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In Their Time: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Mayo and Nitin Nohria Harvard Business Press (2005) How great business leaders “seized the zeitgeist of their times&# I recently re-read Paths to Power, co-authored by Anthony Mayo and Nitin Nohria with Laura G. In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders Of The Twentieth Century Anthony J.

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Adaptation of the 14 Points to Medical Service

Deming Institute

Deming’s 14 points for management have been put into various specific contexts by people over the years. Restructure training. Supervision belongs to the system and is the responsibility of the management. Dr. Deming included their work in Out of Crisis, pages 201-202: 6. Improve supervision.

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Customer-Centric Org Charts Aren’t Right for Every Company

Harvard Business Review

managers , he said the proportion of U.S. firms with structures organized around customers would grow from 32% to 52% as firms raced to build customer-centric organizations, and he interviewed companies including IBM and Systems Group that had announced customer-centric restructurings. In his 2006 survey of U.S.

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The Vioxx Recall Tested Our Leadership

Harvard Business Review

The concern I expressed in the post was that these actions have become the standard by which CEOs are expected to manage. I, along with the rest of my management team and the board, agreed with the recommendation, and the drug was withdrawn. We had done a restructuring in 2001 with a significant number of layoffs.

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How a Turkish Bank Became the Employer of Choice

Harvard Business Review

In the next few years, in the wake of a restructuring of Turkish monetary policy, the sector revived. By 2005, Garanti began to open branches and grow rapidly. In addition to Talent Camp, we conduct workshops, case studies, and a banking game called "Banking Street" that introduces Garanti's departments to students.

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Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Apple's Innovation Premium

Harvard Business Review

When Jobs returned in 1998 he restructured his team with senior managers who possessed a rich mix of strong discovery- and delivery-driven skills, and as a result the company churned out hit after hit, from the iMac and iTunes to the iPad, iPhone, and iPad.

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Divest With Care

Harvard Business Review

Acquisitions always get a lot of senior management attention and, for those who want it, there is no shortage of outside advice, including a lot in the management literature. But this is usually when they have a major restructuring, which is to say when they're in trouble of some kind. And it's a shame. IBM-Lenovo.