The future of management

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TextLanguage: English Series: ManagementPublication details: Harvard Business School Press, 2007Description: xi + 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781422102503

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The end of management? The ultimate advantage-- An agenda for management innovation-- Creating a community of purpose-- Building an innovation democracy-- Aiming for an evolutionary advantage-- Escaping the shackles-- Embracing new principles-- Learning from the fringe-- Becoming a management innovator-- Building the future of management.--

Summary: What fuels long-term business success? Not operational excellence, technology breakthroughs, or new business models, but management innovation-new ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources, and formulating strategies. Through history, management innovation has enabled companies to cross new performance thresholds and build enduring advantages. ; ; In The Future of Management, Gary Hamel argues that organizations need management innovation now more than ever. Why? The management paradigm of the last century-centered on control and efficiency-no longer suffices in a world where adaptability and creativity drive business success. To thrive in the future, companies must reinvent management. ; ; Hamel explains how to turn your company into a serial management innovator, revealing: ; ; The make-or-break challenges that will determine competitive success in an age of relentless, head-snapping change. ; The toxic effects of traditional management beliefs. ; The unconventional management practices generating breakthrough results in "modern management pioneers." ; The radical principles that will need to become part of every company's "management DNA." ; The steps your company can take now to build your "management advantage." ; ; Practical and profound, The Future of Management features examples from Google, W.L. Gore, Whole Foods, IBM, Samsung, Best Buy, and other blue-ribbon management innovators.

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What fuels long-term business success? Not operational excellence, technology breakthroughs, or new business models, but management innovation-new ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources, and formulating strategies. Through history, management innovation has enabled companies to cross new performance thresholds and build enduring advantages. ; ; In The Future of Management, Gary Hamel argues that organizations need management innovation now more than ever. Why? The management paradigm of the last century-centered on control and efficiency-no longer suffices in a world where adaptability and creativity drive business success. To thrive in the future, companies must reinvent management. ; ; Hamel explains how to turn your company into a serial management innovator, revealing: ; ; The make-or-break challenges that will determine competitive success in an age of relentless, head-snapping change. ; The toxic effects of traditional management beliefs. ; The unconventional management practices generating breakthrough results in "modern management pioneers." ; The radical principles that will need to become part of every company's "management DNA." ; The steps your company can take now to build your "management advantage." ; ; Practical and profound, The Future of Management features examples from Google, W.L. Gore, Whole Foods, IBM, Samsung, Best Buy, and other blue-ribbon management innovators.