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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... going to do something more useful than write a book and play golf . Nice thought , but since the announcement , I got thousands of letters and e - mails , and the most frequent sentiment was , again , that I should tell what I had ...
... going to do something more useful than write a book and play golf . Nice thought , but since the announcement , I got thousands of letters and e - mails , and the most frequent sentiment was , again , that I should tell what I had ...
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... going to be my last book ; I had no idea it would be so hard to do ) . I am responsible for any mistakes or confusion the reader may endure . The views expressed are mine and are not necessarily those of the IBM Corporation or any other ...
... going to be my last book ; I had no idea it would be so hard to do ) . I am responsible for any mistakes or confusion the reader may endure . The views expressed are mine and are not necessarily those of the IBM Corporation or any other ...
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... going to produce the financial returns the owners had expected . It was clear to me that KKR was headed for the exit , so it made sense for me to do the same . This book , which starts on the next page , picks up my story from there ...
... going to produce the financial returns the owners had expected . It was clear to me that KKR was headed for the exit , so it made sense for me to do the same . This book , which starts on the next page , picks up my story from there ...
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... going to return to the company where I had worked for eleven years . In fact , in mid - November 1992 , three members of the American Express board had met secretly with me at the Sky Club in New York City to ask that I come back . It's ...
... going to return to the company where I had worked for eleven years . In fact , in mid - November 1992 , three members of the American Express board had met secretly with me at the Sky Club in New York City to ask that I come back . It's ...
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... going to disappear overnight , but they are old technology , and the realm in which they hold sway is steadily shrinking . The brontosaurus moved deeper into the swamps when the mammals took over the forests , but one day it ran out of ...
... going to disappear overnight , but they are old technology , and the realm in which they hold sway is steadily shrinking . The brontosaurus moved deeper into the swamps when the mammals took over the forests , but one day it ran out of ...
Índice
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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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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Vista de fragmentos - 2003 |
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