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Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, And Opportunity
Author: Lynn E. Foster
ISBN - 10:0131927566
ISBN - 13:9780131927568
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During the past century, human life spans have almost doubled, and travel and communication happen with an ease and speed that would have been considered science fiction only a few generations ago. Remarkably, the pace of innovation is actually increasing over that of the past. Science has now advanced to the point that those on the cutting edge of research work with individual atoms and molecules. This is the defining characteristic of the new metafield of nanotechnology
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The Game-changer: How You Can Drive Revenue And Profit Growth With Innovation
Author: A.g. Lafley, Ram Charan
ISBN - 10:0307381730
ISBN - 13:9780307381736
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How you can increase and sustain organic revenue and profit growth . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job.Over the past seven years, Procter & Gamble has tripled profits; significantly improved organic revenue growth, cash flow, and operating margins; and averaged earnings per share growth of 12 percent.
Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking
Author: Tim Hurson
ISBN - 10:0071494936
ISBN - 13:9780071494939
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There are thousands of books about thinking. But there are very few books that provide clear how-to information that can actually help you think better. Think Better is about Productive Thinking
Canadian Organizational Behaviour
Author: Steven McShane
ISBN - 10:0070876940
ISBN - 13:9780070876941
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Canadian Organizational Behaviour, Sixth Edition addresses the current and emerging workplace realities: where virtual teams are replacing face-to-face meetings, knowledge is replacing infrastructure, and companies are looking for employees with emotional intelligence, not just technical smarts. Globalization means that co-workers aren”t down the hall, they”re at the other end of an Internet connection located on the other side of the planet.
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Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can’t
Author: Jim Champy
ISBN - 10:0132357771
ISBN - 13:9780132357777
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This concise, fast-paced book is about consistently outsmarting the competition in an environment where even the best strategies rarely prevail. It’s about companies that have accelerated to the leading edge of business practice and stayed there, year after year. And it’s from the author who has written one of the most revolutionary books of all time
Leading Change
ISBN - 10:0875847471
ISBN - 13:9780875847474
Author: John P Kotter
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In Leading Change, John Kotter examines the efforts of more than 100 companies to remake themselves into better competitors. He identifies the most common mistakes leaders and managers make in attempting to create change and offers an eight-step process to overcome the obstacles and carry out the firm’’s agenda: establishing a greater sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a vision and strategy.
It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques From The Best Damn Ship In The Navy
Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
ISBN - 10:0446529117
ISBN - 13:9780446529112
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Other than the sobering fact that real lives are regularly at stake, running a navy ship is a lot like running a business: leaders of both must get the most out of their crews to operate at peak efficiency and complete the tasks at hand. As commander of the highly acclaimed USS Benfold, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff irrefutably demonstrated how progressive management can succeed at sea; in It’’s Your Ship, he translates his methods into an approach that can also be applied by land-bound captains
Finance For Managers
Author: Harvard Business Essentials
ISBN - 10:1578518768
ISBN - 13:9781578518760
Calculating and assessing the overall financial health of the business
IT (Information Technology) Portfolio Management Step-by-Step: Unlocking the Business Value of Technology
Author: Bryan Maizlish, Robert Handler
ISBN - 10:0471649848
ISBN - 13:9780471649847
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Praise for IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step “Bryan Maizlish and Robert Handler bring their deep experience in IT ”value realization” to one of the most absent of all IT management practices–portfolio management. They capture the essence of universally proven investment practices and apply them to the most difficult of challenges–returning high strategic and dollar payoffs from an enterprise’’s IT department. The reader will find many new and rewarding insights
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Crossing the Chasm 0060517123 Publisher: Collins By Geoffrey Moore
Synopsis: This book is the entrepreneur executives guide to growing your business from the early adopter phase, to crossing the chasm to reach the mass market. Along with the marketing stats, focus and execution
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done 0609610570 Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Authors: - Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan Synopsis: I found this to be an excellent book. Ever been in a meeting - great ideas come around - but nothing ever really happens? The text is specifically geared to CEO level executives. But in my opinion approximately 50 to 60% of it should be read by any program, project or managerial staff at all levels. Executing well is not just throwing a plan over the wall So good I have had to purchase it three times. (I keep giving away copies!) Large organization or small, you have plans, you have ideas, but the gap that appears between these ideas and the results are huge. The authors argue that execution is a discipline in its own right. Read it and I think you will agree.
Authors: Dennis G. Severance & Jacque Passino - University of Michigan Business School Published by Jossey-Bass - www.jossey-bass.com ISBN 0-7879-6384-4 Synopsis: It is generally accepted that there is no menu or formulae to ensure successful I/T strategic planing. But the authors do a good job of synthesizing 10 studied organizations into one fictitious example. They lay out a series of questions that they deem should be re-iterated at every status change of an I/T strategy as it moves from program to project management. Geared towards I/T executives and business technology executives.
Author: Peter F. Drucker Published by Truman Talley Books - ISBN0-312-28977-4 Synopsis: Peter Drucker - need I say more? The book is actually a collection of texts previously published from 1998 through 1992.
Authors: Anthony F. Taudugno, Thomas R. DiPasquale, Robert E. Matthews Published by Harris Kern / Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-019195-7 Synopsis: Approximately 50 person years of experience providing a detailed process oriented book on integrated service delivery for IT. Very granular level including sample work flows and charts. Audience is IT Managers / Executives in the IT Operations field.
Author: Bill Gates Published by Warner Books - www.warnerbooks.com ISBN 0-446-52568-5 Synopsis: This book is geared to senior business managers and executives.It is definately non-technical in nature but provides clear information on the value of technology in business terms. As an I/T Manager, if you only see your CEO at the Christmas party - buy it for him - and read it yourself to improve your ability to converse in business-speak rather then geek-speak!
Author: Mary Mohdal - Vice President of Research, Forrester Research Inc. Published by Harper Business - ISBN 0-06-662012-0 Synopsis: Published in 2000 - at the height of the dot.com era, it gives some good market research on the market phsycology of internet consumers. (what Forrester calls Technographics) Geared towards any business or marketing executive.It is actually of benefit to I/T managers as well - our internal I/T “customers” fit in these technographic categories as well.
Authors: Kenneth T. DeLavigne and J. Daniel Robertson Published by Prentice - Hall - ISBN 01-13-292690-3 Synopsis: W. Edwards Deming wrote approximately 7 books on statistal variation and management theory. This book provides an overview of his theory without going to heavily into the statistical theory. (for non-mathematics speaking people like me) If you have not read any of Deming’s work - this is a good start.
Author: Spyros G. Makridakis Published by Free Press - a Division of McMillan ISBN 9-02-919781-3 Synopsis: As of 2003 this book is getting a little old - but it still has staying power. Going from sociology to statistical analysis the book presents the myths and actual capabilities in short & long term planning and forecasting.
