Product Description: Sometimes it seems that Americans are divided in countless ways—red or blue; black, brown, or white; rich or poor; male or female. What happened to America as the land of freedom and openness? In America the Principled, renowned Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author Rosabeth Moss Kanter tackles the hardest questions our nation faces, and challenges us to recommit ourselves to pursuing our nation’s noblest goals: equality and opportunity...read more

Product Description: Hindsight may be 20/20, but without a crystal ball, how can you make sound decisions now that will steer your organization toward success on the road ahead? The answer discovered by executives of 86 U.S. organizations that have received prestigious Presidential recognition as role models, plus thousands of others striving for performance excellence, is use of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence...read more

In an era of increased global competition, of takeovers, downsizing, restructuring, and even outright failure, managing intelligent organizational change is the most difficult challenge facing business. Kanter, Stein, and Jick present here a comprehensive overview and an authoritative model for how to and, in some cases how not to, institute change in organizations. Building upon their "Big Three" model of change, the authors focus on internal and external forces that set events in motion; the major kinds of change that correspond to external and internal change pressures; and the principal tasks involved in managing the change process. Several "portraits" of companies undergoing different types of change, coupled with the authors' own expert analyses, prove that no one person or group can make change "happen" alone. Instead, the authors assert that it is the delicate balance among key players that makes organizational change a success. The authors analyze the forces for change by examining Banc One, Apple Computer, and Lehman Brothers, among others, to illustrate environmental and cyclical change as businesses grow. Then they turn to forms of change, drawing on the Western-Delta merger, strategy change at Bell Atlantic, and takeover turmoil at Lucky Stores, to show how companies change their structures and cultures. The section on execution of change shows "change masters," to use Kanter's own famous term, at work at Motorola, General Electric, and other leading firms, as well as the difficulties of implementing change at General Motors and Microswitch. Fundamental organizational change, they argue, is exemplified by identity change, involving much more than the transfer of tangible assets. Managing the feelings, fears, and hopes of people must be the central strategy during such transitions. In this essential volume for managers and analysts of change, Kanter, Stein, and Jick offer powerful insights, practical new directions for action, prospects for the future of deliberate organizational change, and advice on where to begin the change process, and when: NOW! (view table of contents)

A distinguished sociologist and consultant to many Fortune 500 companies provides in-depth case histories of consistently successful American concerns and analyzes the elements that contribute to a company's innovative energy and success

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The author looks at winning and losing in the business world, arguing that the key to success lies in an organization's character, perseverance, winning tradition, and confidence.

The former editor of Harvard Business Review looks at winning and losing in the business world, arguing that the key to success lies in an organization's character, perseverance, winning tradition, and confidence. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Discusses the economic recovery of the State of Massachusetts during the past decade, under the leadership of Governor Michael Dukakis

Argues that companies must not ignore the human side of the digital era, demonstrating how mastering the culture of e-business involves creating and fostering dynamic people-based networks that enable speed, motivate top talent, and engender commitment. Read by the author.

Essays discuss global competition, global strategy, and success in foreign markets, and are accompanied by interviews with executives

Product Description: New and faster technology, redefined values, and shifting customer demands are changing the way businesses operate in the twenty-first century. Human resources and business leaders are faced with the challenge of redefining their strategies on leadership, talent, and diversity, while evaluating their operational effectiveness...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The CEOs and chief officers of Pfizer, DuPont, Rubbermaid, 3M, and General Electric share secrets of the success of their firms and offer suggestions for sustaining innovation within companies. (view table of contents)

First-hand accounts and reports by sociologists, journalists, and business writers provide a look at life in the business organization as experienced by men and women on all rungs of the organizational ladder

Product Description: America is stuck on our way to the future: just look at our crumbling roads and bridges, mismanaged railways, old-fashioned and easily overloaded air traffic control system, and perpetual lack of political will to do anything about it all...read more

This introduction to convection in porous media assumes the reader is familiar with basic fluid mechanics and heat transfer, going on to cover insulation of buildings, energy storage and recovery, geothermal reservoirs, nuclear waste disposal, chemical reactor engineering and the storage of heat-generating materials like grain and coal. Geophysical applications range from the flow of groundwater around hot intrusions to the stability of snow against avalanches. The book is intended to be used as a reference, a tutorial work or a textbook for graduates.

Product Description: Otra vez en busca de nuevos horizontes, Rosabeth Moss Kanter -autora de numerosos bestsellers y gurú del mundo empresarial- proporciona las técnicas y estrategias imprescindibles para triunfar en el arriesgado mercado actual. Combinando argumentos teóricos enormemente convicentes con ejemplos extraídos de la vida real, la autora demuestra que las oportunidades se mueven hoy en el ámbito global y que, precisamente por ello, el tamaño de una compañía -o de una ciudad, o de una región- no debe ser lo más importante a la hora de planificar presupuestos y conseguir beneficios...read more

Product Description: Este libro recopila los artículos que Rosabeth Moss Kanter, una de las más famosas especialistas en gestión empresarial del mundo, escribió para la Harvard Business Review. De hecho, la totalidad del texto cubre los temas fundamentales de la materia: la estrategia, la innovación, los clientes, las tendencias globales, el liderazgo y el cambio, las alianzas estratégicas, los sistemas de compensación y la responsabilidad compartida...read more

Product Description: Brings together Rosabeth Moss Kanter's Harvard Business Review articles and many of the editorial columns she wrote as an editor at HBR. This work contains pieces that span a variety of topics: strategy, innovation, customer focus, global trends, planning for change, strategic alliances, compensation systems, and community responsibility...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)