Out of the box thinking for successful managers /
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Published: |
CRC, Taylor & Francis Group,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 213 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781482247060 (hardback) : 1482247062 (hardback) |
Index Number: | HD31 |
CLC: |
C93 F272 |
Call Number: | F272/R845 |
Contents: | 1. Six sigma : or, here we go again -- 2. Downsizing : the cure that can kill -- 3. The myth that competition in the workplace is the best way to increase productivity -- 4. Is it possibly time for management by objective to bite the dust? -- 5. Get rid of performance appraisals -- 6. Doing it wrong : or, how can quality improvement efforts possibly get so screwed up? -- 7. Doing it right : or, moving beyond the Baldrige -- 8. Who makes the most productive executive? -- 9. How to design more profitable businesses -- 10. The Matter of Ethics -- 11. Replacing the Protestant work ethic with the development ethic -- 12. Training for the modern age -- 13. Is a better approach to improving safety possible? -- 14. Unions : from leadership to playing catch-up -- 15. Reinterpreting the concept of Laissez-Faire economics. |