In Their Time - The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor Anthony J. Mayo is the executive director of the Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative program. Nitin Nohria is Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the author of several books on management and leadership. Klappentext In this cannon of leadership success, the authors celebrate the greatest leaders of the 20th century, from unsung heroes to legends like Sam Walton and Bill Gates. Zusammenfassung Reveals the secrets behind the success of the last century's greatest American business leaders. This book shows that a key to success was 'contextual intelligence'. It features a New Leadership Theory and is based on a Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative Study of 1,000 great CEOs and Founders of American companies from 1900-1999. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: 1900-09 - The Powerful Pioneers of a New Consumer Revolution Chapter 2: 1910-19 - Taking up the Charge - Exploring the New Frontier Chapter 3: 1920-29 - From Prosperity to Despair Chapter 4: 1930-39 - Survival Through Adaptation and Renewal Chapter 5: 1940-49 - Reaching New Heights Through Standardization Chapter 6: 1950-59 - Feeding the Machine of Consumption Chapter 7: 1960-69 - Business in a Bubble Chapter 8: 1970-79 - Managing Through the Malaise Chapter 9: 1980-89 - Restoring Glory in American Business Chapter 10: 1990-99 - The New Three R's of Business - Reengineering, Restructuring, and Reality Check Epilogue - Will History Repeat Itself Appendix - Methodology

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Mayo, Anthony J Mayo, Anthony J. Mayo, Mayo Anthony J., Nitin Nohria
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2005
• EAN: 9781591393450
• ISBN: 978-1-59139-345-0
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Harvard Business School Press; Harvard Business School Press
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business; Führungskraft, Manager, Managerin, Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, Biography: business and industry