When [[electronic resource] ] : the art of perfect timing / / Stuart Albert

• Autore: Albert Stuart <1941->
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 650.1/1
• Soggetto topico: Time management
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: BUS000000
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Why does Timing Elude Us?; Getting Beyond the Usual Suspects; Knowing When to Act; Managing Timing Risk; Discovering That Timing Matters; Choosing the Right Temporal Design; A Timing Analysis; The Structure of the Book; The Art of Timing; Chapter 1 Sequence; The Characteristics of Sequences; Order; Punctuation; Interval and Duration; Shape; Location; Extension; Sequence-Related Risks; Missing a Sequence; Inverting a Sequence Unwittingly; Failing to Look Downstream; Sequence Options and Opportunities; Deliberately Invert a Sequence ; Choose the Right DurationCreate a Sequence; Choose a Different Location; Skip a Step; Give People a Choice; The Temporal Imagination; Chapter 2 Temporal Punctuation; Characteristics of Temporal Punctuation; Type; Strength; Objective or Subjective; Meaning; Location; Number; Spacing; Alignment; Temporal Punctuation Risks; Missing Punctuation; Conflicting Interests; Misreading Temporal Punctuation; Disregarding Temporal Punctuation (and Whether It Can Be Changed); Simultaneous Punctuation; Inserting a Period Too Soon; Spacing Risks; Pattern Risks; Misinterpreting Temporal Punctuation ; Temporal Punctuation Options and OpportunitiesCreate Exit Strategies; Speeding the Pace of Change: Subtract a Period; Choose the Right Location; Postponing Punctuation-Controlling Tension; Rethink Your Use of Punctuation; The Temporal Imagination; Chapter 3 Interval and Duration; The Characteristics of Intervals; Type; Size-the Interval Envelope; Objective or Subjective; Contents; Meaning; Number; Interval and Duration Risks; Language; Magnitude Thinking; Time Line Thinking; Cat-Point Thinking; Intervals That Are Too Long or Short; Elasticity; Norms; Content Risks; Misinterpreting Intervals ; Interval and Duration Options and OpportunitiesThe Temporal Imagination; Chapter 4 Rate; Characteristics of Rates; The Normal Rate; Size-the Rate Envelope; Duration; Direction-the Way Things Are Headed; Objective or Subjective: Know the Difference; Meaning; Number; Rate-Related Risks; Normal Rates; Direction; Size-the Rate Envelope; Duration; Objective and Subjective Rates; Meaning; Number; Rate Options and Opportunities; Questioning; Problem Solving; The Temporal Imagination; Chapter 5 Shape; An Abridged Catalogue of Shapes; The Point; Lines; Curves; The Helix; Tandemizing Shapes ; Shape-Related Risks and OpportunitiesThe Temporal Imagination; Chapter 6 Polyphony; Tracking Polyphony; Using the Polyphony Lens; Look Vertically: What Is Going on at the Same Time?; Look for Structure: How Are Events, Activities, and Processes Aligned Relative to Each Other?; Look for Influence: How Does One Parallel Process Affect, Cause, or Influence Others?; Polyphony-Related Risks; Polyphony Options and Opportunities; Adjust the Height; Modify the Structure; Use Influence; The Temporal Imagination; Chapter 7 Using the Lenses: The Timing of Dissent; The Sequence Lens; Reinvert; Rescale ; Claim Irrelevance
• Sommario/riassunto: "An elegant and counterintuitive guide to achieving perfect timing Timing is everything. Whether we are making strategic business decisions or the smallest personal choice, we must decide not only what to do, but when to do it. Act too early--or too late--and the results can be disastrous. Based on a 20-year investigation into more than 2,000 timing issues and errors, When presents a single and practical approach for dealing with timing in life and business. Good timing, Albert argues, is not just a matter of luck, intuition, or past experience--all of which may be unreliable--but a skill. He describes that skill and details the tools and methods needed to conduct a successful timing analysis. The book is the first to offer an efficient and comprehensive way to think through any timing issue Filled with dozens of lively stories illustrating good and bad timing in all walks of life--business, warfare, medicine, sports, entertainment and the arts Written by Stuart Albert, one of the foremost timing experts in the world and developer of the first practical, research-based method for turning the skill of timing into a competitive advantage Engaging and counterintuitive, When will show everyone, regardless of the work they do, or the life they live, that 'it's all in the timing.'"--
• Titolo autorizzato: When
• ISBN: 1-118-41950-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453000503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II