• Power: Why Some People Have It-and Others Don't

    “Pfeffer [blends] academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading thinker on the topic of power, Pfeffer here distills his wisdom into an indispensable guide.”—Jim Collins, author of New York Times bestselling author Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall Some people have it, and others don’t—Jeffrey Pfeffer explores why in Power. One of the greatest minds in management theory and author or co-author of thirteen books, including the seminal business school text Managing With Power, Pfeffer shows readers how to succeed and wield power in the real world.... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B003V1WSZK
    • ASIN: B003V1WSZK
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

  • Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management

    The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all—but, instead, flawed knowledge based on “best practices” that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are hazardous to organizational health.Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton show how companies can bolster performance and trump the competition through... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1591398622
    • UPC: 001599041146
    • ASIN: 1591398622
    • ISBN: 1591398622
    • Brand: Brand: Harvard Business Review Press
    • Manufacturer: Harvard Business Review Press

  • Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance-and What We Can Do About It

    In one survey, 61 percent of employees said that workplace stress had made them sick and 7 percent said they had actually been hospitalized. Job stress costs US employers more than $300 billion annually and may cause 120,000 excess deaths each year. In China, 1 million people a year may be dying from overwork.  People are literally dying for a paycheck. And it needs to stop.In this timely, provocative book, Jeffrey Pfeffer contends that many modern management commonalities such as long work hours, work-family conflict, and economic insecurity are toxic to employees—hurting engagement, incre... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0062800922
    • ASIN: 0062800922
    • ISBN: 0062800922
    • Manufacturer: HarperBusiness

  • Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time

    Finalist for the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearBest business book of the week from Inc.comThe author of Power, Stanford business school professor, and a leading management thinker offers a hard-hitting dissection of the leadership industry and ways to make workplaces and careers work better.The leadership enterprise is enormous, with billions of dollars, thousands of books, and hundreds of thousands of blogs and talks focused on improving leaders. But what we see worldwide is employee disengagement, high levels of leader turnover and career derailment, and failed... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0062383167
    • ASIN: 0062383167
    • ISBN: 9780062383167
    • Brand: HC 360
    • Manufacturer: HarperBusiness

  • The New Edge in Knowledge: How Knowledge Management Is Changing the Way We Do Business

    The best thinking and actions in the fast-moving arena of collaboration and knowledge management The New Edge in Knowledge captures the most practical and innovative practices to ensure organizations have the knowledge they need in the future and, more importantly, the ability to connect the dots and use knowledge to succeed today. Build or retrofit your organization for new ways of working and collaboration by using knowledge management Adapt to today's most popular ways to collaborate such as social networking Overcome organization silos, knowledge hoarding and "not invented here" resistanc... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B004NNV0Q8
    • ASIN: B004NNV0Q8
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

  • Thriving from A to Z : Best Practices to Increase Resilience, Satisfaction, and Success

    Thriving from A to Z provides you with 26 best practices proven to help you learn, grow, and succeed. The essential best practices, valuable implementation tips, and engaging reflection activities help you build resilience and

    • UPC: 662577702

  • Heroic Leadership : Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World

    Shows how Jesuits have successfully grappled with the same challenges that test great companies today with an emphasis on their adopted values: self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism.

    • UPC: 3378981
    • Rating: 4.5

  • Summary: Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense - Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton - eBook

    This work offers a summary of the book “HARD FACTS, DANGEROUS HALF-TRUTHS AND TOTAL NONSENSE: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management” by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton.Managing a business profitably is always hard work. There are intense

    • UPC: 431412422

  • Jeffrey Pfeffer et Gerald Salancik - La dépendance des ressources est stratégique - eBook

    Pour Pfeffer et Salancik, aucune entreprise n’est complètement sous son propre contrôle. En cela, leur pensée est conforme à la logique dominante de l’époque. Ils développent cependant une perspective qui fait place à une voie

    • UPC: 255412423

  • Summary: Hidden Value - Charles O’Reilly III and Jeffrey Pfeffer - eBook

    This work offers a summary of the book “HIDDEN VALUE: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results With Ordinary People” by Charles O’Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer.Hiring new people takes time, and therefore money. A far more

    • UPC: 975849684

  • Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare : A Guide to Best Practice

    Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide

    • UPC: 762687928

  • Professional Learning Communities at Worktm : Best Practices for Enhancing Students Achievement

    The book that launched a school improvement movement offers research-based recommendations drawn from the best practices found in schools nationwide for continuously improving school performance. Coming from the perspectives of both a distinguished dean of

    • UPC: 25219726

  • The Practice of the Presence of God : The Best Rule of Holy Life

    Translation of: La pratique de la prâesence de

    • UPC: 26491077
    • Rating: 4.333

  • Implementing Diversity: Best Practices for Making Diversity Work in Your Organization

    This practical and provocative guide provides the strategies and tactics used by organizations committed to implementing diversity from the top down. Focusing on the necessity for a strategic change initiative, Loden discusses: how to position

    • UPC: 25455699

  • Best Kept Secret

    Embarking on a shared family life, Harry, Emma, Sebastian, and Jessica find their happiness challenged by Emma's brother's engagement to a fortune-seeker, Sebastian's hedonist pursuits, and a grudge-bearing enemy from the past who would destroy

    • UPC: 31889831
    • Rating: 4.053

  • Jeffrey Pfeffer: Stanford Business Professor, Management, Leadership & HR Expert, Keynote Speaker

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