Express Exec

4 total works

Managing Flexible Working

by Richard Pettinger

Published 10 January 2002

This title presents a fast track route to the effective management of flexible workers and working arrangements. It covers the key areas of managing the flexible workforce from attitude formation and leadership, direction and motivation to group management and flexible workforce development. It features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses including Sandals Inc, British Airways, Cobra Beer, and Semco, and ideas from the smartest thinkers including Peter Drucker, Peter Senge, Linda Gratton and Robert Heller. It includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Global Organizations

by Richard Pettinger

Published 10 January 2002

This book offers a fast track route to understanding the organizational, economic and managerial pressures and constraints in managing global activities. It covers the key areas of strategic, marketing and financial priorities and demands and the need for corporate social, cultural and operational awareness and responsibility. It contains examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including ABB, Nissan and Mattel Inc, and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers, including Gary Hamel, Peter Drucker, Naomi Klein, Sumantra Ghoshal and Chris Bartlett. It also includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Stress Management

by Richard Pettinger

Published 15 March 2000

Fast track route to mastering all aspects of stress management

Covers all the key techniques for reducing stress in yourself and your organization, from managing conflict to dealing with bullying and discrimination, and from ensuring a safe physical environment to improving labour relations

Examples and lessons from businesses that have successfully tackled stress, including Nike, Sony and Semco Inc, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Elaine Sternberg and Charles Handy

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.

ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:

01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work

ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.

The Learning Organization

by Richard Pettinger

Published 26 February 2002

Fast track route to understanding the opportunities and consequences of engaging in organization and individual development as a core business strategy

Covers the key areas of investment, appraisal, analysis, implementation and evaluation and relates the total approach to long term business and organization viability

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including P&O Cross Channel Ferries, Patagonia Inc, Sanyo and Semco, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Chris Argyris, Peter Senge and Geert Hofstede

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide