Management models - love them or hate them, they're at the heart of management thinking and practice. They have two main purposes: to provide a framework for improving business performance; and to confuse the uninitiated with buzzwords and acronyms. You've heard of balanced scorecards, CRM, just-in-time and SWOT? How about the Deming cycle, parenting advantage or socio-technical organizations? Even if you have, can you describe them clearly and do you know how you can use them in your business? Key Management Models takes the reader through each of the essential management tools in a clear, structured and practical way. It provides comprehensive coverage of the main tools, and of the models developed by the Gods of management thinking: Belbin, Handy, Kotter and Mintzberg.
Even if you have, can you describe them clearly and do you know how you can use them in your business? Key Management Models takes the reader through each of the essential management tools in a clear, structured and practical way.
With over 33,500 copies sold of the previous edition, the winning formula of this incredibly successful book will remain the same. From SWOT analysis and core competencies to risk reward analysis and the innovation circle, Key Management Models explains each model in a clear, structured and practical way. There is a brief overview of each of the 61 essential models that spans no more than 3-4 pages. For each model you will find: · The model in a nutshell (‘the big idea’) · Its applicability (‘when to use it’) · The practicalities of applying it (‘how to use it’) · A critical appraisal (‘the final analysis’) The PERFECT reference book, no matter what business you’re in.
The 60+ models every manager needs to know Marcel Van Assen, Gerben Van
den Berg, Paul Pietersma. This book is intended neither as a 'top 60' of popular
or 'hyped' management models, nor as a prescription for 'good' management and
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