Product Description

More than ever before, Management is perplexing and challenging. The Financial Times Handbook of Management captures the state of this indispensible, inspiring, invigorating and essential art. The handbook is the essential management reference for the managers of today.  It brings together the most ambitious, comprehensive and authoritative selection of ideas, practices and management thinking. It captures a world of management expertise and delivers it to your desktop in a single, definitive resource. 

Contributors include:

Marcus Alexander on global advantage, Paul Argenti on the communication advantage, Warren Bennis on the new leadership, David W Birchall on what managers do, William Byham on succession planning, Richard D'Aveni on strategic supremacy, G Bruce Friesen on empowerment, Thomas Gad on brands with a future, Vijay Govindarajan & Anil K Gupta on managing internationally, H David Hennessey on emergent issues in global marketing, Shere Hite on power and influence, John Kay on strategy and control, W Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne on strategy in the knowledge economy, Jesper Kunde on corporate religion, Richard Lamming on supply chain management, Dr Peter Lorange on international joint ventures, Costas Markides on strategy, D Quinn Mills on empowerment, Narayany Naik on the roles of financial markets, Kjell Nordstrom & Jonas Ridderstrale on Funky Inc., Richard Scase on work beyond 2010, Paul Strebel on high speed strategy in large companies, Donald N Sull on the new economy as a values shift, Fons Trompenaars on globization strategies, Sandra Vandermerwe on capturing lifetime customer value, Romesh Vaitilingam on corporate restructuring, Watts Wacker on understanding brand potential, Randall White & Phil Hodgsonon leadership role models, Luigi Zingales on the value of being in control. There is also extensive coverage and analysis of the work of many major gurus such as Tom Peters, Gary Hamel and Charles Handy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #312617 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 800 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
With contributions from the likes of Kjell Nordstrom, Jonas Ridderstrale and Warren Bennis, it's no slip of a copywriter's pen that the Financial Times Handbook of Management is subtitled "The State of the Art". Now an international bestseller in its second edition, the Handbook is a heavyweight in every sense--a strategic business resource containing think pieces from a breathtaking array of modern management gurus; business minds from academic, consultancy and media backgrounds many of whose books are bestsellers in their own right.

Every aspect of modern business is covered from management and marketing to finance and distribution. Even at 800 pages it doesn't pretend to be definitive or exhaustive. "The boundaries are gone. The game has changed. The rule book is out of date," as Professor Gary Hamel notes in his foreword from the first edition. As a primer to 21st-century business techniques, though, it's required reading. In addition to contributions from the likes of Fons Trompenaars, Marcus Alexander, Paul Argenti and Sandra Vandermerwe there is also extensive coverage and analysis of the work of many major gurus such as Tom Peters, Gary Hamel and Charles Handy. The Financial Times Handbook of Management will provide managers and business commentators with a powerful set of actions, solutions and ideas. --Alex Benady

From the Back Cover

The state of the art

The world of business never stands still. Today’s dominant force is tomorrow’s sideshow. Fashions change and best practice evolves. For managers one certainty endures; the more you know the higher you go.

From crafting strategies to delivering results, questions of management will always be too varied, perplexing and challenging to yield a single answer.  They are best explored with the help of many perspectives. 

The third edition of the Financial Times Handbook of Management encapsulates this world of management thinking, reflecting what matters to managers in organizations in the first decade of the new century.  

A compelling and comprehensive companion to management’s big ideas, brilliant minds and better ways, the Handbook is packed with intelligent writing to bring management alive for the thinking executive.

TheFinancial Times Handbook of Management captures the state of this indispensable, invigorating and essential art.

About the Author
Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove are bestselling specialist management writers and commentators. Their books include Gravy Training, MBA Planet, Generation Entrepreneur, Firestarters and The FT Handbook of Management. They are also founders of the media company, Suntop Media, a worldwide network of writers, editors and researchers.

Customer Reviews

more inspirational than practical
I found this an excellent companion to the state of the art of management thinking, and a good way to catch up with the latest strategies without having to read a whole library of business books. It's a big book, and clearly one for dipping into at leisure rather than referring to on a daily basis.

If you're looking for a handbook of practical guidance on management skills, then there are better books - including the Fast Thinking Managers Manual and The Essential Managers Manual (with pictures, for beginners) - as this one does not deal with day-to-day tasks such as appraisals or budgets etc. The FT Handbook is more useful for readers looking to refine or update what they know about management without going back to business school.

Classic management reference
The advertising for the first edition of this went something like "You're in the lift with your MD - 33 floors, 60 seconds - what are you going to say?" Pretty good summary of what makes this book so essential really - business knowledge on tap (pretty fast lift too). It's a collection of articles from the great and the good of the business world touching on every issue you're likely to encounter in a modern business environment. I bought it when I started my MBA and found the information really sharp. Obviously you're not going to be an expert on marketing or strategy after reading it, but you'll find you're pretty clued-up on most subjects. If you want a reference to kick-start your business knowledge or you're thinking of doing the business school thing, get hold of this.

A primer - also for non-MBA's
This is one of the best investments I've made when it comes to buying a book supporting my career. The book is heavy (1327 gram !), but easy to read.

You get the basics about ‘who wrote what’ in today business world, just enough material to get you going on your own.
It's not a MBA-degree but you do cover a lot of "Management-terms" with this book, and more important - after reading you have an excellent overview of todays business world.

very recommandable