Kepner-Tregoe's CEO, Quinn Spitzer, and executive Ron Evans cite the experiences and share the advice of the presidents and CEOs of some of the world's most innovative companies -- organizations like Johnson & Johnson, Chrysler Corporation, British Airways, and Harley-Davidson, Inc. -- that are successful because they capitalize on the brainpower of every employee.

Filled with practical tips and techniques, and lightened with amusing, real-life anecdotes, Heads, You Win! is an indispensable tool for sorting through the complexities of running a business today and identifying the essential skills that determine a company's success....

Authors: James W. Robinson.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
Publication Date: 1997-09-03


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    How It Happened, Where It's Going,
and Why It Matters to You
This is the story of a remarkable business opportunity, one that is open to all and is as simple to grasp as a telephone handset. It's about good old American ingenuity. It's about offering consumers a better deal. It's about people helping people. It's about accomodating and strengthening a family while working for financial achievement. It's about false starts and missteps, too, but in the end the brief history of Excel Communications, Inc., is the ultimate American success story.
If you believe in challenging conventional wisdom, or if you're looking for reassurance that ideas still count in our society, this story is for you. Old assumptions crumble. New ideas emerge. Opportunity abbounds. Think about it: For nearly a century, there was only one phone company, and almost everyone—scholars, economists, politicians, business executives, and consumers—just assumed that was the way it had to be. Then in the early 1980's the breakup of the AT&T monopoly opened an opportunity for a young entrepreneur to realize his dream.
That dream is Excel. In less than ten years, Kenny Troutt and his partners have grown their dream into a $2 billion corporation. They've created an opportunity for a million people to start their own home-based businesses, ones that allow them to spend more time with their families. Many have acchieved satisfying degrees of financial independence and security. Some have become wealthy.
Virtually all credit Excel with bringing their families closer together and giving them the financial security they never thought possible.
The dream is open to you. Find out more about it inside The Excel Phenomenon....

Authors: Jay Wright Forrester.
Paperback, 479 pages
Publisher: Pegasus Communications
Publication Date: 1961


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    How do you design corporate structures and policies that are compatible with the growth objectives of your organization? This text addresses this crucial question and explains how managers actions shape the dynamic characteristics of a broad range of organizations. A reprint of the original text, Industrial Dynamics also contains numerous two-color graphs to help illustrate the concepts. Reprinted in 1999....

Authors: Michel Godet.
Paperback, 349 pages
Publisher: Economica
Publication Date: 2006-11-15
Edition: 2nd

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    The future is open to us, to be written or created collectively. This powerful statement flies in the face of traditional notions of prediction and forecasting, but is central to the approach presented in this book. The author maintains that, with the right tools and attitudes, people can learn how to create futures. In this handbook for professionals, managers, planners, and entrepreneurs will discover an arsenal of effective futures-thinking techniques--from workshops to scenario-building software--that enhance the collective process. Readers will find effective ways to anticipate change, while avoiding cliched solutions and conventional thinking. Creating Futures provides powerful tools for business and political leaders facing uncertainty....

Authors: Michael Bloomberg. Matthew Winkler.
Hardcover, 261 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: 1997-03


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    Advance Praise for Bloomberg by Bloomberg "Michael Bloomberg is the most creative media entrepreneur of our time and, with Bill Gates, perhaps the most successful. " Rupert Murdoch, Chairman Chief Executive, News Corporation "Entertaining, engaging, and informative, Bloomberg by Bloomberg is packed with great advice about how to start a lean, hungry companyand how to keep it that way. " Bryan Burrough, coauthor, Barbarians at the Gate "Michael Bloomberg is a fascinating man who has written a fascinating book. He talks fast, you read fast; hes funny, hes serious. Its a great roller coaster ride. " Beverly Sills, Chairman, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. "How an entrepreneur like Mike survived fifteen years at a respectable firm like Salomon Brothers is beyond me! But he eventually straightened out and went on to shake up one industryfinanceand help consolidate two othersonline services and journalism. His account of how he did so is fascinating and instructive. " Esther Dyson, President, EDventure Holdings Inc. "The man with Wall Streets best known generic name has written an autobiography that keeps you up late to finish. The book is full of wonderful insights about Wall Street and about starting and growing a new business. " Julian H. Robertson, Jr. , Chairman, Tiger Management L. L. C. "This is the best insight yet on how one man shook up the entire financial information industry. " Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group of Companies...

    Members of the world's financial communities are increasingly securing the information that drives them from Michael Bloomberg. His specialized media--including manipulable online data feeds, a global newswire, and extensive magazine and broadcast outlets--have turned the business of business news upside down. Along the way, he's made a substantial fortune and a significant name for himself. In Bloomberg by Bloomberg, he reveals (with help from colleague Matthew Winkler) how it all came to be....