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Lädt ... The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (2010. Auflage)von Walter Kiechel
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Say what you will about the current state of corporate/shareholder capitalism, this is a well told history of the mythical notion of "strategy" in business. Through published work, personal interviews, and business history, we trace a well-connected coevolution of the notion strategy itself (plus its forceful business imperatives), the firms who promote it, the organizations who buy it, and the academic institutions and individuals who extend it. Yes: intellectual, slightly skeptical, and dry... yet lively enough for a solid read. ( ) Intellectual history of management consulting and the development of “strategy,” the idea of positioning one’s business based on factors such as costs, comparative advantages over competitors, and speed of cost reductions. Takes for granted that this was all a positive thing, even though as Kiechel points out the rise of strategy/management consulting corresponded with the decline of American industry, not to mention the immiseration of increasing segments of the population. Interesting, insightful, and well-written book regarding business strategy and the establishment of the management consulting industry, including the early development of the well-known frameworks such as the BCG growth-share matrix and porters five forces. Not a beginners books - requires deep interest in strategy and business in general. At some points the book gets a bit too tied up in less interesting details. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Imagine, if you can, the world of business - without corporate strategy. Remarkably, fifty years ago that's the way it was. Businesses made plans, certainly, but without understanding the underlying dynamics of competition, costs, and customers. It was like trying to design a large-scale engineering project without knowing the laws of physics. But in the 1960s, four mavericks and their posses instigated a profound shift in thinking that turbocharged business as never before, with implications far beyond what even they imagined. In The Lords of Strategy, renowned business journalist and editor Walter Kiechel tells, for the first time, the story of the four men who invented corporate strategy as we know it and set in motion the modern, multibillion-dollar consulting industry: Bruce Henderson, founder of Boston Consulting Group Bill Bain, creator of Bain & Company Fred Gluck, longtime Managing Director of McKinsey & Company Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor Providing a window into how to think about strategy today, Kiechel tells their story with novelistic flair. At times inspiring, at times nearly terrifying, this book is a revealing account of how these iconoclasts and the organizations they led revolutionized the way we think about business, changed the very soul of the corporation, and transformed the way we work. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)658.4012Technology Management and auxiliary services Management Executive Planning, control, strategy StrategyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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