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JANUARY
2009 ISSUE
Execution. The Discipline of Getting Things Done
[excerpt]
At first glance, Execution. The Discipline of Getting Things
Done hardly
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ABOUT
THE LIT SECTION
Every issue features at least one book that touches on any number
of issues we look at, including leadership, communication, culture
and personal development. Both books and multimedia (dvd and
cd content) are reviewed.
We
welcome interest from our HR readers to review or suggest particular
books that they would like featured. Drop us a line at editor@hr-matters.info.
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stands
out
with its black and red cover with a
background
graphic of two interlocking cogwheels. My mind groaned, not
another book on
getting things done. But wait a minute, one of the authors is
Ram Charan, the management guru of our times.....
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SEPTEMBER
2008 ISSUE
Transparency. How
Leaders Create a Culture of Candor
[excerpt]
The
management guru, Warren Bennis, once said “What businesses
now need more than ever before are managers
who know how to create
social
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One
measure of openness is transparency. In today's world, transparency
is increasingly essential to business success; it helps to enhance
individual performance and also that of the organisation. And
thanks to the advancement of technology, our world today is
becoming increasingly transparent...
Reviewed by Terri Chew.
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SEPTEMBER
2008 ISSUE
Who Moved My Cheese?
[excerpt]
Who Moved My Cheese? is a management book but but it
extends beyond the corporate arena. The message in “Who
Moved My Cheese?” can and should be applied to any aspect
of our lives
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improvement, including our work-life. The author has managed
to explain in a 100-page book the simple yet profound truth
about change. The moral of the story is that “If you fail
to plan, you plan to fail” and explains to a certain extent
that “Change Imposed is Change Opposed”.
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is significant that the book goes out of its way to look like
a children's storybook: bright colours,
large-print,
not too many words,
easy
to read,
short
sentences, furry animals and 'amusing little people', all of
which certainly should, set alarm bells ringing: A book for
adults trying to pass itself off as a kids' book?! First though,
the question is, why bother with it, why worry about it, why
even take it seriously?
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The Three Laws of Performance. Rewriting the Future of Your
Organisation and Your Life
by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan
The Organisation of the Future 2. Vision, Strategies and Insights
on Managing in a New Era
edited by Frances Hesselbein and Marshall Goldsmith
Execution. The Discipline of Getting Things Done
by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan with Charles Burck
Who Moved My Cheese?
by Dr Spencer Johnson
Transparency. How Leaders Create a Culture of Candour
by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James Toole with Patricia
Ward Biederman
Growing Great Employees. Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary
Performers
by Erika Andersen
The Truth About Managing People
by Stephen P Robbins
Applying Sun Tzu's Art of War in Human Resource Management
by Khoo Kheng-Hor
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a book we ought to review ! |
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. A Leadership Fable
by Patrick Lencioni
The Tipping Point. How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
How to Get What You Want
by Zig Ziglar
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an audio book we ought to review ! |
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