Author: Ruth Dudley Edwards
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: economist, reason, pursuit
Number of Pages: 1040
Published: 1995-03-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0875846084
ISBN-13: 9780875846088

The story of a powerful newspaper, and of how quality journalism is made. Features a new foreword by Bill Emmott, editor of The Economist since 1993. DLC: Economist (London, England) History.

Authors:Dan Ciampa, Michael Watkins,
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: leadership, role, new, charge, start, taking, right
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1999-07
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0875847501
ISBN-13: 9780875847504

Have you recently been handed a new leadership challenge? Are you about to start a new job, or are you expecting a big promotion? With today’s surge in start-ups, spin-offs, change initiatives, and reorganizations, chances are that you’ll be in a position to accept a leadership role sometime soon. Before you do, let Right from the Start show you how to balance the tensions and challenges inherent in any leadership transition. It will prepare you for the often treacherous task of navigating an organization’s strategy, politics, and culture so that you can smoothly and effe

Author: Harvard Business Press
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: career, managing, review, business, harvard
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-02-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1591391318
ISBN-13: 9781591391319

A collection of reflective articles walks readers through tough career challenges--from effective time management to part-time arrangements to launching a new career. Softcover.

Author: Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: review, classics, business, harvard, oneself, managing
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-01-07
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 142212312X
ISBN-13: 9781422123126

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out.But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren’t managing their knowledge workers’ careers. Instead, you must be your own chief executive officer. That means it’s up to you to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course. And it’s up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a career that may span some 50 years.In Managing Oneself, Peter Drucker explains ho

Author: Constance E. Bagley
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: marshal, resources, manage, risk, value, create, legally, managers, law, winning
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 2005-12-12
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 159139192X
ISBN-13: 9781591391920

What Every Manager Should Know About the Law The rash of corporate scandals in recent years underscores a fact too often ignored in the business world: flouting the law holds serious consequences. Indeed, all it takes is one rogue trader, one greedy executive, or one misinformed manager to place an entire organization at risk. But respected legal expert Constance E. Bagley argues that staying out of trouble is only part of the picture when it comes to legality in business. In Winning Legally, Bagley shows how managers can proactively harness the power of the law to maximize corporate val

Author: Harvard Business Press
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: harvard, review, business, series, paperback, managing, projects
Number of Pages: 190
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1591396395
ISBN-13: 9781591396390

From the leading minds that have established Harvard Business Review as required reading for businesspeople around the globe. What does it take to make a project succeed? This astute collection of articles helicopters managers above the day-to-day grind of project management to understand the big-picture reasons behind why projects fly-and why they fail. Why are some bad projects so hard to kill-and why do some good projects tank? This book will help managers make decisions that enable the right projects to succeed.

Author: Arie De Geus
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: company, living
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-06-04
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1578518202
ISBN-13: 9781578518203

Most companies do not survive the upheavals of change and competition over the long haul. But there are a few remarkable firms that have withstood the test of several centuries. What hidden lessons do they hold for the rest of us? Arie de Geus, the man who introduced the revolutionary concept of the learning organization, reveals the key to managing for a long and prosperous organizational life. The Living Company speaks not just to aspiring leaders, but to anyone trying to adapt to a turbulent business environment. Only those steeped in the habits of a living company will survive. "Thi