BUSINESS: THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE(商业辞海)

An unparalleled compendium of incisive essays, lively biographies, and authoritative and up-to-date source materials, Business is an operating system for your whole business, and includes:
Original best-practice essays from over 150 of today's thought leaders；
Profiles of the 100 most influential business pioneers and management thinkers；
Summaries of the 70 most important business books of all time；
Over 300 practical checklists, covering all areas of management and career development；
A first-class world business almanac covering more than 150 countries, all 50 US states, and 24 industries；
A jargon-free dictionary of 6,000 business terms.
An extensive list of 3,000 information sources (books, journals, Web sites and organizations), covering 115 topics.

Book Description
An unparalleled compendium of incisive essays, lively biographies, and authoritative and up-to-date source materials, Business is an operating system for your whole business, and includes:

--Original best-practice essays from over 150 of today's thought leaders
--Profiles of the 100 most influential business pioneers and management thinkers
--Summaries of the 70 most important business books of all time
--Over 300 practical checklists, covering all areas of management and career development
--A first-class world business almanac covering more than 150 countries, all 50 US states, and 24 industries
--A jargon-free dictionary of 6,000 business terms
--An extensive list of 3,000 information sources (books, journals, Web sites and organizations), covering 115 topics

"Could there be a business intelligence -- a set of abilities that dismantle those truly outstanding in the world of commerce? Could business intelligence be the mark of outstanding individual performers, as well as the building block of the best-performing companies?"
--From the Introduction by Daniel Goleman

Business: The Ultimate Resource offers unique access to the expertise and ideas that will drive global commerce and the art of management in the twenty-first century. Unmatched in scope and depth, and guided by a team of eminent advisors and editors, Business will become the "operating system" for any organization or anyone in business -- the infrastructure that drives ideas and action. Business illuminates the state of the art in business thinking and practice today, and will serve as the essential guide for seasoned executives, up-and-coming managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, administrators, educators, and students alike.

Much more than a reference, Business provides fascinating perspectives on the culture of business, which is arguably becoming the most potent force in society around the globe. The centerpiece of Business is a collection of over 150 original essays and thought pieces, commissioned especially for this volume from among the world's most dynamic business authors. From Warren Bennis on the four critical aspects of leadership to Charles Handy on the future of business to Peter Bernstein on the case against the long run, readers will learn what's on the minds of today's thought leaders. Business also includes colorful, and often surprising, biographies of the pioneers who have left their indelible marks on the business landscape: from the larger-than-life "robber barons," such as financier J.P. Morgan and oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, to today's high-tech and media titans, Bill Gates and Martha Stewart; from the groundbreaking research of W. Edwards Deming on quality and Abraham Maslow on psychological needs to today's high-profile strategy gurus, Gary Hamel and Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

Every page of Business is filled with information, inspiration, and application. For example, the management library section illuminates the most influential business books of all time, including Sun Tzu's timeless The Art of War, Alfred P. Sloan's My Years with General Motors, and James Champy and Michael Hammer's controversial bestseller, Reengineering the Corporation. Over 300 checklists, covering every aspect of management, offer a wealth of practical guidance for anyone who works: essential strategies for tackling virtually every challenge, from managing stress on the job to reading a balance sheet to making the most out of performance appraisals. With detailed industry overviews, an extensive dictionary of business terms, and a world-class almanac of facts and figures, Business has something for everyone.

Let the collective wisdom of generations of trailblazers be your guide to achieving business literacy -- a working knowledge of the key thinking, writing, people, and trends that define business today -- and ultimately the business intelligence to thrive in a world of complexity and possibility.

Book Dimension
length: (cm)28.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)21.9

Business features original essays and interviews by nearly 200 of the world's top practitioners, thought leaders, and academics, including Dr. Karl Albrecht, Keith Alexander, and David Allen. It is their contribution to this comprehensive volume that collectively illuminates the state-of-the-art in business thinking and practice today.

Internationally best-selling author Daniel Goleman, the spokesperson for Business, will be at the center of an ambitious national publicity campaign. A member of the project's Advisory Board, Dr. Goleman has also contributed an essay in the best-practice section as well as the general introduction to the book. Dr. Goleman consults internationally and lectures frequently to business audiences, professional organizations, and student groups. He is CEO of Emotional Intelligence Services, an affiliate of the Hay Group, and the author of Emotional Intelligence and Working with Emotional Intelligence and the co-author of Primal Leadership.

Contibutors
Introduction Daniel Goleman
User's Guide
BEST PRACTICE
Management in the 21st
Century Tom Brown
PEOPLE/CULTURE
Viewpoint: Stan Davis and
Christopher Meyer
Action Learning
George Boulden
Making Rewards and Recognition a "Whole-Person" Experience
R. Brayton Bowen
Downsizing with Dignity
Alan Downs
Managing Stress
Cary L. Cooper and Susan Cartwright
Fringe Benefits John G. Fisher
Making Performance Appraisals a Win-win Experience Patrick Forsyth
Improving Company Performance with an Older Workforce
Beverly Goldberg
Viewpoint: Fons Trompenaars
Boosting Business Success Through Diversity
Debbe Kennedy
Making the Workplace Flex, Not Break Ken Murrell
Finding and Keeping Top Talent Philip Sadler
Managing Today's Angry Workforce Florence M. Stone
Creating Fun in the Workplace
Leslie A. Yerkes
Generation Veneration
Ron Zemke
Viewpoint: Christopher Locke
SQ: Investing in Spiritual Capital Danah Zohar
Viewpoint: Christopher Bartlett
Tackling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Anne Covey and Michael S. Morris
Managing Intellectual Capital
Leif Edvinsson
Making Cultures Behave
Robert Heller
MARKETING Viewpoint: Philip Kotler
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MANAGEMENT CHECKLISTS
ACTIONLISTS
MANAGEMENT LIBRARY
BUSINESS THINKERS
DICTIONARY
WORLD BUSINESS ALMANAC
BUSINESS INFORMATION SOURCES
INDEX
CREDITS