Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus (The Economist) [Hardcover]

Tim Hindle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2008 | Series: The Economist (Book 42)

Good management is a precious commodity in the corporate world.  Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus is a straight-forward manual on the most innovative management ideas and the management gurus who developed them.

The earlier edition, Guide to Management Ideas, presented the most significant ideas that continue to underpin business management. This new book builds on those ideas and adds detailed biographies of the people who came up with them-the most influential business thinkers of the past and present.  

Topics covered include: Active Inertia, Disruptive Technology, Genchi Genbutsu (Japanese for "Go and See for Yourself"), The Halo Effect, The Long Tail, Skunkworks, Tipping Point, Triple Bottom Line, and more.  

The management gurus covered include: Dale Carnegie, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Philip Kotler, Michael Porter, Tom Peters, and many others.

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About the Author

Tim Hindle is author of several best-selling books on management and business. He is a former business and management editor of The Economist and was the founder editor of EuroBusiness. He has also been editor of Director magazine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 322 pages
• Publisher: Bloomberg Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846681081
• ISBN-13: 978-1846681080
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Priceless Management Guide for the Millennium, July 29, 2009

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Larry Underwood "Author - St Louis Cardinals ... (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus (The Economist) (Hardcover)

I was fortunate enough to have discovered this wonderful book by Tim Hindle while reading a "management" article in the Economist. I had a feeling it would be a great book, but what Hindle delivers is a classic piece of managerial wisdom like few other books I've ever come across. It's a virtual warehouse of information from some of the greatest management gurus ever to offer advice on how to cope in this volatile world of 21st Century business.

It's the perfect compliment to Peter Drucker's masterpiece, "The Daily Drucker", and will help anyone perform their management skills with a much higher level of expertise. For anyone in any level of management, this is a terrific guide.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what you need to know!, June 3, 2010

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A. Bellas (Edina, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus (The Economist) (Hardcover)

As an economist teaching in a college of management, I am often exposed to the latest ideas in management but I tend to seem them as something of the flavors of the month, if not the week. This book tells you all that you need to know about scores of management ideas, terms and gurus that have come (and gone) over the years in perectly efficient two page installments. References are provided for those seeking a deeper treatment, but for many readers this book will provide just what they need to know in order to be conversant in nearly any management concept.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good reading!, November 11, 2009

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M. Deshpande (new york) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus (The Economist) (Hardcover)

Great book for overview of several decades of management ideas. Hindle provides the current status of these ideas in management circles, which is very valuable. The individual descriptions are too short in some cases, but Hindle provides references to follow on. First half on management ideas is great, didn't have patience to go over the second half on management gurus.