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The Portable MBA in Management, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Allan R. Cohen (Author)
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Portable MBA (Wiley) August 15, 2002
Insights on management, leadership, and effective organizations, from the experts at the best business schools
Skills and strategies for leading any organization to success
. . . comprehensive, up-to-date, and better than ever
" When the speculative bubble burst in 2000, it exposed a weakness in many firms-too much financial engineering and too little leadership and management. I strongly recommend this book to those managers who want to learn how to run well-managed organizations capable of weathering the inevitable turbulence brought about by intensive competition and rapid changes in markets and technology. In one book, highly regarded experts in the field of management provide you with the essential lessons you will need to succeed as a leader and manager."
-Michael Beer, Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
Harvard Business School and author of The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal
"For managers to be effective in today's complex world, they need to be learners as well as leaders. In this remarkable volume, a world-class collection of professors provides a curriculum for continuous management learning that combines leading-edge theory with practical advice. Every manager -from supervisor to CEO-should keep this book close at hand."
-Ron Ashkenas, Managing Partner, Robert H. Schaffer & Associates
and coauthor of The Boundaryless Organization and The GE Work-Out
"This latest edition of The Portable MBA in Management continues a tradition of some of our greatest thinkers and teachers making their work highly accessible. The book will be treasured as a valuable reference as well as a great read!"
-Len Schlesinger, Chief Operating Officer, The Limited, Inc.
From the master teachers and scholars of management, including:
David L. Bradford, Stanford University ? Anne Donnellon, Babson College ? Stephen L. Fink, University of New Hampshire ? Charles J. Fombrun, New York University ? Danna Greenberg, Babson College ? Douglas T. Hall, Boston University ? Todd D. Jick, The Center of Executive Development ? Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School ? Roy J. Lewicki, Ohio State University ? Leonard A. Schlesinger, Harvard Business School ? R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr., American Institute for Managing Diversity ? Peter B. Vaill, University of St. Thomas

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This new addition to the "Portable MBA" series presents an executive management guide to issues such as teamwork, change, and leadership. Part 1 addresses personal and interpersonal needs such as leadership styles and methods, career development, and power and politics from ethical and strategic viewpoints. Part 2 examines needs at the organizational level, including organizational design, human resource management, and diversity. The book combines both conceptual and practical material. The diagnostic questions posed in the power and politics section provide an excellent tool for managers to assess the ethical implications of their actions. An impressive collection of experts contributed to this recommended volume.
- Grace Klinefelter, Ft. Lauderdale Coll.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The new Portable MBA in Management, Second Edition offers all the best thinking on the most complicated problems in business today. It explores issues in leadership, organizational design, strategic negotiation, influence, and change management. This new edition reflects the most pressing management concerns in an environment characterized by accelerated technology and ever more sophisticated employees. This is no time for managers to rest on their laurels.

Just as he did in the first edition, Allan Cohen brings together the best thinkers from leading business schools and the result is a state-of-the-art MBA in management-without the time and expense. Everything in the book is available in the best second year MBA programs and is designed to develop your individual management skills and organizational knowledge. Coverage includes:
* Articulating and selling your business vision
* Responding to workforce diversity
* Building a powerful and effective management team
* Bringing out the best in each employee, even the difficult ones
* Using power and influence in the workplace
* Strategy and skills of negotiating
* Designing focused and flexible organizations
* Developing human resource systems that support the new demands on organizations
* The art of managing change
* The impact of globalization on managers, professionals, and organizations
* Managing your career

Written with a finger on the pulse of modern business, The Portable MBA in Management may well be your biggest competitive advantage.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (August 15, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471204552
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471204558
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I bought this book for a class. I assumed it would be another "sterile" textbook. I have been really nicely surprised. The book is easily read and is full of applicable material to anyone in business. I highly recommend this book. But I won't be selling mine at the end of the semester.
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