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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464829803321

Autore

Owen Jo

Titolo

The death of modern management [[electronic resource] ] : how to lead in the new world disorder / / Jo Owen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

1-283-37179-0

9786613371799

0-470-68696-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/092

Soggetti

Management

Leadership

Electronic books.

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : how we got here and where we are going -- Strategy : from following the rules to making the rules -- Marketing : from selling benefits to selling dreams -- Power : shifts to a new world disorder -- Money : from CAPM to the road to ruin -- Information : from deficit to hyperinflation -- Knowledge : from ignorance to the disintegration of the firm -- Organisations : from compliance to commitment -- Change : why dinosaurs can't dance -- Employees : from slavery to freedom (and back again) -- Managers : power and making things happen -- Leaders : no more heroes.

Sommario/riassunto

We are at the start of a new wave of management. The recent financial crisis highlighted problems not just in the economic system, but also in the way that many companies are governed and managed. Now modern management has reached its end game and we approach a new era in leadership. Rather than the certainties of command and control, this new epoch will be based on co-operation and commitment. There has been a strategic revolution - instead of following the rules, we now have to make them. For some this represents great risk; for others it is an enormous opportunity.  The Death of Mode