The Ultimate Book of Business Thinking: Harnessing the Power of the World's Greatest Business Ideas

by Des Dearlove

Overview

Thousands of brilliant business ideas are launched into the world of work every day. But how can business leaders know which ideas are the ones that will really drive the business full steam ahead? From scientific management to knowledge management and from the agile organization to the virtual organization, Des Dearlove describes each idea, shows how it has been applied practically and gives alternative interpretations and definitions from the sceptics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841124407
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/30/2002
Series:	The Ultimate Series , #7
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.16(w) x 9.37(h) x 1.13(d)

About the Author

DES DEARLOVE is a co-founder of the media content, concepts, and consulting firm, Suntop Media. He writes on business for The Times and other leading business publications. He is also the author or co-author of several business bestsellers including Business the Bill Gates Way, Business the Richard Branson Way, The Career Adventurer's Fieldbook and is co-editor of The Financial Times Handbook of Managemen.

Table of Contents

Introduction.
Action Learning.
Activity-Based Costing.
Adhocracy.
Agility.
Balanced Scorecard.
Benchmarking.
Boston Matrix.
Branding.
Broadbanding.
Burnout.
Channel Management.
Core Competencies.
Core Values.
Crisis Management.
Decision Theory.
Discounted Cash Flow.
Downsizing.
E-Commerce.
Emotional Intelligence.
Employability.
Empowerment.
Four Ps of Marketing.
Game Theory .
Hoshin Kanri.
Intellectual Capital.
Interim Management.
Just-in-Time (JIT) (Kanban).
Kaizen (Quality Circles).
Knowledge Management.
Leadership.
Lean Production .
The Learning Organization.
The Managerial Grid.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Matrix Model.
Mentoring.
Outsourcing.
Porter's Five Competitive Forces.
The Psychological Contract.
Re-Engineering .
Relationship Marketing.
Scenario Planning.
Scientifi c Management.
Seven S Framework.
The Shamrock Organization.
Shareholder Value.
Strategic Infl ection Point.
Strategic Management.
Succession Planning.
Supply Chain Management.
Team-Working.
Theories X and Y (and Z).
Thought Leadership.
TQM and the Quality Movement.
360-Degree Feedback.
Time-Based Competition.
The Transnational Corporation.
Value Innovation.
The Virtual Organization.
Appendix.
Index.