Sumantra Ghoshal Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Willenskraft und Entschlossenheit sind entscheidend für erfolgreiches Management. Bruch und Ghoshal zeigen, wie Führungskräfte durch gezielte Strategien unproduktives Verhalten vermeiden und eine positive Unternehmenskultur fördern können. Das Buch richtet sich an Führungskräfte, Personalverantwortliche und Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften.

Strategic Management at all levels. Also courses in strategic marketing, organization theory, decision theory, public administration, and political science departments. Breaking away from the traditional formulation, - implementation approach that dominates strategy textbooks, this text sees strategy analysis as taking place in a wider organizational and managerial context. This Global edition retains the basic readings and cases approach of the US and European editions and now introduces a truly international perspective to present an up-to-date look at how actual companies act strategically and the research driving them.

Focusing on managerial effectiveness, the authors highlight that only a small fraction of managers actively pursue significant work. They argue that successful managers harness their own willpower through a blend of energy and focus rather than relying solely on motivation. The book offers straightforward strategies to enhance individual willpower and outlines methods to inspire collective action among teams, ultimately aiming to drive better results in organizational settings.

Does your job seem like an endless `to-do' list that never gets you or your company anywhere? You know what you're supposed to focus on: cutting costs, improving efficiency, encouraging innovation. So why do critical goals consistently get eclipsed by fighting fires, answering emails, and other routine `busywork'? In this surprising and frame-changing book, management experts Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal argue that while the usual suspects overwhelming workloads, tight budgets, and unsupportive bosses play a role in managerial ineffectiveness, most of the blame lies in how managers approach their jobs. Based on a ten-year study of managerial behaviour in industries from banking to software to airlines to consulting, A Bias for Action reveals that only 10 per cent of managers work purposefully to get important work done. Bruch and Ghoshal show that the most effective managers succeed not because they possess unique characteristics or excel at motivating others but because they harness personal willpower through a potent combination of energy and focus.

Based on six years of research and interviews with managers at every level, this text explores the collapse of an outdated corporate form and reveals the emergence of a fundamentally different management philosophy - one that focuses on the power of the individual.

This text contains Harvard and INSEAD cases with readings on research and thought on the global business environment. It focuses on management's challenge associated with developing strategies, designing organizations and managing operations of companies whose activites cross national boundaries.

This collection contains 21 case studies in strategic management written and developed at Europe's leading business schools. All cases have been written in the last five years and refined through class-teaching and reviewing. Discussion questions and further reading accompany each case. The cases focus on companies from across Europe, including Poland, Hungary and Yugoslavia in addition to the dominant Western European economies. Most have a significant international dimension and address current issues such as global competition and European integration. They explore a variety of situations from giant multinationals down to small businesses, across a wide range of business sectors, and address all the major themes and issues in strategic management in Europe today. This book should be of interest to students at any level (HND, BABS, DMS, MBA, executive/professional) taking courses in strategic management. An ELBS/LPBB edition is available.

Presents a coherent framework for assessing your company's current international posture and a clear vision of the corporate skills required in today's global market. Leads your senior managers to identify the specific organizational skills your company must develop.