Complexity & Paradox - Strategy 03.06 (Express Exec) - Softcover

Underwood, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841122254 ISBN 13: 9781841122250

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Synopsis

Fast track route to mastering highly complex environments

Covers the fundamentals of complexity, from encouragingiconoclastic behavior and setting up formal complexity training tousing scenarios and gathering intelligence

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most sophisticatedbusinesses, including Microsoft, and ideas from the smartestthinkers including H. Igor Ansoff, Richard A D'Aveni and PeterSchwartz

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resourcesguide

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books.These books present the best current thinking and span the entirerange of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you thekey concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement theideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companiesand ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.

ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making iteasy to find the information you need:

01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work

ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need tomaster the latest business thinking and practice quickly.

About this title

About the Author

DR JIM UNDERWOOD is a strategist and professor and lives in Irving, Texas. His consulting practice includes a number of major international firms. He is the author of Thriving In E-Chaos and co-authored The Significance Principle. He also writes for a number of magazines and journals.

From the Back Cover

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.

ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:

01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work

ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.

From the Inside Flap

Fast track route to mastering highly complex environments

Covers the fundamentals of complexity, from encouraging iconoclastic behavior and setting up formal complexity training to using scenarios and gathering intelligence

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most sophisticated businesses, including Microsoft, and ideas from the smartest thinkers including H. Igor Ansoff, Richard A D'Aveni and Peter Schwartz

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841122254
• ISBN 13: 9781841122250
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 116