History lessons : what business management can learn from the great leaders of history

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808192503321
• Autore: Gifford Jonathan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Marshall Cavendish Business, 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-89142-5; 981-4312-16-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 v.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/092
• Soggetti: Leadership; Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Changing the mood -- 2. Boldness of vision -- 3. Doing the planning -- 4. Leading from the front -- 5. Bringing people with you -- 6. Making things happen -- 7. Taking the offensive -- 8. Creating opportunities.
• Sommario/riassunto: Pericles of Athens, Lorenzo of Florence, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Elizabeth I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Zhou Enlai, Ghandi, Lee Kuan Yew – these are just some of the great names who changed the course of history. Far from being dated and irrelevant,.