Quest For Management Excellence

Our civilization is at crossroads. It is brightened by unprecedented technological advances and blighted by murderous strife and unsustainable development. The book argues that the way forward is through management excellence of the key institutions of society: enterprises, not-for-profits, communities, other civil society institutions, organs of the state and so forth. The book explains, with the help of numerous live examples and research findings, what management excellence means for each of these institutional forms, and how it can be harnessed to lift the quality of civilization – towards widespread humaneness, creativity and performance excellence.

During the eight years since the publication of Maintenance Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions the business environment has changed drastically. Globalization, consolidation, and changes in technology challenge asset management and maintenance professionals to be more efficient. Globalization and consolidation have been particula

Presents roadmap to implementing next level supply management practices and strategies. This title outlines the critical success factors for leading your company to the next level in procurement practices and performance and provides a transformation model to improve bottom-line results.

This book discusses the changes that world class organizations have made to achieve excellence in project management. Learn how these organizations refocused to accommodate a projects-based approach and how they plan, budget, complete and assess their "mission-critical" projects. The implementation of project management ideas and methods is leading to more efficient service delivery and production, more accurate budgeting, greater profitability, and improved stakeholder relationships world-wide, In Search of Excellence in Project Management shows how these benefits can be yours as well.

The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful. Joining the HarperBusiness Essentials series, this phenomenal bestseller features a new Authors' Note, and reintroduces these vital principles in an accessible and practical way for today's management reader.

The authors provide the definitive standard for successfully and efficiently dealing with managerial situations and dilemmas.