Masters of management : how the business gurus and their ideas have changed the world--for better and for worse /: how the business gurus and their ideas have changed the world--for better and for worse. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adrian Wooldridge ; with a foreword by John Micklethwait.
• Other Names: Wooldridge, Adrian
• Contents: Introduction : The unacknowledged legislators -- Part I. How it works : The fad in progress: from reengineering to CSR -- The management theory industry -- Part II. The prophet and the evangelists : Peter Drucker: the guru's guru -- Tom Peters: management for the masses -- Flat worlds, Tipping points, and long tails -- Part III. Three management revolutions : Rethinking the company -- Entrepreneurs unbound -- The world turned upside down -- Part IV. The great debates : Knowledge, learning, and innovation -- Lords of strategy -- What does globalization mean? -- Storm in the boardroom -- Managing leviathan -- Part V. Workers of the world : The common toad -- The battle for brainpower -- Managing yourself -- Mastering management.
• Publisher Details: New York : Harper Business
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 446 pages)
• Subjects: 658; Industrial management; Comparative management; Social responsibility of business; Reengineering (Management); Comparative management; Industrial management; Reengineering (Management); Social responsibility of business; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062096722; 0062096729
• Related ISBNs: 9780061771132; 0061771139
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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