Townsend / Bennis Up the Organization

How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits, Commemorative Edition
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-04736-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B Warren Bennis Series

Although it was first published more than thirty-five years ago,Up the Organization continues to top the lists of bestbusiness books by groups as diverse as the American ManagementAssociation, Strategy + Business (Booz Allen Hamilton), andThe Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management.1-800-CEO-READ ranks Townsend's bestseller first among eightybooks that "every manager must read."

This commemorative edition offers a new generation the benefitof Robert Townsend's timeless wisdom as well as reflectionson his work and life by those who knew and worked with him. Thisgroundbreaking book continues to remind us not to get mired in allthose sacred organizational routines that stifle people andstrangle both profits and profitability. He shows a way to humanizebusiness and a way to have fun while making it all work better thanit ever worked before.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Townsend, Robert C.

Bennis, Warren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents, Commemorative Edition v
Foreword vi
Warren Bennis
Publisher's Note xi
Robert Townsend's Cure for Management Heartburn xiii
Jim O'Toole
How Robert Townsend Talked Me out of Getting an MBA xvii
Bob Davids
Up the Publisher: On Editing Robert Townsend xxii
Robert Gottlieb
Contents,Original Edition xxxi
Up the Organization, Original Edition 1
Appendix A:Townsend's Third Degree in Leadership 161
Appendix B: No Reserved Parking:The Guerrilla Life of Robert Townsend 170
Robert Townsend Jr.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert C. Townsend (d. 1998) drew upon his early experiences as a banker at American Express Co. to redirect Avis Rent-a-Car as president and chairman. Under his leadership, Avis experienced a celebrated turnaround, fueled by the "We Try Harder" advertising campaign. Townsend also worked as an executive at 20th Century Fox and was director at several companies, including Dun and Bradstreet and Radica Games. Townsend was a celebrity in his own right, and a frequent lecturer and talk-show guest.