The Art of Action

How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results

Business & Finance, Management & Leadership, Planning & Forecasting, Decision Making & Problem Solving, Leadership
Cover of the book The Art of Action by Stephen Bungay, Quercus
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Stephen Bungay ISBN: 9781473644960
Publisher: Quercus Publication: February 16, 2011
Imprint: Nicholas Brealey Language: English
Author: Stephen Bungay
ISBN: 9781473644960
Publisher: Quercus
Publication: February 16, 2011
Imprint: Nicholas Brealey
Language: English

Business is highly competitive, complex, risky and fast paced - like combat.

What do you want me to do? This question is the enduring management issue, a perennial problem that Stephen Bungay shows has an old solution that is counter-intuitive and yet common sense. The Art of Action is a thought-provoking and fresh look at how managers can turn planning into execution, and execution into results.

Drawing on his experience as a consultant, senior manager and a highly respected military historian, Stephen Bungay takes a close look at the nineteenth-century Prussian Army, which built its agility on the initiative of its highly empowered junior officers, to show business leaders how they can build more effective, productive organizations. Based on a theoretical framework which has been tested in practice over 150 years, Bungay shows how the approach known as "mission command" has been applied in businesses as diverse as pharmaceuticals and F1 racing today.

The Art of Action is scholarly but engaging, rigorous but pragmatic, and shows how common sense can sometimes be surprising.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Business is highly competitive, complex, risky and fast paced - like combat.

What do you want me to do? This question is the enduring management issue, a perennial problem that Stephen Bungay shows has an old solution that is counter-intuitive and yet common sense. The Art of Action is a thought-provoking and fresh look at how managers can turn planning into execution, and execution into results.

Drawing on his experience as a consultant, senior manager and a highly respected military historian, Stephen Bungay takes a close look at the nineteenth-century Prussian Army, which built its agility on the initiative of its highly empowered junior officers, to show business leaders how they can build more effective, productive organizations. Based on a theoretical framework which has been tested in practice over 150 years, Bungay shows how the approach known as "mission command" has been applied in businesses as diverse as pharmaceuticals and F1 racing today.

The Art of Action is scholarly but engaging, rigorous but pragmatic, and shows how common sense can sometimes be surprising.

More books from Quercus

Cover of the book The Lizard Strategy by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Swords of Good Men by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Unholy War by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Legal Highs by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Film in Five Seconds by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book How Evolution Explains Everything About Life by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Tretower to Clyro by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Florence Grace by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book A Division of the Light by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Eden in Winter by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book I'll Keep You Safe by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera: by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book A Good Clean Fight by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book The Marriage Mender by Stephen Bungay
Cover of the book Politics in Minutes by Stephen Bungay
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy