Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic ChangeWho 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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This meant that despite achieving all of the restructuring objectives of the LBO, there simply wasn't enough operating leverage to produce the projected returns. Second, the operating returns from the tobacco business were under ...
This meant that despite achieving all of the restructuring objectives of the LBO, there simply wasn't enough operating leverage to produce the projected returns. Second, the operating returns from the tobacco business were under ...
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Philip Morris was simply following the advice of Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's, who'd once said, "When you see your competitor drowning, grab a fire hose and put it in his mouth." KKR obviously was working on an exit strategy.
Philip Morris was simply following the advice of Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's, who'd once said, "When you see your competitor drowning, grab a fire hose and put it in his mouth." KKR obviously was working on an exit strategy.
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I simply had no idea what I would find when I actually arrived at IBM. Meeting the IBM Team After the press conference came a series of internal IBM meetings. As I look back at my schedule, I see that the first meeting the IBM human ...
I simply had no idea what I would find when I actually arrived at IBM. Meeting the IBM Team After the press conference came a series of internal IBM meetings. As I look back at my schedule, I see that the first meeting the IBM human ...
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When John Akers had suggested this meeting earlier in the week, he had assumed it was going to be simply an opportunity for me to meet the senior members assembled. However, I viewed it as a critical opportunity to introduce myself and, ...
When John Akers had suggested this meeting earlier in the week, he had assumed it was going to be simply an opportunity for me to meet the senior members assembled. However, I viewed it as a critical opportunity to introduce myself and, ...
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Índice
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| 18 | |
| 29 | |
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 |
PART MICULTURE | 179 |
On Corporate Culture | 181 |
An InsideOut World | 189 |
Leading by Principles | 200 |
PART IVLESSONS LEARNED | 217 |
FocusYou Have to Know and Love | 219 |
ExecutionStrategy Goes Only So Far | 229 |
Leadership Is Personal | 235 |
Back on the Beach | 103 |
A Brief History of IBM | 113 |
Making the Big Bets | 121 |
Servicesthe Key to Integration | 128 |
Building the Worlds Already Biggest | 136 |
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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| Título | Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change |
| Autor | Louis V. Gerstner |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa |
| Editor | Harper Collins, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0060523808, 9780060523800 |
| N.º de páginas | 304 páginas |
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