Principles of general management : the art and science of getting results across organizational boundaries / John L. Colley, Jr. [and others] ; foreword by Robert F. Bruner
- Published
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
- Copyright Date
- ©2007
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 465 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Colley, John L., Jr., 1930-2020
Access Online
- Contents
- General management in economic context -- General management in organizational context -- The roles and tasks of the general manager -- The efficacy of strategic management -- The strategic management process -- Fundamentals of strategy formation -- The strategic plan : purpose, direction, and goals -- The business plan : scale and resources -- The annual plan : anticipated actions -- The business model -- The relationship between cash flow and growth -- Product, marketing, and pricing strategies -- Relating productivity and firm growth -- Residual income, EVA, and corporate capital charges -- The allocation (redeployment) of capital (cash) -- Share repurchases -- Making effective decisions -- Organizing and aligning -- Staffing -- Integrating -- Executing -- Controlling and reporting -- Learning and innovation -- Public relations and advocacy -- Reflections on general management.
- Summary
- If you have been looking for the one resource for managing a business of any size, this is it. Based on the extensive business experience of five experts, this authoritative guide provides an in-depth look at what every leader must know about managing across departments, functions, divisions, or companies. Drawing on decades of combined experience, John Colley and colleagues detail the wide range of skills, tools, and conceptual understanding as well as the qualities of leadership that a successful general manager must acquire. In an era of specialization and specialists, the authors return due focus to the generalist. No other book so passionately and thoroughly examines the roles and responsibilities of the general manager and the full scope of this distinct, pressure-filled occupation. The authors explore the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the job and discuss how the skilled manager moves an organization from abstract goals to definitive action. For every profit centre or plant manager, function head, division president, or CEO, this book is indispensable reading.
- Subject(s)
- Industrial management
- Strategic planning
- Corporate governance
- Gestion d'entreprise
- Planification stratégique
- Gouvernement d'entreprise
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Management Science
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Organizational Behavior
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Industrial Management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—General
- ISBN
- 9780300134919 (electronic bk.)
0300134916 (electronic bk.)
9780300117097 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300117094 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1281734624
9781281734624 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Note
- Published in association with the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-447) and index.
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