The Future of Management
by Gary Hamel
In a world where adaptability and creativity now drive success, the current management model (based on control and efficiency) is no longer adequate. So says business expert and author Gary Hamel, who, in his latest call for management innovation, elucidates new ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources and building strategies that work.
Along the way, Hamel identifies what he calls "toxic" legacy beliefs that prevent companies from overcoming new challenges, and provides real-world examples of organizations using unconventional management practices to generate innovative management breakthroughs. Click here to view on Amazon
HBS Press Book
The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge
by Vijay Govindarajan,
Chris Trimble
288 pages. Publication date: Sep 02, 2010. Prod. #: 13219-HBK-ENG
Companies can't survive without innovating. But most put far more emphasis on generating Big Ideas than on executing them--turning ideas into actual breakthrough products, services, and process improvements. That's because "ideating" is energizing and glamorous. By contrast, execution seems like humdrum, behind-the-scenes dirty work. But without execution, Big Ideas go nowhere. In The Other Side of Innovation, Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble reveal how to execute an innovation initiative.
