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Velocity
Combining Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints to Achieve Breakthrough Performance - A Business Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Millions of readers remember The Goal, the landmark business novel that sets forth by way of story the essential principles of Eliyahu Goldratt's innovative methods of production. Now, from the AGI-Goldratt Institute and Jeff Cox, the same creative writer who co-authored The Goal, comes VELOCITY,...
The Charge
Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
On a dark and steamy Caribbean night, Brendon Burchard stood bleeding atop the crumpled hood of his wrecked car. That night he learned about mortality, discovering that at the end of our lives we will all ask, “Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?”
Since that fateful night, Brendon has...
The Managerial Moment of Truth
The Essential Step in Helping People Improve Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
The Managerial Moment of Truth explains a powerful new concept that can dramatically improve performance and increase productivity, at no cost, in virtually any company or organization. Developed by organizational consultant and bestselling author Robert Fritz and proven in practice by coauthor Bruce...
The Bass Handbook of Leadership
Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
For thirty-three years and through three editions, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership has been the indispensable bible for every serious student of leadership. Since the third edition came out in 1990, the field of leadership has expanded by an order of magnitude. This completely revised...
Delivering on the Promise
How to Attract, Manage, and Retain Human Capital
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2001
Business has long struggled with the notion of "human capital," but do companies really know the value of their people? All too frequently, companies lay off thousands of workers to boost share price while, at the same time, their annual reports promise that "people are our greatest...
Evolutionary Leadership
Dynamic Ways to Make Your Corporate Culture Fast a
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
IS YOUR CORPORATE CULTURE SUFFOCATING YOU?
Written by one of the world's leading management consultants, Evolutionary Leadership offers a vibrant style of leadership that will enlighten executives and inspire them to rethink their companies in an ever-changing economy. With business practices...
The Value Profit Chain
Treat Employees Like Customers and Customers Like
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
James Heskett, Earl Sasser, and Leonard Schlesinger reveal powerful new evidence that paying close attention to the employee-customer relationship will enable any organization to be a low-cost provider and achieve superior results -- proving that you can have it all, a goal thought inadvisable just...
Diversity: Leaders Not Labels
A New Plan for a the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Stedman Graham, bestselling author of You Can Make It Happen, teaches that in the 21st century your talent and skills above all else will define your value. In Diversity: Leaders Not Labels, Graham shows you how to break out of the box that keeps you from growing to your full potential, and reveals...
Results from the Heart
How to Instill Commitment from Your Employees By Helping Them to Fully Develop Their Talents
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Results from the Heart introduces a new and helpful approach to improving job performance, improving job satisfaction, and helping organizations better respond to the rapid changes that are an inherent part of today's business environment. Mr. Suzaki recognizes that a motivated and engaged workforce...
The Machine That Changed the World
The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2007
The classic, nationally bestselling book that first articulated the principles of lean production, with a new foreword and afterword by the authors.
When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Twenty years later Toyota passed...
Shoptimism
Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
In this smart, engaging book, Lee Eisenberg, best-selling author of The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think about the Rest of Your Life, leads us on a provocative and entertaining tour of America's love/hate affair with shopping, a pursuit that, even in hard times, remains a true national...
by Richard J. Schonberger
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
In his best-selling book Japanese Manufacturing Techniques, Richard J. Schonberger revolutionized American manufacturing theory and, more important, practice. In that breakthrough book, he revealed that Japanese manufacturing excellence was not culturally bound. Offering the first demystified explanation...
Do It Smart
Seven Rules for Superior Information Technology Performance
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1999
A decade ago, manufacturing companies had visions of paperless offices, automated plants, and virtual enterprises. But the euphoria quickly evaporated when these visions failed to materialize. Now, from in-depth interviews in a worldwide survey of seventy manufacturing firms, a research team from...
New Shop Floor Management
Empowering People for Continuous Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 1993
In this first comprehensive departure from the time-and-motion dictums of Frederick Taylor's Shop Management that have influenced management practices for most of this century, Kiyoshi Suzaki offers a framework for successfully conducting business at its most crucial point-the shop floor. Drawing...