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Hard facts, dangerous half-truths, and total nonsense : profiting from evidence-based management / Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, MA : Harvard Business School Press, c2006.Description: x, 276 p. : ill ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781591398622 (trade)
  • 1591398622 (trade)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4/03 22
LOC classification:
  • HD30.23 .P468 2006
Contents:
Why every company needs evidence-based management -- How to practice evidence-based management -- Is work fundamentally different from the rest of life and should it be? -- Do the best organizations have the best people? -- Do financial incentives drive company performers? -- Strategy is destiny? -- Change or die? -- Are great leaders in control of their companies? -- Profiting from evidence-based management.
Summary: Provides management advice to business leaders that is based upon evidence rather than on commonly held beliefs, in core management areas such as leadership, strategy, change, talent, incentives, and the connections between work and life.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 658.403 PF HA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0044265
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 658.403 PF HA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0028612

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-260) and index.

Why every company needs evidence-based management -- How to practice evidence-based management -- Is work fundamentally different from the rest of life and should it be? -- Do the best organizations have the best people? -- Do financial incentives drive company performers? -- Strategy is destiny? -- Change or die? -- Are great leaders in control of their companies? -- Profiting from evidence-based management.

Provides management advice to business leaders that is based upon evidence rather than on commonly held beliefs, in core management areas such as leadership, strategy, change, talent, incentives, and the connections between work and life.

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