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The craft of general management / readings selected by Joseph L. Bower..

Contributor(s): Bower, Joseph L.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Practice of management series: Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Publications, c1991Description: xiv, 344 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0875843131 .Subject(s): Industrial management | ManagementDDC classification: 658
Contents:
Introduction / Joseph L. Bower -- Part One: The work of general management -- Six basics for general managers / Andrall E. Pearson -- Good managers don't make policy decisions / H. Edward Wrapp -- Strategic change "logical incrementalism" / James Brian Quinn -- Management and the world's work / Peter F. Drucker -- General managers in the middle / Hugo Uyterhoeven -- Part Two: Making strategy -- How competitive forces shape strategy / Michael E. Porter -- From competitive advantage to corporate strategy / Michael E. Porter -- Competing through manufacturing / Steven C. Wheelwright and Robert H. Hayes -- Making planning strategic / Richard G. Hamermesh -- Strategic intent / Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad -- Part Three: Building the organization -- Muscle-build the organization / Andrall E. Pearson -- Organization design: Fashion or fit? / Henry Mintzberg -- From control to commitment in the workplace / Richard E. Walton -- Reward systems and the role of compensation / Michael Beer and Richard E. Walton -- Managing resource allocation / Joseph L. Bower -- Fast-cycle capability for competitive power / Joseph L. Bower and Thomas M. Hout -- Part Four: Managing complexity -- A framework for analyzing government involvement in business / J. Ronald Fox -- Managing for efficiency, managing for equity / Joseph L. Bower -- The challenges, motivations and mentalities of MNC management / Christopher A. Bartlett -- General management in diversified firms / Joseph L. Badaracco and Richard R. Ellsworth -- Can the best corporations be made moral? / Kenneth R. Andrews -- The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits / Milton Friedman -- Part Five: Leadership -- The effective decision / Peter F. Drucker -- The human dilemmas of leadership / Abraham Zaleznik -- Managers and leaders: Are they different? / Abraham Zaleznik.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00038256
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The complexity of corporate environments demands managers who understand not only the techniques but also the craft of general management. This text examines the range of expertise that general managers must possess and looks at strategies, decision-making and the allocation of resources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Joseph L. Bower -- Part One: The work of general management -- Six basics for general managers / Andrall E. Pearson -- Good managers don't make policy decisions / H. Edward Wrapp -- Strategic change "logical incrementalism" / James Brian Quinn -- Management and the world's work / Peter F. Drucker -- General managers in the middle / Hugo Uyterhoeven -- Part Two: Making strategy -- How competitive forces shape strategy / Michael E. Porter -- From competitive advantage to corporate strategy / Michael E. Porter -- Competing through manufacturing / Steven C. Wheelwright and Robert H. Hayes -- Making planning strategic / Richard G. Hamermesh -- Strategic intent / Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad -- Part Three: Building the organization -- Muscle-build the organization / Andrall E. Pearson -- Organization design: Fashion or fit? / Henry Mintzberg -- From control to commitment in the workplace / Richard E. Walton -- Reward systems and the role of compensation / Michael Beer and Richard E. Walton -- Managing resource allocation / Joseph L. Bower -- Fast-cycle capability for competitive power / Joseph L. Bower and Thomas M. Hout -- Part Four: Managing complexity -- A framework for analyzing government involvement in business / J. Ronald Fox -- Managing for efficiency, managing for equity / Joseph L. Bower -- The challenges, motivations and mentalities of MNC management / Christopher A. Bartlett -- General management in diversified firms / Joseph L. Badaracco and Richard R. Ellsworth -- Can the best corporations be made moral? / Kenneth R. Andrews -- The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits / Milton Friedman -- Part Five: Leadership -- The effective decision / Peter F. Drucker -- The human dilemmas of leadership / Abraham Zaleznik -- Managers and leaders: Are they different? / Abraham Zaleznik.

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