Management from the Masters : From Confucius to Warren Buffett Twenty Timeless Principles for Business

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 wisdom of great leaders and management theorists including Peter Drucker, Henry Fayol, Andrew Grove and bankers and financiers such as Thomas Gresham and Warren Buffet.
This entertaining run down of the fundamental laws, rules and principles business professionals should break at their peril is complemented by case studies that document the consequences of ignoring these key laws. Management from the Masters is a book to be read and re-read to reinforce the fundamental rules of business for all successful managers.

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Management from the Masters : From Confucius to Warren Buffett Twenty Timeless Principles for Business

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 wisdom of great leaders and management theorists including Peter Drucker, Henry Fayol, Andrew Grove and bankers and financiers such as Thomas Gresham and Warren Buffet.
This entertaining run down of the fundamental laws, rules and principles business professionals should break at their peril is complemented by case studies that document the consequences of ignoring these key laws. Management from the Masters is a book to be read and re-read to reinforce the fundamental rules of business for all successful managers.

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Management from the Masters : From Confucius to Warren Buffett Twenty Timeless Principles for Business

Management from the Masters : From Confucius to Warren Buffett Twenty Timeless Principles for Business

by Morgen Witzel
Management from the Masters : From Confucius to Warren Buffett Twenty Timeless Principles for Business

Management from the Masters : From Confucius to Warren Buffett Twenty Timeless Principles for Business

by Morgen Witzel

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Overview

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 wisdom of great leaders and management theorists including Peter Drucker, Henry Fayol, Andrew Grove and bankers and financiers such as Thomas Gresham and Warren Buffet.
This entertaining run down of the fundamental laws, rules and principles business professionals should break at their peril is complemented by case studies that document the consequences of ignoring these key laws. Management from the Masters is a book to be read and re-read to reinforce the fundamental rules of business for all successful managers.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472904751
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic
Publication date: 03/13/2014
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Morgen Witzel is Honorary Senior Fellow at the School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter where he lectures on the MBA programme. He has published 19 books and previous titles have been translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Morgen is also editor in chief of Corporate Finance Review and regularly writes for the FT, Financial World, The Smart Manager and Finance+Management.

Table of Contents

About the Author
Introduction
Part 1 The Laws of the Universe
1 The Law of Entropy (Time's Arrow)
2 Darwin's Rule
3 The Rule of Yin and Yang
4 The Law of Unintended Consequences
Part 2 The Laws of Human Behaviour
5 The Hierarchy of Needs
6 Confucius's Golden Rule
7 Kautilya's Rule
8 Buffett's Rule
9 Grove's Rule
Part 3 The Laws of Organisation
10 Moore's Law
11 The Pareto Principle
12 Rule of the Span of Control
13 Parkinson's Law
14 The Iron Law of Oligarchy
15 The Peter Principle
16 Gresham's Law
17 Martin's Rules
18 Fayol's Fourteen Points
19 Deming's Fourteen Points
20 Drucker's Rule
Bibliography

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