The Executive's Compass by James O'toole

The Executive's Compass by James O'toole

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The Executive's Compass seeks to help managers make sense out of a rapidly changing world and formulate corporate policy as they face a minefield of dilemmas in the values wars. O'Toole uses political philosophy to examine the role of the corporation in our culture and its place in creating The Good Society.

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The Executive's Compass by James O'toole

O'Toole uses political philosophy to examine the role of the corporation in our culture and its place in creating The Good Society.
both intellectually provocative and pragmatically instructive for a corporate manager * Michael DEisner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Walt Disney Company *
a remarkable book--scholarly in the best sense, but with a compelling focus on the issues central to our laborious efforts to manage our enterprises more effectively in an increasingly complicated world * Thomas H. Wyman, Chairman, S. G. Warburg and Co., Inc. *
James O'Toole is a highly successful business writer, whose previous books include Vanguard Management which was named as one of the top business books of 1985 by Business Week. He is Executive Director of the Leadership Institute and a former Director of the Twenty Year Forecast Project which advised the top management of 30 of the largest companies in the US. Local interest: he gained his doctorate at Oxford University, where he studied Anthropology as a Rhodes Scholar.
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ISBN 13 9780195096446
ISBN 10 0195096444
Title The Executive's Compass
Author James O'toole
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1995-08-24
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.