Insights for Managers from Confucius to Gandhi
Business & Finance, Management & Leadership, Management
| Author: | Donald Schnedeker, Harold Bierman Jr. | ISBN: | 9789814390637 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Publication: | October 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | WSPC | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald Schnedeker, Harold Bierman Jr. |
| ISBN: | 9789814390637 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication: | October 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | WSPC |
| Language: | English |
This unique book brings together thoughts of great men and women, not found elsewhere as a complete set, that hold special interest for managers. The ideas contained within are universal and apply to all aspects of civilization; as such, they are relevant to both work and life.
The book also provides prime examples of how influential thinkers use language to effectively convey their arguments and intentions — an arguably invaluable tool for modern managers. It serves as a source of indispensable advice for business professionals and the general public.
Contents:
- Confucius
- Laozi (also Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Laotze)
- Aristotle
- Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki)
- Bernier
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- Francis Bacon
- William Shakespeare
- Thomas Hobbes
- René Descartes
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Adam Smith
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Patrick Henry
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Paine
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Karl Heinrich Marx
- Andrew Carnegie
- Alfred Marshall
- Russell Conwell
- Elbert Hubbard
- Louis Brandeis
- Thorstein Veblen
- Alfred North Whitehead
- O Henry
- George Santayana
- Irving Fisher
- W E B DuBois
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)
- Calvin Coolidge
- Alfred E Smith
- Owen D Young
- William O Douglas
- Arthur E Nilsson
- Fred Schwed, Jr
Readership: Students and teachers studying and teaching general business and management courses; business professionals and managers; the general public.
Key Features:
- Delivers important messages to the business readers by famous figures in the field
- Contains highly relevant ideas by universally acknowledged thinkers
- Presents classic examples of applying language to argue effectively
This unique book brings together thoughts of great men and women, not found elsewhere as a complete set, that hold special interest for managers. The ideas contained within are universal and apply to all aspects of civilization; as such, they are relevant to both work and life.
The book also provides prime examples of how influential thinkers use language to effectively convey their arguments and intentions — an arguably invaluable tool for modern managers. It serves as a source of indispensable advice for business professionals and the general public.
Contents:
- Confucius
- Laozi (also Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Laotze)
- Aristotle
- Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki)
- Bernier
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- Francis Bacon
- William Shakespeare
- Thomas Hobbes
- René Descartes
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Adam Smith
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Patrick Henry
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Paine
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Karl Heinrich Marx
- Andrew Carnegie
- Alfred Marshall
- Russell Conwell
- Elbert Hubbard
- Louis Brandeis
- Thorstein Veblen
- Alfred North Whitehead
- O Henry
- George Santayana
- Irving Fisher
- W E B DuBois
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)
- Calvin Coolidge
- Alfred E Smith
- Owen D Young
- William O Douglas
- Arthur E Nilsson
- Fred Schwed, Jr
Readership: Students and teachers studying and teaching general business and management courses; business professionals and managers; the general public.
Key Features:
- Delivers important messages to the business readers by famous figures in the field
- Contains highly relevant ideas by universally acknowledged thinkers
- Presents classic examples of applying language to argue effectively
