Essential Management Models is a compilation of business tools that actually work. It’s a guide to the very best in practical management thinking. No reinventing the wheel, no management fads and no corporate word-bingo. Essential Management Models demystifies strategy tools and does so with attitude: the view that any decision is better than no decision. The book encourages you to "go on…decide" and provides you with reference on how to do so. Rather than a series of independent summaries, the book makes connections between frameworks to expose the overlaps and relationships between them. This is the key to what makes the exercise worthwhile, the tools useful and the book unique. Using diagrams extensively to explain key concepts, but without ever "dumbing down", the book is written for managers who get things done – or students who want to. If you’ve ever studied management or strategy before, Essential Management Models will enable you to go back to the models and use them to do a better job, or think more clearly. It will remind you of the interlinkages between the frameworks to really make them work as a coherent whole. If you've forgotten them, it will give you confidence to use them. If you’ve written them off as mere theory, we urge you to think again.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Grant S. Foster, Chris J. GrannellEAN: 9780367521875COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 453 gHEIGHT: 246 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis LtdDATE PUBLISHED: 2022-07-29CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal SuccessWIDTH: 174 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Business strategy
"Connecting the dots between the best management theories of the past 50 years, Essential Management Models calls on us to 'go on… decide' and reminds us where innovation fits within the broader business context."Tony Ulwick, Founder and CEO of Strategyn"Grant Foster and Chris Grannell have written a timely management compendium for the ages. Not only do they provide a highly readable presentation of multiple business models and frameworks, they constructively critique and enhance these models. It’s a timely tome for the post-pandemic era, which should spend more time on readers' desks than on their bookshelves." Jon Manning, Head of Pricing, MYOB"This book captures and summarises the most useful strategy principles and tools into an easy to use reference journal for leaders at all levels. Even the most experienced executives and entrepreneurs should test their thoughts and views against the frameworks and tips embedded in this book. Essential reading if you want to win."Michael Cameron, Former CEO and Managing Director, Suncorp and GPT"Nothing new here. But that’s a strength not a criticism. The authors have not invented another tiresome array of theories and models, they’ve curated, represented, connected and applied the great business school concepts in a way that all managers can appreciate and apply." Mark Ritson, Founder, Mini MBA in Marketing
Grant S. Foster ran his market strategy consulting business Ellis Foster McVeigh from 2009 to 2019. A highly sought-after educator in Melbourne, Sydney and Hong Kong, Grant had held adjunct lecturer posts with Macquarie Graduate School of Management, the Graduate School of Business at the University of Sydney, Mt Eliza Business School (now Melbourne Business School) and the Australian Graduate School of Management. Grant was a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and also a director of crisis support charity Lifeline Australia (mental health/suicide prevention). Prior to his consulting career, Grant was GM of Marketing and Sales for business telco Commander Australia. He had an MBA from Bond University. Grant passed away in 2019. Chris J. Grannell is a Partner at We Keep Good Company which advises clients on the intersection of strategy, operations, customers and technology. Chris also works directly with a number of early-stage businesses. Previously he has held senior positions at Adventus.io, Carsales.com, Solvup.com and TIC Group. Chris has an MBA from Melbourne Business School, and has written for the Financial Times, WARC/Market Leader, Nine/Fairfax and others.
Essential Management Models is a compilation of business tools that actually work. It’s a guide to the very best in practical management thinking. No reinventing the wheel, no management fads and no corporate word-bingo. Essential Management Models demystifies strategy tools and does so with attitude: the view that any decision is better than no decision. The book encourages you to "go on…decide" and provides you with reference on how to do so. Rather than a series of independent summaries, the book makes connections between frameworks to expose the overlaps and relationships between them. This is the key to what makes the exercise worthwhile, the tools useful and the book unique. Using diagrams extensively to explain key concepts, but without ever "dumbing down", the book is written for managers who get things done – or students who want to. If you’ve ever studied management or strategy before, Essential Management Models will enable you to go back to the models and use them to do a better job, or think more clearly. It will remind you of the interlinkages between the frameworks to really make them work as a coherent whole. If you've forgotten them, it will give you confidence to use them. If you’ve written them off as mere theory, we urge you to think again.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Grant S. Foster, Chris J. GrannellEAN: 9780367521875COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 453 gHEIGHT: 246 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis LtdDATE PUBLISHED: 2022-07-29CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal SuccessWIDTH: 174 cmSPINE:
Grant S. Foster ran his market strategy consulting business Ellis Foster McVeigh from 2009 to 2019. A highly sought-after educator in Melbourne, Sydney and Hong Kong, Grant had held adjunct lecturer posts with Macquarie Graduate School of Management, the Graduate School of Business at the University of Sydney, Mt Eliza Business School (now Melbourne Business School) and the Australian Graduate School of Management. Grant was a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and also a director of crisis support charity Lifeline Australia (mental health/suicide prevention). Prior to his consulting career, Grant was GM of Marketing and Sales for business telco Commander Australia. He had an MBA from Bond University. Grant passed away in 2019. Chris J. Grannell is a Partner at We Keep Good Company which advises clients on the intersection of strategy, operations, customers and technology. Chris also works directly with a number of early-stage businesses. Previously he has held senior positions at Adventus.io, Carsales.com, Solvup.com and TIC Group. Chris has an MBA from Melbourne Business School, and has written for the Financial Times, WARC/Market Leader, Nine/Fairfax and others.
