18 books like Managing for Results

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The Practice of Management Peter F. Drucker · 1954 · ★ 4.1 · 401p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "This classic volume achieves a remarkable width of appeal without sacrificing scientific accuracy or depth of analysis. It is a valuable contribution to the study of business efficiency which should be read by anyone wanting information about the developments and place of management, and it is as relevant today as when it was first written. This is a practical book, written out of many years of… Shares: Gestion d'entreprise, Management science, Organization and Administration, Decision making

Managing in Turbulent Times Peter F. Drucker · 1980 · ★ 4.0 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate This important and timely book concerns the immediate future of business, society and the economy. We are, says Drucker, entering a new economic era with new trends, new markets, new currencies, new principles, new technologies and new institutions. How will managers and management deal with these new realities?This book, the author explains, "is concerned with action rather than understanding,… Shares: Gestion d'entreprise, Organization and Administration, Industrial management, Management

Built to Last Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras · 1994 · ★ 3.5 · 355p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor even is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies." So write James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras in this groundbreaking… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Industrial management, Economics, Business

Construction Management JumpStart Barbara J. Jackson · 2006 · ★ 3.0 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "Launch your career in construction management with this one-of-a-kind book. The construction management industry is expected to increase employment by 16 percent over the next decade. This second edition of a bestselling introduction to construction management walks you through each stage of the construction management process. Written from the constructor's perspective, this book will… Shares: Economics, Management

Rework Jason Fried · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 279p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Industrial management, Management, Business

Living on the Fault Line Geoffrey A. Moore · 2000 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The fault line is that dangerous, unstable seam in the economy where the Internet and other powerful innovations meet and create market-shattering tremors. Geoffrey A. Moore guides executives to the new models, metrics, and organizational practices necessary to meet the challenges of the 21st-century economy. Shares: Gestion d'entreprise, Industrial management, Management, Business

Up the organization Townsend, Robert · 1970 · ★ 4.1 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Although it was first published more than thirty-five years ago, Up the Organization continues to top the lists of best business books by groups as diverse as the American Management Association, Strategy + Business (Booz Allen Hamilton), and The Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management. 1-800-CEO-READ ranks Townsend's bestseller first among eighty books that "every manager must read."… Shares: Organization and Administration, Management, Business

Creative problem solving for managers Tony Proctor · 1999 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate This text provides an essential introduction to the ideas and skills of creative problem solving. It shows how and why people are blocked in their thinking, how this impairs the creative problem solving process, and how creative problem solving techniques can help overcome these difficulties. Theories of creative thinking are critically examined and used to justify the variety of techniques which… Shares: Decision making, Management, Business

Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management M. Ronald Buckley · 2014 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate This book contains an Open Access chapter.Volume 41 of Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management offers several original scholarly contributions written by thought leaders in the field of human resources management. These chapters feature the latest research exploring emerging novel areas of HRM.Contributions include an analysis of professional touching behaviour, ideas about the state… Shares: Management science, Industrial management, Management, Business

Business Ricky W. Griffin · 1989 · ★ 3.7 · 736p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Business is the practice of making ones living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." Shares: Industrial management, Management, Business

Modern business administration Robert C. Appleby · 1969 · ★ 5.0 · 506p · ≈ 16h · Moderate [512]p. : 23cm Shares: Industrial management, Management, Business

Business William M. Pride · 1988 · 735p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Business is the practice of making ones living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." Shares: Industrial management, Management, Business

Thriving on chaos Thomas J. Peters · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Forty-five prescriptions specify what managers at every level must do if the organizations they lead are to survive in today's chaotic economic environment. Shares: Gestion d'entreprise, Industrial management, Management, Business

The Art of Strategy Avinash K. Dixit · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It's the art of anticipating your opponent's next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies―from pop culture, TV,… Shares: Decision making, Economics, Management, Business

Contemporary Logistics in China Bing-lian Liu · 2012 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Moderate While logistics has caught on as a vital component in China’s national development plan, both government agencies at all levels and various types of enterprises have put considerable effort into propelling logistics to a new height.  Recent logistics developments in China have witnessed a scene of significant boom dotted with few sporadic dips. This book, the third volume in the series on… Shares: Management science, Industrial management, Management, Business

Key performance indicators David Parmenter · 2007 · ★ 5.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Breathtaking in its simplicity and profound in its impact, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) distills the balanced scorecard process into twelve logical steps, equipping users with an implementation resource kit that includes questionnaires, worksheets, workshop outlines, and a list of over 500 performance measures. Author David Parmenter provides you with everything you need to master and… Shares: Economics, Business

Analysis of Economic Data Gary Koop · 2000 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Analysis of Economic Data teaches methods of data analysis to students whose primary interest is not in econometrics, statistics or mathematics. It shows students how to apply econometric techniques in the context of real-world empirical problems. It adopts a largely non-mathematical approach relying on verbal and graphical intuition and covers most of the tools used in modern econometrics… Shares: Economics, Business

Flying Blind Peter Robison · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cutthroat management--that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation Boeing is a century-old titan of American industry. The largest exporter in the US, it played a central role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings. It remains a… Shares: Economics, Business

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