The Age of Unreason

Handy, Charles

Harvard Business Review Press

The definitive examination of strategic investment from the viewpoint of the people who run the company--the CEO and principal officers. Includes four case histories that follow specific investment projects from their inception to their approval by top management. A Harvard Business School Classics Edition.

Managing the Resource Allocation Process: A Study of Corporate Planning and Investment

Business & Money

Bower, Joseph L.

Finance

Analyzes the connection between a company's outside influences (technological, market, and economic) and its pattern of organization and administration. A Harvard Business School Classics Edition.

Organization and Environment: Managing Differentiation and Integration

Lawrence, Paul R.

Lorsch, Jay W.

Economics

A Harvard Business School professor summarizes the current status of the service industry and explains his "strategic service vision" theory, a logically organized plan for implementing new businesses and ideas and developing a competitive advantage within the industry

Managing in the Service Economy

Heskett, James L.

Management & Leadership

Examines the American college presidency, discusses goals, budgets, policy decisions, and tenure, and recommends ways to improve university administration

Leadership and Ambiguity: The American College President

Michael D. Cohen

James G. Marsh

A Delicate Experiment is an illustrated history of the Harvard Business School from its founding in 1908 until World War II. The book draws on archival material and personal interviews and features over 500 illustrations.

Delicate Experiment: The Harvard Business School 1908-1945

Cruikshank, Jeffrey L.

Biography & History

Through studies of actual cases of manager succession, Gabarro isolates those factors that cause managers to succeed or fail in new positions, including prior experiences and support from superiors, and the steps involved in mastering the situation. Winner of the Johnson, Smith &amp; Knisely Award for New Perspectives on Executive Leadership.

The Dynamics of Taking Charge

Gabarro, John J.

Essays discuss technology, manufacturing, marketing, finance, capital, government policies, coalitions, competition, and leadership in the global marketplace, and look at specific cases.

Competition in Global Industries (Research Colloquium / Harvard Business School)

Porter, Michael E.

Porter, M. E.

Ideology and National Competitiveness shows how and why ideology affects the power, role, and behavior of managers in nine countries: Japan, the United States, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Mexico. Effective managers must understand the ideological implications of their actions to gain competitive advantage. A research colloquium book.

Ideology and National Competitiveness: An Analysis of Nine Countries

Industries

Details how to find the right management career and how to tell when you have found it, in a guide containing sections on taking self-inventory, how to handle stress, and how to achieve success

Designing And Managing Your Career (Harvard Business Review Book)

Business Culture

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