A bible for modern business leaders.

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Product Description

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.

 

The Financial Times Handbook of Management captures the state of this indispensable, inspiring, invigorating and essential art:

 

The thinkers:

 

Including Igor Ansoff, Chris Argyris, Warren Bennis, James Champy

W Edwards Deming, Peter Drucker; Henri Fayol, Sumantra Ghoshal, Marshall Goldsmith, Lynda Gratton, Gary Hamel, Charles Handy, Phil Hodgson and Randall White, John Kay, Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, Philip Kotler,  Ted Levitt, John Micklethwait & Adrian Wooldridge, Henry Mintzberg, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John Mullins, Kjell Nordström and Jonas RidderstrSle, Kenichi Ohmae, Richard Pascale, Tom Peters, Michael Porter, CK Prahalad,  Edgar Schein, Hermann Simon, Jonathan Story, Don Sull,  Fons Trompenaars, Bruce Tulgan, Elizabeth Weldon, Jerry Windand many more.

 

The foundations:

 

Strategy and competition

Globalization

Managing Human Resources
Operations and Service
Marketing
Finance
Organization

Ideas, information and knowledge

Entrepreneurship
Ethics

 

The Skills:

 

Managing globally 

Leading

Managing change

Communicating

Managing yourself and your career

Making it happen

Developing and learning

 

 

 

 

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #259664 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1120 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

Review

“It is very large, very important and very comprehensive … I’d have to use the word ‘indispensable’”

The Bookseller (Business Issue) August 2004

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.

 

 

 

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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