Portable MBA in Management

Insights on management, leadership, and effective organizations, from the experts at the best business schoolsSkills and strategies for leading any organization to success. . . comprehensive, uptodate, 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 wellmanaged 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, CahnersRabb Professor of Business Administration, EmeritusHarvard 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 worldclass collection of professors provides a curriculum for continuous management learning that combines leadingedge 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 WorkOut"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. ThomasCohen, Allan R. is the author of 'Portable MBA in Management', published 2002 under ISBN 9780471204558 and ISBN 0471204552.