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Argues that almost all of the thought and commentary regarding advice has been from the 'supply side', ie on being a good advisor or consultant (or consultancy). This book also aruges that in order to have a whole and useful view of advice, we need a better way of thinking about the 'demand side' ie, we need a theory of advice-taking.

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(Hardback)

Examines the talent management problem through a radical lens. Drawing from supply chain management and numerous company examples, this book presents four principles for ensuring that your organization has the skills it needs - when it needs them. It gives you the ideas and tools you'll need to match the supply of talent to your demand for it.

(Hardback)

Shows how trusted and effective leaders are adapting the principles of face-to-face conversation in order to pursue a new form of organizational conversation. This title explores the promise of conversation-powered leadership - from the practice of talking straight (and listening well) to the thoughtful adoption of emerging social media.

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

(Hardback, Third Edition)

Delves into the special role of teacher and students in the case method learning process. This book about case method teaching attempts to show how the method can be applied in a liberal arts setting. It focuses on a range of knotty problems faced by most instructors, experienced or new, creating an opportunity for them to learn from each other.

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(Hardback)

Based on the authors' research and experience in more than 100 organizations, this work shows how to develop new information systems that support collaborative work, how to build teams that take advantage of technological potential, and how to create an organization with a structure and policies that support the synergy of teams and technology.

(Hardback)

With a culture of individual accountability and self-reliance pervading executive suites, few management groups ever function as real teams. This title offers guidelines for increasing leadership capacity at the highest executive levels. It explains how to recognize when a team effort at the management level is preferable.

(Hardback)

Examines six of the oldest, largest, and most visible R&D consortia in America. This comparative study sheds light on the dynamics of consortium management, exploring such issues as mission, organizational structure, strategic planning, technology transfer, and leadership.

(Hardback)

Illustrates the process of technology integration at the managerial and strategic levels and reveals the evolution in the structure of research and development in the modern corporation. This book provides a framework for managing the space between the creation and the application of technology.

(Hardback)

Even world-class companies, with powerful and proven business models, eventually discover limits to growth. That's what makes emerging high-growth industries so attractive. This book makes recommendations regarding staffing, leadership roles, reporting relationships, process design, planning, performance assessment, incentives, and cultural norms.

(Hardback)

It is the dawn of the emerging consumer: Are you ready By 2020, consumers in China and India will generate more than $10 trillion of total annual revenue for companies selling to them. This book provides a comprehensive profile of the emerging middle-class households - 300 million strong - that will change the global marketplace.

(Paperback)

Developments in technology, radical changes in the global economy, and the relentless pursuit of productivity have altered forever our organizations, our careers, and our lifestyles. This book identifies the unintended consequences of change and provides a set of guiding principles to cope with the paradoxes of modern life.

(Hardback)

Advances in reproductive medicine have created an undeniable 'market for babies', in which parents choose traits, clinics woo clients, and specialised providers earn millions of dollars a year. This book argues that it is time to acknowledge this largely secretive and controversial market as a commercial industry.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Presents a model to help organizations harness the demographic and lifestyle shifts. This book offers a framework to help senior leaders and HR directors harness the talent in their company in a way that provides a strategic advantage, not only for recruiting but also for achieving and maintain better individual performance.

(Hardback)

The complexity of corporate environments demands managers who understand not only the techniques but also the craft of general management. This text examines the range of expertise that general managers must possess and looks at strategies, decision-making and the allocation of resources.

(Hardback)

Discusses both the theory and practice of process development. The book finds that process innovation, not just product innovation, can be the key to a competitive advantage. Its findings are based on an in-depth study of process development projects in a rapidly evolving, high-profile industry.

(Hardback)

Charts the story of financial innovation how investment banks invented financial products, how investors across the world were wooed into buying them, how regulators were seduced by the political rewards of easy credit, and how speculators made a killing from the near-meltdown of the financial system.

(Hardback)

Do you think of your company's talent as an investment to be managed like a portfolio This book recommends that you manage your workforce like a portfolio - with disproportionate investments in the jobs that create the most wealth.

(Paperback)