Prescription for Success: The Life and Values of Ewing Marion Kauffman [Hardcover]

Anne Morgan (Author)

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Publication Date: November 1995

The rags-to-riches story of the Kansas City businessman traces Kauffman's ascent from drug salesman to pharmaceuticals executive, owner of the Kansas City Royals, and humanitarian, offering a lesson in the importance of hard work, energy, and charity. 50,000 first printing.

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A modern Horatio Alger, Ewing Marion Kauffman was a Missouri farm boy who started a pharmaceutical company, Marion Laboratories, in his basement in 1950 and developed it into a multibillion-dollar enterprise by 1989. The author provides insight into the genius of Kauffman, his management philosophy, the company's growth and profitability under his leadership, the story behind his purchase of the Kansas City Royals, and the development of his charitable foundation. The strength of this biography is its focus on Kauffman's leadership of Marion Labs. It is a case study of an entrepreneur who realizes his vision of the future through unstinting work and a genius in marketing and psychology. Unlike many entrepreneurs who are initially successful but fail to respond to change, Kauffman saw the changing environment and used it to his advantage. We are given an insider's view of his philosophy, how he met corporate challenges, the risks he took, and his successes and setbacks on the road to remarkable achievement. Although corporate America is a very different battlefield today, students of management can learn a great deal from Kauffman, as will entrepreneurs seeking a role model. Mary Whaley

Product Details

• Hardcover: 415 pages
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Pub; First Edition edition (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836204662
• ISBN-13: 978-0836204667
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #908,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Prescription for Success: The Life Values of Ewing M Kauffman, July 14, 2010

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I became interested in the book due to personal reasons. I can say that Ewing's life really turned when his second wife Muriel McBrien Kauffman walked into his life. Muriel had charisma, style, intelligence, grace and a zeal for life that Ewing fell head over heels with. The book depicts the starting of Ewing's business and where he fostered his savvy business sense, it's no doubt he ensured that Muriel would play a prominent role in his life.

This book is a great read, it depicts a true side of a very sensitive and intelligent hard working man with a plan and a vision to succeed. Ewing's heart showed all the signs of a caring and courageous man that would stand up and believe in a systematic approach to the way he thought things should be. The core values that Ewing exudes in this book is instrumental in life and it's my opinion that anyone reading this book will concur.

Thank you,

Jarrott Hutchinson