1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910633297003321

Autore

Schifano, Jean-Noël

Titolo

Cronache napoletane / Jean-Noël Schifano ; traduzione di Carmen Micillo e Felice Piemontese

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli, : Pironti, 1992

ISBN

88-7937-013-8

Edizione

[2. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

156 p. ; 21 cm

Disciplina

843.914

Locazione

FARBC

Collocazione

FONDO ROSSI 2299

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213529703316

Autore

Coe Jerome T. <1921->

Titolo

Unlikely victory [[electronic resource] ] : how General Electric succeeded in the chemical industry / / by Jerome T. Coe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : American Institute of Chemical Engineers, c2000

ISBN

1-282-78335-1

9786612783357

0-470-93548-0

0-470-93547-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

338.7/66/00973

338.76600973

Soggetti

Chemical industry - United States

Conglomerate corporations - United States

International business enterprises - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Unlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. What's General Electric Doing in the Chemical Business?; 2. Early Years of GE Chemistry: 1900-1948 Electrical Insulation;  Silicones;  GE Forms a Chemical Division; 3. GE Silicones: 1940-1964 From Shaky Start to Successful Business; 4. Loctite An Invention that Got Away; 5. Synthetic Diamond GE Break-Through Caps Two Centuries of Research; 6. Lexan Polycarbonate: 1953-1968 The "Unbreakable" Thermoplastic

7. Noryl Thermoplastic: 1956-1968 Victory Snatched from Jaws of Defeat8. GE Engineering Plastics: 1968-1987 Headlong Growth to World Leadership; 9. Growth by Means of a Major Acquisition: 1988-1991 ABS Plastics Up for Bid;  A New Polycarbonate Process; 10. Laminates and Insulating Materials GE Core-businesses Decline in Importance; 11. GE Silicones: 1965-1998 Sealants Leadership;  World Participation; 12. GE Engineering Plastics: 1992-1998 After Recession, Growth Resumes

13. People Make the Difference Four Scientists: Eugene G. Rochow, H.



Tracy Hall and the GE Diamond Research Team, Daniel W Fox, Allan S. Hay Five Managers: Abraham L. Marshall, Charles E. Reed, John F. Welch, Jr,. Glen H. Hiner, Gary L. Rogers14. Summation How Big an Achievement? How Attained? Nine Strategies; Glossary; A. Thermoplastic Polymers. Compounds. and Blends; B. Trade-names, Companies. and Chemical Terms; C. GE Organization Notes; Chapter References; Names Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many companies that stray too far from their core business fail. So how is it that General Electric, a major electrical manufacturing company, ended up as one of the top U.S. chemical producers-with 1998 sales of 6.6 billion? In Unlikely Victory, Jerome T. Coe, a retired 40-year career employee with General Electric, who spent more than 20 years as a manager of the company's chemical businesses, suggests that it was a combination of necessity, forward-thinking of the engineers, and managers wise enough to give them breathing room. "Much of what they did (then) was counter to the prevailing GE

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149376803321

Autore

Trompenaars Alfons

Titolo

Rewarding performance globally : reconciling the global-local dilemma / / Fons Trompenaars and Robert J. Greene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-61814-1

1-317-21006-9

1-317-21007-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 pages) : illustrations, tables

Altri autori (Persone)

GreeneRobert J <1940-> (Robert James)

Disciplina

658.3142

Soggetti

Compensation management

Employees - Rating of

Performance awards

International business enterprises - Personnel management

Personnel management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Determing an optimal organizational culture -- ch. 2. Creating the desired cuture -- ch. 3. Cultures that fit a globalized context -- ch. 4. Reconciling universalistic with particularistic perspectives -- ch. 5. Reconciling individualistic with collectivist perspectives -- ch. 6. Reconciling neutral with affective perspectives -- ch. 7. Reconciling specific with diffuse perspectives -- ch. 8. Reconciling high-context with low-context perspectives -- ch. 9. Reconciling achievement with ascription perspectives -- ch. 10. Reconciling internally controlled with externally controlled perspectives -- ch. 11. Reconciling hierarchical with egalitarian perspectives -- ch. 12. Reconciling past, present and future perspectives -- ch. 13. Reconciling short-term with long-term perspectives -- ch. 14. Achieving consensus through reconciliation -- ch. 15. Sustaining the effectiveness of the culture.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides professionals with an easy reference resource for successfully implementing a performance management system in a multinational company. Providing research-based strategies for reconciling the global-local dilemma is the focus of the book.