Die verhaal van die kasarm en die Calitze kom tot 'n mooi einde
Ek kan nie ’n boek summier toemaak nadat die slotsin geskryf is nie. Ek lees álles, tot by die outeursnotas en die bronnelys (gewoonlik gooi ek darem net vlugtig ’n oog oor die bonne!). Chanette Paul maak in die nota oor Maanschijnbaai 2, die verdere verhaal van Nan en Jeannie, die stelling: “Lesers moet my asseblief vergewe dat my verbeelding altyd die oorhand oor die werklikheid kry en verdigsel voorkeur bo feite.” (p.635) Ek wil daarby aanhaak en bieg dat ’n uitstekende verhoudingsroman soos hierdie tydelik die oorhand gekry het oor my traagheid om te lees oor reïnkarnasie en die esoteriese. Die klomp Calitzse het my tyd en aandag totaal gekaap.
Die skrywer wy die laaste bladsye aan ’n verduideliking oor hoe die Maanschijnbaai-tweeluik ontstaan het. Sy beweer dat die Calitze haar “onkant” betrap het. Sy wou ’n romanse skryf maar uiteindelik was die karakters so kompleks dat dit op twee dik boeke en ’n intense familiedrama uitgeloop het.
Van die onderskeie karakters raak diep waarhede kwyt wat die moeite werd is om te onderstreep en te onthou, soos Zach wat dit gehad het oor die risiko om iemand op ’n pedestal te plaas omdat jy daardeur die persoon ’n onreg aandoen. (p.539) En Nan, wat die hele klomp Calitze moes grootkry, se wyse raad: “Met eerlikheid, Jeannie, kom ’n mens baie verder as met opoffering. Met eerlikheid gee jy almal ’n regverdige kans. Opoffering beteken bloot jy doen iets teen jou sin omdat jy glo dit sal ander baat.” (p.613)
Maak seker dat jy genoeg tyd op hande het, dan lees jy hierdie tweeluik in volgorde, Jo & Sue, gevolg deur Nan & Jeannie. Dit is hersien en met splinternuwe, pragtige baadjies uitgegee deur Lapa Uitgewers.
A very practical approach and the tools to go along with it
Very useful. The book provides a structure and an approach that I would have been useful earlier in my investing. I like the five gates and in particular the attention to quality and management's capital allocation decisions. I will also apply the idea of the stewardship log to get more explicit on my investment theses. This is kind of the practical aspect of what I learned from the Psychology of Money.
the title ties in really nicley the more towards the end but the title for the book suits it real...
the book is very slow burn and takes a while for like captivating parts of the book .but the middle to the end the pace of the book is really nice the beginning is just repetitive and and trust the processes
Skuld en vergifnis word nie versuiker in hierdie jeugverhaal nie
Twee halwes maak ’n hele is die wenner van ’n jeugboekprys. Ek moes myself gedurig herinner wat die teikenmark nou eintlik is, want die sake wat aangeraak word, is geensins beperk tot jeugdige lesers nie. Die sterk newe-karakters dra daartoe by die selfs baie ouer lesers goed aanklank kan vind by die storielyn wat ontvou.
“Hulle sê as jy iemand vergewe, lig jy ’n vrag van daardie persoon se skouers af. Maar miskien is sommige dinge net te swaar om van iemand anders se skouers te lig?” (p.178) Baie aandag word gegee aan skuld en vergifnis, maar geen suikeromhulde kitsoplossings word aangebied nie. Dit sou die storie beslis vervlak het.
Na die aardskuddende ontdekking wat Lira gemaak het, gaan sy vir drie maande na ’n Griekse eiland en maak sy kennis met haar ander helfte, ’n halfsuster wat presies die teenoorgestelde is van haar eie ingetoë, overthinking self. Ek het daarvan gehou dat hulle, die verskille ten spyt, nie in heftige konflik was nie. Eerder besig om algaande te ontdek dat hulle by mekaar kan aanpas en albei sterker daardeur kan kom.
Marita van der Vyver is ’n waardige wenner van die Tafelberg Jeugboekprys en hierdie boek hoort beslis in van der Vyver versamelings. Dit is uitgegee deur Tafelberg, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers.
