The Ultimate Book of Business Thinking: Harnessing the Power of the World's Greatest Business Ideas (The Ultimate Series) [Paperback]

Thousands of brilliant business ideas are launched into the world of work every day. But how can business leaders know which ideas are the ones that will really drive the business full steam ahead? From scientific management to knowledge management and from the agile organization to the virtual organization, Des Dearlove describes each idea, shows how it has been applied practically and gives alternative interpretations and definitions from the sceptics.

THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF BUSINESS THINKING

"This book is a good primer. It should help to broaden and deepen knowledge and in the right hands will prompt richer questioning and a desire to follow up the book by use of further reading." – AMBASSADOR

"Overall the book is an invaluable guide to a wide range of business related topics." – PROFESSIONAL MANAGER

Thousands of brilliant new business ideas are launched into the world of work every day. Can you keep up? Do you know how to sort out the ideas that will really drive your business from the rest? From scientific management to knowledge management and from the agile organisation to the virtual organisation, Des Dearlove describes each idea, shows how it has been applied practically and gives alternative interpretations and definitions from the sceptics. He goes on to assess the opportunities and pitfalls for today′s business in applying concepts as diverse as game theory and just–in–time, hot–desking and kaizen.

This completely updated edition of The Ultimate Book of Business Thinking will ensure you are rapidly up to speed with the ideas that are shaping modern business. With the benefit of additional concepts and a full appendix, The Ultimate Book of Business Thinking offers a unique insight into how key business ideas developed and what their real impact has been.

Action Learning – Activity Based Costing – Adhocracy – Agility – Balanced Scorecard – Benchmarking – Boston Matrix – Broadbanding – Channel Management – Core Competencies – Core Values – Crisis Management – Customer Relationship Management – Decision Theory – Discounted Cash Flow – Downsizing – E–commerce – Emotional Intelligence – Employability Empowerment – Four Ps of Marketing – Game Theory – Intellectual Capital Interim Management – Just–in–Time – Kaizen – Kepener–Tregoe – Knowledge Management – Leadership Theory – Lean Production – Learning Organization – Managerial Grid – Maslow′s Hierarchy of Needs – Matrix Model Outsourcing – Porter′s Five Forces – Psychological Contract Re–engineering – Relationship Marketing – Ringi – Scenario Planning – Scientific Management – Seven S Framework – Shamrock Organization – Shareholder Value – Strategic Inflection Points – Strategic Management Succession Planning – Supply Chain Management – Theories X Y (& Z) Thought Leadership – 60 Degree Feedback – TQM – Transnational Corporation – Value Innovation – Virtual Organization

DES DEARLOVE is a co–founder of the media content, concepts, and consulting firm, Suntop Media. He writes on business for The Times and other leading business publications. He is also the author or co–author of several business bestsellers including Business the Bill Gates Way, Business the Richard Branson Way, The Career Adventurer′s Fieldbook and is co–editor of The Financial Times Handbook of Managemen.