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The ultimate book of business thinking : harnessing the power of the world's greatest business ideas
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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.


Author Notes

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

Introductionp. xi
A Action Learningp. 1
Activity-Based Costingp. 6
Adhocracyp. 9
Agilityp. 13
B Balanced Scorecardp. 18
Benchmarkingp. 22
Boston Matrixp. 25
Brandingp. 31
Broadbandingp. 36
Burnoutp. 39
C Channel Managementp. 43
Core Competenciesp. 47
Core Valuesp. 51
Crisis Managementp. 55
D Decision Theoryp. 58
Discounted Cash Flowp. 68
Downsizingp. 72
E E-Commercep. 75
Emotional Intelligencep. 83
Employabilityp. 87
Empowermentp. 91
F Four Ps of Marketingp. 97
G Game Theoryp. 100
H Hoshin Kanrip. 104
I Intellectual Capitalp. 107
Interim Managementp. 113
J Just-in-Time (JIT) (Kanban)p. 119
K Kaizen (Quality Circles)p. 124
Knowledge Managementp. 127
L Leadershipp. 131
Lean Productionp. 138
The Learning Organizationp. 142
M The Managerial Gridp. 147
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needsp. 151
Matrix Modelp. 154
Mentoringp. 159
O Outsourcingp. 163
P Porter's Five Competitive Forcesp. 168
The Psychological Contractp. 172
R Re-Engineeringp. 175
Relationship Marketingp. 179
S Scenario Planningp. 184
Scientific Managementp. 188
Seven S Frameworkp. 193
The Shamrock Organizationp. 198
Shareholder Valuep. 203
Strategic Inflection Pointp. 207
Strategic Managementp. 210
Succession Planningp. 214
Supply Chain Managementp. 219
T Team-Workingp. 222
Theories X and Y (and Z)p. 226
Thought Leadershipp. 229
TQM and the Quality Movementp. 233
360-Degree Feedbackp. 241
Time-Based Competitionp. 245
The Transnational Corporationp. 248
V Value Innovationp. 252
The Virtual Organizationp. 256
Appendixp. 261
Indexp. 283