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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Townes, and Henry L. A wealthy industrialist, Joseph Wharton aspired to produce “pillars of the state” whose leadership would extend across business and public life. Statistical and mathematical insights were imported (often from military uses) forming the basis of the field that would subsequently be known as operations management.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. By Stephen R. 6) Synergise.