The Guru Guide: The Best Ideas of the Top Management Thinkers - Hardcover

Boyett, Joseph H.; Boyett, Jimmie T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471182427 ISBN 13: 9780471182429

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

"A savvy guide to the ideas driving business conversation."-Fast Company The one book you need in your drive to succeed If you're striving to make your mark in the business world, you don't have time to read all of the business books that hit the bestseller list- but you do need the essential information they contain. You need to keep up with the latest business trends and understand emerging ideas and new terminology. You need concise, penetrating explanations of today's most advanced thinking on business management and leadership. You need The Guru Guide. In this easy-to-use primer, two internationally respected business consultants provide an executive summary of the most effective and successful management ideas put forth by the leading business thinkers and doers of our time: Warren Bennis, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Michael Hammer, Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatly, and many more. They also give you: Clear explanations of essential business terms, concepts, and theories Profiles of more than 75 top management figures and their ideas Cross-links to issues on which these gurus agree and disagree Insightful commentaries and real- world case studies Quick-reference charts, bulleted lists, chapter summaries, and other creative quick-learning tools To make the most of the powerful ideas that can brighten your business future, start reading The Guru Guide today. "It's tough to keep up with the latest management thinking. This book can help ...and stimulate you to go to original sources of the greatest value."-Joseph B. White, Dean, University of Michigan Business School

About this title

About the Author

JOSEPH H. BOYETT, PhD, is cofounder and Partner of Boyett & Associates, an Atlanta-based consulting and research firm specializing in helping companies implement state-of-the-art management and organizational practices. He has been a consultant to a number of Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, British Petroleum, Merck, EDS, and BellSouth. He is the author or coauthor of several influential books, including Workplace 2000: The Revolution Reshaping American Business, which has been dubbed a "visionary classic." Publishers Weekly called his book The Quality Journey-a fascinating account of IBM's struggle to reinvent itself-"One of the top books of the year [1993]." Previously, Dr. Boyett served as a principal adviser on performance management and quality improvement to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights. JIMMIE T. BOYETT is cofounder and Partner of Boyett & Associates and coauthor of Beyond Workplace 2000. She is a recognized expert on business process redesign and reengineering and the application of leading-edge information systems technology. Her clients have included Hartmarx, Brunswick Corporation, Burlington Industries, Methodist Hospitals, J. P. Stevens, and SouthWestern Bell. Prior to cofounding Boyett & Associates, Ms. Boyett was Assistant Vice President and Group Manager at Bank South, Atlanta.

From the Back Cover

A great way for busy business professionals to acquaint themselves with today's most important management trends

The Guru Guide is for businesspeople who need to keep abreast of the latest trends in management, but who simply don't have the time to read every book that hits the business bestseller list. Written by authors who are themselves internationally respected business authors and consultants, it provides you with concise yet penetrating discussions of the best of today's thinking on management and leadership. A quick, easy way to improve your business literacy, The Guru Guide: Distils and demystifies essential terms, concepts, and theories of today's top consultants and management thinkers Profiles more than 75 top names in management, including Warren Bennis, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Michael Hammer, Peter Senge, and Margaret Wheatley Explores the categories of leadership, managing change, the learning organization, teamwork, strategy, managing and motivating people, and more Cross-links important ideas to provide a clearer picture of which issues the gurus agree on and which ones they don't Provides insightful commentaries along with real-world case studies Arms you with quick-reference charts, bulleted lists, chapter-end summaries, and other creative, quick-learning tools

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471182427
• ISBN 13: 9780471182429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400