Competing in the Third Wave: Ten Key Issues That Managers Must Face in the Information Age Book

This lucid view of business cuts through the management fads, media hype, and information clutter to the ten issues that managers must face in the new millennium. Jeremy and Tony Hope review the core concerns of management--from strategy and customer development to shareholder value, measurement, and control--to identify the most important challenges facing third wave organizations. Surveying and synthesizing both classic and cutting-edge management ideas, Competing in the Third Wave presents comprehensive guidelines and an integrated agenda for going head-to-head with today's most agile, knowledge-driven, and technologically savvy competitors. The authors discuss the critical success factors of: Strategy Customer Value Knowledge Management Business organization Market focus Management Accounting Measurement and control Shareholder value Productivity Transformation In the third wave, real players need best business practices more than ever. This book brings managers quickly up to speed so they can apply their time-tested management tool set to the all-new challenges of growing a company in the fast-paced, ever-evolving information economy.Read More