The Guru Guide: The Best Ideas of the Top Management Thinkers, Paperback/Joseph H. Boyett

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Description A great way for busy business professionals to acquaint themselves with today's most important management trends The Guru Guide is for businesspeople who need to keep abreast of the latest trends in management, but who simply don't have the time to read every book that hits the business bestseller list. Written by authors who are themselves internationally respected business authors and consultants, it provides you with concise yet penetrating discussions of the best of today's thinking on management and leadership. A quick, easy way to improve your business literacy, The Guru Guide: Distills and demystifies essential terms, concepts, and theories of today's top consultants and management thinkers Profiles more than 75 top names in management, including Warren Bennis, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Michael Hammer, Peter Senge, and Margaret Wheatley Explores the categories of leadership, managing change, the learning organization, teamwork, strategy, managing and motivating people, and more Cross-links important ideas to provide a clearer picture of which issues the gurus agree on and which ones they don't Provides insightful commentaries along with real-world case studies Arms you with quick-reference charts, bulleted lists, chapter-end summaries, and other creative, quick-learning tools "It's tough to keep up with the latest management thinking. This book can help . . . and stimulate you to go to original sources of greatest value to you." -B. Joseph White, Dean, University of Michigan Business School You are a business professional. And like a physician, attorney, or any other type of professional, you have an important responsibility to your company, your clients, and yourself to stay on top of the latest trends in your field. But if you are like most managers today, you're too busy putting out fires and contributing to the bottom line to find the time for more than an occasional Business Week or Fortune article. The fact is, even if you could spare an h