Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic ChangeHarper Collins, 16 dic 2003 - 304 páginas Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? sums up Lou Gerstner's historic business achievement, bringing IBM back from the brink of insolvency to lead the computer business once again.Offering a unique case study drawn from decades of experience at some of America's top companies -- McKinsey, American Express, RJR Nabisco -- Gerstner's insights into management and leadership are applicable to any business, at any level. Ranging from strategy to public relations, from finance to organization, Gerstner reveals the lessons of a lifetime running highly successful companies. |
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Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. 17 Unstacking the Stack and Focusing the Portfolio 153 18 The Emergence of e - business 165 19 Reflections on Strategy 176 PART III - CULTURE 20 On Corporate Culture ...
Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. 17 Unstacking the Stack and Focusing the Portfolio 153 18 The Emergence of e - business 165 19 Reflections on Strategy 176 PART III - CULTURE 20 On Corporate Culture ...
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... enterprise from behind a desk . That's why , during my nine years as Chief Exec- utive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation , I have flown more than 1 million miles and met with untold thousands of IBM customers ...
... enterprise from behind a desk . That's why , during my nine years as Chief Exec- utive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation , I have flown more than 1 million miles and met with untold thousands of IBM customers ...
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Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. you do to bring the company back to life ... enterprises into tough and nimble players in a world economy , seemed particularly inter- ested in the subject . More ...
Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. you do to bring the company back to life ... enterprises into tough and nimble players in a world economy , seemed particularly inter- ested in the subject . More ...
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Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. appeared to value these quite lightly when I arrived ; Larry Ricciardi , my colleague of many years , who brought his intellect and counsel to many of our critical ...
Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. appeared to value these quite lightly when I arrived ; Larry Ricciardi , my colleague of many years , who brought his intellect and counsel to many of our critical ...
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Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. Notre Dame when Dartmouth College offered me a substantial scholarship . It was a major benefit for our family finances , so I packed off for Dartmouth in September ...
Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. Notre Dame when Dartmouth College offered me a substantial scholarship . It was a major benefit for our family finances , so I packed off for Dartmouth in September ...
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Out to the Field | 41 |
Operation Bear Hug | 49 |
Stop the Bleeding and Hold the Vision | 56 |
Creating the Leadership Team | 73 |
Creating a Global Enterprise | 83 |
Back on the Beach | 103 |
PART IIICULTURE | 179 |
On Corporate Culture | 181 |
An InsideOut World | 189 |
Leading by Principles | 200 |
PART IVLESSONS LEARNED | 217 |
FocusYou Have to Know and Love | 219 |
Execution Strategy Goes Only So Far | 229 |
Leadership Is Personal | 235 |
A Brief History of IBM | 113 |
Making the Big Bets | 121 |
Servicesthe Key to Integration | 128 |
Building the Worlds Already Biggest | 136 |
Opening the Company Store | 146 |
Unstacking the Stack and Focusing the Portfolio | 153 |
The Emergence of ebusiness | 165 |
Reflections on Strategy | 176 |
Elephants Can Dance | 242 |
IBMa Farewell | 253 |
APPENDICES | 259 |
Appendix AThe Future of ebusiness | 261 |
Appendix BFinancial Overview | 277 |
Index | 286 |
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