The Portable MBA in Management (Portable MBA Series) - Hardcover

Insights on management, leadership, and effective organizations, from the experts at the best business schools Skills and strategies for leading any organization to success ...comprehensive, up-to-date, and better than ever " When the speculative bubble burst in 2000, it exposed a weakness in many firms-too much financial engineering and too little leadership and management. I strongly recommend this book to those managers who want to learn how to run well-managed organizations capable of weathering the inevitable turbulence brought about by intensive competition and rapid changes in markets and technology. In one book, highly regarded experts in the field of management provide you with the essential lessons you will need to succeed as a leader and manager." -Michael Beer, Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus Harvard Business School and author of The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal "For managers to be effective in today's complex world, they need to be learners as well as leaders. In this remarkable volume, a world-class collection of professors provides a curriculum for continuous management learning that combines leading-edge theory with practical advice. Every manager -from supervisor to CEO-should keep this book close at hand." -Ron Ashkenas, Managing Partner, Robert H. Schaffer & Associates and coauthor of The Boundaryless Organization and The GE Work-Out "This latest edition of The Portable MBA in Management continues a tradition of some of our greatest thinkers and teachers making their work highly accessible. The book will be treasured as a valuable reference as well as a great read!" -Len Schlesinger, Chief Operating Officer, The Limited, Inc. From the master teachers and scholars of management, including: David L. Bradford, Stanford University ? Anne Donnellon, Babson College ? Stephen L. Fink, University of New Hampshire ? Charles J. Fombrun, New York University ? Danna Greenberg, Babson College ? Douglas T. Hall, Boston University ? Todd D. Jick, The Center of Executive Development ? Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School ? Roy J. Lewicki, Ohio State University ? Leonard A. Schlesinger, Harvard Business School ? R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr., American Institute for Managing Diversity ? Peter B. Vaill, University of St. Thomas

The new Portable MBA in Management, Second Edition offers all the best thinking on the most complicated problems in business today. It explores issues in leadership, organizational design, strategic negotiation, influence, and change management. This new edition reflects the most pressing management concerns in an environment characterized by accelerated technology and ever more sophisticated employees. This is no time for managers to rest on their laurels.

Just as he did in the first edition, Allan Cohen brings together the best thinkers from leading business schools and the result is a state-of-the-art MBA in management-without the time and expense. Everything in the book is available in the best second year MBA programs and is designed to develop your individual management skills and organizational knowledge. Coverage includes:
* Articulating and selling your business vision
* Responding to workforce diversity
* Building a powerful and effective management team
* Bringing out the best in each employee, even the difficult ones
* Using power and influence in the workplace
* Strategy and skills of negotiating
* Designing focused and flexible organizations
* Developing human resource systems that support the new demands on organizations
* The art of managing change
* The impact of globalization on managers, professionals, and organizations
* Managing your career

Written with a finger on the pulse of modern business, The Portable MBA in Management may well be your biggest competitive advantage.