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Managing Oneself
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0501K-ELeadership and People ManagementThroughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their companies to chart their career paths. But times have drastically changed. Today we must all learn to manage ourselves. What does that mean? As Peter Drucker tells us in this seminal article first published in 1999, it means we have to learn to develop ourselves. We have to place ourselves where ...Starting at €8.20
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What Makes an Effective Executive (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0406CLeadership and People ManagementListen first, speak last. Effectiveness is a discipline. And, like every discipline, it can be learned and must be earned.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Oneself (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0501KLeadership and People ManagementWhat are my strengths? How do I perform? What are my values? Where do I belong? What should my contribution be? Don't try to change yourself, Drucker cautions. Instead, concentrate on improving the skills you have and accepting assignments that are tailored to your individual way of working. If you do that, you can transform yourself from an ordinary worker into an outstanding performer. Today's successful careers are not planned out in advance....Starting at €8.20
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Caroline Regis at Excel Systems (Spanish version)
Mayo, Anthony J.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-917S17Leadership and People Managementoutsourcing. Regis is threatened by the diminution in the role of in-house manufacturing and by the VP for Supply Chain Management at Gemini. The case traces Regis's reactions to the proposal. She seems ready to accede to the organizational politics and support the new strategy, only to change her mind and anger her superiors, who thought she would support the plan. She tries to seize control of the situation and threatens to resign if she is no...Starting at €8.20
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Managing for Business Effectiveness (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-63303Productive business managers are those who obtain optimum economic results from the prevailing resources. A series of primary steps, which have proven to be highly effective for managers in actual business situations, include: 1) analyzing the facts in terms of opportunities and costs of products, as well as the contributions of staff, and the "cost streams"; 2) allocating resources, according to projected results, by analyzing present and future...Starting at €8.20
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How to Make People Decisions (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-85406Leadership and People ManagementPeople decisions are long lasting in their consequences and difficult to unmake. At most one third of such decisions come out right. Executives who take their people decisions seriously will find the following principles helpful: 1) take responsibility for the decision--if the person the executive places in a position does not perform, the executive has made a mistake; 2) it is the duty of managers to make sure that the responsible persons in the...Starting at €8.20
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Pioneering entrepreneur Yoshiko Shinohara on turning temporary work into big business in Japan (Spanish version)
Mayo, Anthony J.; Yamazaki, MayukaArticle HBS-F0910ELeadership and People ManagementTempstaff's founder, a pioneering Japanese entrepreneur, wondered whether she would go to jail for launching her business.Starting at €8.20
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They're Not Employees, They're People (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0202ELeadership and People ManagementIn this essay, business thinker Peter Drucker examines the changing dynamics of the workforce--in particular, the need for organizations to take just as much care and responsibility when managing temporary and contract workers as they do with their traditional employees. Two fast-growing trends are demanding that business leaders pay more attention to employee relations, Drucker says. First is the rise of the temporary, or contract, worker; 8 mil...Starting at €8.20
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Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: The Charlton Team Perspective
Zelleke, Andy; Margolis, Joshua D.; Mayo, Anthony J.Case HBS-312066-EKnowledge and CommunicationNo abstract available.Starting at €8.20
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Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: Charlton's Internal Deliberation (B) - Charlton COO
Zelleke, Andy; Mayo, Anthony J.Case HBS-316016-EStarting at €5.74