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Five of his best titles shortened by him for Harvard Business Review: "The Effective Executive", "Discipline of Innovation based on Innovation & Entrepreneurship", "Theory of the Business", "What Executives Should Remember", and "What Only the CEO Can Do".

This audiobook was created based on Michael Porter's landmark book Competitive Strategy. This was Mr. Porter's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review.

How much of innovation is inspiration, and how much is hard work? The answer lies somewhere in the middle, says management thinker Peter Drucker. In this HBR classic from 1985, he argues that innovation is real work that can and should be managed like any other corporate function. Success is more likely to result from the systematic pursuit of opportunities than from a flash of genius. Indeed, most innovative business ideas arise through the methodical analysis of seven areas of opportunity.

Michael Porter’s succinct summary of his landmark book Strategy, considered the best book on strategy of all time.

Presenta 10 formas y razones para utilizar proveedores en lugar de empleados, como proporcionar más tiempo para enfocarse en los clientes externos, reducir los gastos administrativos, aumentar la permanencia de los trabajadores, mantener mayor confidencialidad y secreto, entre otras. Una lectura obligada para gerentes de todos los niveles, inversionistas y proveedores corporativos.

Make your financial statements work for you. This audiobook includes 11 sections, covering such topics as balance sheets, cash flow, and income statements.

How do you create, focus, and energize a team? Learn what it takes to build a team for success in only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction by the author of The Entrepreneur's Guide who helped bring American Power Conversion (APCC-NASDAQ) public in 1988, a company that recently sold for $6.1 Billion.

En sus sesenta y cinco años de carrera como consultor, Peter F. Drucker, ampliamente reconocido como el padre de la administración moderna, identificó ocho prácticas que pueden hacer eficaz a cualquier ejecutivo. El liderazgo no tiene que ver con el carisma ni la extroversión. Se trata de...

Moins de réunions, moins de paperasse et une simplification continue accéléreront la mise sur le marché de nouveaux produits et services, concentreront les meilleurs talents sur les questions clés de développement et de relation client, et conduiront à des horaires de travail plus courts, un sentiment d'accomplissement accru et plus de plaisir au travail pour tous.

Présente 10 méthodes et raisons d'utiliser des fournisseurs plutôt que des employés, notamment pour consacrer plus de temps aux clients externes, réduire les frais généraux de gestion, augmenter la durée d'emploi des travailleurs, maintenir une plus grande confidentialité et discrétion, et bien plus encore. Une lecture ou écoute indispensable pour les managers de tous niveaux, les investisseurs et les fournisseurs d'entreprises.

Présente 10 méthodes et raisons d'utiliser des fournisseurs plutôt que des employés, notamment pour consacrer plus de temps aux clients externes, réduire les frais généraux de gestion, augmenter la durée d'emploi des travailleurs, maintenir une plus grande confidentialité et discrétion, et bien plus encore. Une lecture ou écoute indispensable pour les managers de tous niveaux, les investisseurs et les fournisseurs d'entreprises.

La supervivencia empresarial depende de esto, ya que las compañías más orientadas a procesos desaparecen mientras que las productivas triunfan. Lo que su Junta Directiva y Director Ejecutivo necesitan leer. Vender, fabricar, entregar y cobrar es lo que cuenta, con la menor cantidad de procesos posible. Una lectura obligada para todos los gerent es.

This audiobook provides 10 ways and reasons to use suppliers rather than employees, such as to provide more time for outside customer focus, cut management overhead, increase worker tenure, maintain more confidentiality and secrecy, and more. A must listen for managers at all levels, investors, and corporate suppliers.

This audiobook contains succinct descriptions and insights into effective project management for you and your organization.

Collections presents the approach that gets the most collection dollars and has the highest percentage ability to keep your late customers and get them out of the bad pay habit. Collections is about selling companies and people to pay you. Have the end in mind: they have the money; your job is to get them to send their money to you. A must listen for all business people involved in finance and collections.

Harvard Business Review writes about this article from their collection, "No management thinker was as prolific or as profound as Peter Drucker. Here is some of the savviest advice he offered executives." This from Harvard Business School Press! Who is better qualified to make this judgment than them? The brief introduction describes how Drucker evolved into what he became. This article than summarizes his previous summaries of his greatest work.

Entrepreneurship is more popular than ever: courses are full, policymakers emphasize new ventures, managers yearn to go off on their own. Would-be founders often misplace their energies, however. Believing in a "big money" model of entrepreneurship, they spend a lot of time trying to attract investors instead of using wits and hustle to get their ideas off the ground.

The age of competitive strategy may be past. Sophisticated managers are learning that handsome returns come directly from superior strategic execution - not strategic planning. Their method: hustle and get it right.

Hiring Your First Employees and Contractors emphasizes the benefits of starting with contractors and only evolving to hiring employees when absolutely required. The entrepreneur and small firm manager is provided concrete benchmarks and approaches for hiring contractors and employees, with the emphasis always on how to extend the entrepreneur's reach so as to focus on improving core values and core competencies.

Hiring Do-ers for Success emphasizes the importance of hiring job candidates who can get the work done, not sing around the campfire in your culture. In describing his own hiring practices, Steve Jobs once said, “We hire do-ers to get things done.” This is the NFL way as well: “You don't know how they'll do until they are on your field.” You and your company will benefit from adopting a similar hiring philosophy. Test and calibrate. Have your star employees interview candidates to see if they qualify.