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Author's credentials -- Preface -- 1. The race where every sprinter drops the baton -- 2. Getting from A to B without going via Z -- 3. Here today, gone tomorrow -- 4. Opportunity knocks for business education -- 5. "I forgot to remember!" -- 6. The smart march to wisdom -- 7. How the baton was...

1. Are you fast or irrelevant? -- The decline and fall of Nokia -- What's driving the need for speed? -- Why are companies still too slow? -- Shifting focus from perfection to pace -- 2. Creating a high-speed, high-growth culture -- Avoiding the cultural danger zone -- Act like a start-up and...

Cover -- Strategic Organizational Alignment: Authority, Power, Results -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Story 1: The Story of Joe, Ed, and Jane Begins -- CHAPTER 1: Authority -- Story 2: What Are We Working Towards? -- CHAPTER 2: Goals -- Story 3: The...

Organizational success crucially depends on having a superior strategy and effectively implementing it. Companies that outperform their rivals typically have a better grasp of what customers value, who their competitors are, and how they can create an enduring competitive advantage. Successful...

Strategies for University Management -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction: J. Mark Munoz and Neal King -- Part 1: Effective Organization -- CHAPTER 2: Developing and Maintaining Meaningful Relationships with Faculty, Staff, and Students: Arthur F. Kirk, Jr. -- CHAPTER 3: Optimizing the...

This managerial book goes beyond the traditionalthoughts on this subject. It brings you a challenging dimension:Create an entrepreneurial organization and youwill exceed in the realization of your goals and objectives.The entrepreneurial organization thrives on developinginnovation, customer...

This book is an essential tool to help you grow with yournonprofit organization. Whether you are an executive director,manager, board member, pastor, or key volunteer,the details here will help you achieve so much more.The four overarching areas of what the authors term a"virtuous cycle in...

In a world that's facing economic recession, more and more professionals, teams, organizations, and inter-organizational networks are facing the need to restructure and renew themselves with the primary purpose of profitably trading their knowledge to add even higher value to their bottom line....