For an extraordinary fifty-seven-year period, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing companies was run by two men who were flesh and blood. The chief executives of the International Business Machines Corporation from 1914 until 1971 were Thomas J. Watson and Thomas J. Watson, father and son. That great corporation bears the imprint of both men -- their ambitions and their strengths -- but it also bears the consequences of a family that was in near-constant conflict.
Sometimes wrong but never in doubt, both Watsons had clear -- and farsighted -- visions of what their company could become. They also had volcanic tempers. Their fights with each other combined with their commitment to leadership and excellence made IBM one of the most rewarding, yet gut-clutching firms to work for in the history of American business.
We are accustomed to describing professional behavior as if men and women leave their emotions and vulnerabilities at home each day. In the case of the Watsons, filial and sibling strife could not be excluded from the office. In closely studying the desires and frustrations of the Watson family, eminent historian Richard S. Tedlow has produced something more than a family portrait or a company history. He has raised the nearly forbidden issue of the role of emotion in corporate life.
This book explores the interplay between the person- alities of these two extraordinary men and the firm they created. Both Watsons had deeply held beliefs about what a corporation is and should be. These ideas helped make "Big Blue" the bluest of blue-chip stocks during the Watsons' tenure. These very beliefs, however, also sowed the seeds for IBM's disasters in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the company had lost sight of the original meaning behind many of the practices each man put into place.
Tracing the family's idiosyncratic ability to cope with each other's weaknesses but not their strengths, The Watson Dynasty is a book for every person who ever went to work but didn't want to check his personality at the door.

The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son

Biographies & Memoirs

Tedlow, Richard S.

Professionals & Academics

Harper Business

For an extraordinary fifty-seven-year period, the chief executives of the International Business Machines Corporation were Thomas J. Watson and Thomas J. Watson, father and son. IBM bears the imprint of both men -- their ambitions and their strengths -- but it also bears the consequences of a family that was in near-constant conflict.
Eminent historian Richard S. Tedlow explores the interplay between the personalities of these two extraordinary men and the firm they created. Both Watsons had deeply held beliefs about what a corporation is and should be. These ideas helped make "Big Blue" the bluest of blue-chip stocks during their tenure. These very ideals, however, also sowed the seeds for IBM's disasters in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the company had lost sight of the original meaning behind many of the practices each man put into place.

Harper Paperbacks

An acclaimed business historian provides a fascinating glimpse into the minds, lives, and strategies of seven extraordinary CEOs, including George Eastman, Thomas Watson, Henry Ford, and Andrew Carnegie, who successfully mastered cutting-edge technology and created lasting corporate empires. 29,000 first printing.

Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built

Business & Money

Biography & History

Collins

Seven business innovators and the empires they built.
 The pre-eminent business historian of our time, Richard S. Tedlow, examines seven great CEOs who successfully managed cutting-edge technology and formed enduring corporate empires. 
 With the depth and clarity of a master, Tedlow illuminates the minds, lives and strategies behind the legendary successes of our times: 
 . George Eastman and his invention of the Kodak camera;
 . Thomas Watson of IBM;
 . Henry Ford and his automobile;
 . Charles Revson and his use of television advertising to drive massive sales for Revlon;
 . Robert N. Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit and founder of Intel;
 . Andrew Carnegie and his steel empire;
 . Sam Walton and his unprecedented retail machine, Wal-Mart.

A compendium of the material used in teaching a similarly named course at Harvard Business School. The book provides material to generate discussions on how, when and why the "basic units of distribution came to be operated by hierarchies of salaried managers" who have little, if any, equity in the business for which they work.

Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions (IRWIN SERIES IN MANAGEMENT AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES)

Chandler, Alfred DuPont

Economics

Richard D.Irwin

Traces the emergence of standardized brand-name products for the mass market through corporate confrontations, shrewd financial agreements and inspirational sales programs

New And Improved

Marketing & Sales

Basic Books

New And Improved: The Story Of Mass Marketing In America

With each critical turning point in the evolution of business, fundamentally new relationships between owners, workers and the government developed to meet the needs of the marketplace. Discuss these changes in American business management from a historical perspective using this casebook...now an integral component of the Harvard Business School curriculum. 
Authors Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Thomas McCraw, and Richard S. Tedlow share their knowledge and expertise with you as you take a case-oriented journey through the archives of some of businessUs revolutionary moments.

Management: Past and Present: A Casebook on the History of American Business

McCraw, Thomas K.

Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Richard S. Tedlow, Thomas K. McCraw

Management & Leadership

South-Western Pub.

In a fascinating history of corporate combat, Tedlow recounts the path America chose to become the world's first and foremost consumer society. He describes the confrontations between Coke and Pepsi, Ford and GM, Sears and Montgomery Ward, and others.

New and Improved: The Story of Mass Marketing in America

Harvard Business School Pr

Traces the life and career of the enigmatic former CEO of Intel, drawing on private papers and interviews with his closest friends and associates to discuss such topics as the persecution he survived as a Jewish Hungarian in the 1930s, his relationships with such figures as Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, and his management talents.

Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American

Portfolio Hardcover

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The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son

The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son

Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built

Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built

Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions (IRWIN SERIES IN MANAGEMENT AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES)

New And Improved

New And Improved: The Story Of Mass Marketing In America

Management: Past and Present: A Casebook on the History of American Business

New and Improved: The Story of Mass Marketing in America

Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American