On The Frontiers Of Management

Description:
This book brings together all of Rosabeth Moss Kanter's 'Harvard Business Review' articles and many of the editorial columns that she wrote when she was editor of 'HBR'. The pieces span a variety of topics: strategy, innovation, customer focus, global trends, planning for change, strategic alliances, compensation systems, and community responsibility - all brought together to enforce a single, timeless message: the importance of treating people as assets, not costs, and providing the tools and conditions that liberate people to use their brainpower to make a difference. It is a 'Harvard Business Review' book.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Twenty-First century management: business strategy and the tasks of managers - how to compete; think like the customer - the global business logic; the new managerial work; six certainties for CEOs; the best of both worlds. Part 2 Leading change: transformation and innovation - change: where to begin; championing change - an interview with Ray Smith; the middle manager as innovator; thinking across boundaries; even closer to the customer; follow-up and follow through. Part 3 Managing people: motivating, empowering, rewarding - power failure in management circuits ; discipline; a walk on the soft side; the attack on pay; service quality - you can get what you pay for; globalism - localism: a new human resources agenda. Part 4 Crossing boundaries: business and its patterns - transcending business boundaries: 12,000 world managers view change; collaborating advantage - the art of alliances; competing on politics; thriving locally in the global economy. Part 5 Values and purpose: the meaning behind management - values and economics; money is the root...; the long view; executive summaries.