The Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program (AMP) is an exhaustive nine-week boot camp that prepares the business elite for the highly competitive global marketplace. For the first time, these closely guarded secrets are available to executives and management personnel everywhere. ...

Drawing from the collective experience of twenty-five years of research, writing, and teaching in the field, Epstein and Birchard present a new approach to managing corporate accountability, as a function of four essential and interlocking drivers: governance, performance measurement, control systems, and reporting. They identify where and how companies fail in meeting requirements of these four cornerstones, and then build a powerful framework ...

Managers today are being bombarded by business buzzwords and new approaches to management that are meant to make them "innovative", "cutting edge", or "excellent". Countless management gurus and consultants have come up with quick-fix advice intended to propel organizations into an anticipated New Age. Unfortunately, these magic solutions rarely deliver as much as they promise, and the pursuit of a holy grail of management is distracting us from ...

The four new guides in this best-selling series are ideal for managers at every level. These compact references -- the most accessible single-subject business guides on the market -- demonstrate techniques and skills useful in any work environment. ...

Addresses key problems crucial to the success of any new business and contains complete information about how to use the Internet for promotional needs of the business. ...

From the local dry cleaner to the nation's largest to breweries, family businesses make up 90 percent of the fifteen million businesses in the United States. Yet only one-third make it to the second generation, and 10 percent to the third, because owners -- tempted by lucrative offers -- cash in to ensure the financial security of their children. In Sustaining the Family Business, Marshall Paisner celebrates the unique qualities of the family ...

To hand down the wisdom he had gained from years of battles, more than two millennia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on military strategy, The Art of War. Because business, like warfare, is dynamic, fast-paced, and requires an effective and efficient use of scarce resources, modern executives have found value in Sun Tzu's teachings. But The Art of War is arranged for the military leader and not the CEO, so making ...

For a long time, nonfinancial managers have viewed the financial and accounting function as a hands-off area, segregating it from day-to-day manufacturing processes and performance goals. But now, as author C. J. McNair points out, it is one of the keys to staying competitive. World-Class Accounting and Finance explains how the financial function developed its existing focus and what types of changes are being made in leading edge firms today. ...

A leading management expert tells readers how to get ahead in their careers by creating an effective image, developing a personal management style, dealing with people problems, meeting productivity goals, building a successful staff, and much more. **Lightning Print On Demand Title ...

Purchasing and the variety of peripheral tasks that support it are especially important in today's competitive environment. Value-Focused Supply Management covers supply and inventory management from a process improvement perspective within the context of Total Quality Management (TQM), supplier management, and the just-in-time (JIT) philosophy. You'll understand the trends and challenges facing supply management in a global marketplace, as well ...