{"product_id":"reinventing-management-smarter-choices-for-getting-work-done-revised-and-updated-edition-hardback-9781118375907","title":"Reinventing Management; Smarter Choices for Getting Work Done, Revised and Updated Edition (Hardback) 9781118375907","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReinventing Management\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSmarter Choices for Getting Work Done, Revised and Updated Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulian Birkinshaw (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118375907, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe economic crisis was not just caused by a failure of regulation or economic policy; it was a story of the failure of \u003ci\u003emanagement\u003c\/i\u003e in a fundamental sense—a deeply flawed approach to management that encouraged bankers to pursue opportunities without regard for their long-term consequences, and to put their own interests ahead of those of their employers and their shareholders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe revised edition of this best-selling book shows convincingly that many of today’s major economic problems in the west can be traced to a failure of management.  In this updated edition the author draws our attention to new examples of failed management, from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, and the disaster at BP, to the ongoing problems in financial services companies such as UBS and RBS.  Throughout the book the references and statistics have been updated, to make this a current, highly relevant analysis of the problems besetting modern business and how managers need to tackle them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Why Management Failed 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 What’s Your Management Model? 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Coordinating Activities: From Bureaucracy to Emergence 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Making and Communicating Decisions: From Hierarchy to Collective Wisdom 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Setting Objectives: From Alignment to Obliquity 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Motivating Employees: From Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Four Models of Management 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The Change Agent’s Agenda 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 The Leader’s Agenda 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue Broadening the Debate on Reinventing Management 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 283\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472158814488,"sku":"9781118375907","price":16.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118375907.jpg?v=1785719601","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reinventing-management-smarter-choices-for-getting-work-done-revised-and-updated-edition-hardback-9781118375907","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}