Morgen Witzel: 13 books
by Morgen Witzel
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
What is management consultancy? How has it developed? How does it affect businesses? This book answers these questions and introduces the field for those looking to develop a career as a management consultant.
Providing a thorough introduction to management consultancy, Morgen Witzel covers...
Managing for Success
Spotting Danger Signals - And Fixing Problems Before They Happen
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
The damage that incompetent managers do is incalculable. Every year they wipe tens of billions off the value of companies around the world. But the routinely incompetent behaviour that leads to failure is often covered up, incompetent managers are paid off and the causes of failure are swept under...
The Ethical Leader
Why Doing the Right Thing Can Be the Key to Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Ethical behaviour by businesses, or their staff, is often seen as the corporate and social responsibility icing on an organizational cake – something that is nice to do but never really essential. But by turning this view around – and making ethical behaviour a primary focus – Witzel shows how...
by Morgen Witzel
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Fifty Key Figures in Management is a collection of biographies of fifty people who have helped to make management what it is today - through their ideas, writings and teachings, through practical example and leadership, or both.
Featuring business leaders such as Henry Ford, Jack Welch and...
by Morgen Witzel
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Management: The Basics provides an easy, jargon-free introduction to the fundamental principles and practices of modern management. Using examples ranging from people management at Cadbury and the Enron crisis to the marketing of fried chicken in China, it explains key aspects of management, including:
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Management Frameworks
Aligning Strategic Thinking and Execution
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Today’s business organizations, especially large ones, are complex places; difficult to manage and to control. Much of this complexity is self-induced and too much of the management of these organizations is done on an ad hoc basis. Different reporting, control and management systems are used in...
by Tim Ambler, Morgen Witzel, Chao Xi
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
China has changed dramatically since the first edition of Doing Business in China was published in 2000, but the second, third and now this fourth edition have kept pace with the rapid developments. China is now far more international but the fundamental business culture has not altered greatly. The...
Management History
Text and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Management History is not simply a book about the history of business or even the history of management. The goal of this book is to demonstrate that despite the relative newness of management science as an academic subject, management has been around since ancient times. Through understanding the...
by Morgen Witzel
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Of all the sciences and social sciences, management is the one that most deliberately turns its back on the past. Yet management as we know it today did not spring into life fully formed. Management has more than just a present; it also has a past, and a future, and all three are inextricably linked....
Management from the Masters
From Confucius to Warren Buffett Twenty Timeless Principles for Business
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
The belief that everything is changing led to the disasters of the dotcom era. This book reminds us that some fundamental rules do still apply by taking readers through 20 imperatives derived from the thinking of great leaders and management theorists including Peter Drucker, Henry Fayol, Andrew Grove...
Sustainable Champions
How International Companies are Changing the Face of Business in China
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
In the face of strong competitive pressure and a dynamic market, multinational companies in China are forced to innovate with extraordinary pace and inventiveness. Environmental sustainability is a vital benchmark, and is a key driver for the best companies in each sector – many of them allied with...
by Morgen Witzel
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
How to Get an MBA is a short handbook for either prospective MBA students wanting to know more about what is involved, or students seeking to prepare themselves for the experience to come.
As the first step on the road to a managerial career and lifelong learning, the MBA is one of the most important...
The Black Prince and the Capture of a King
Poitiers 1356
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
The capture of a king in the course of a battle was a relatively rare event. This, the climactic event of the Black Prince’s first campaign as commander, came at the end of nearly a year of campaigning across the southwest of France.
The battle of Poitiers in 1356 is less well known than...