Description: The Guru Guide is sort of a "Cliff's Notes" for business readers who want to keep up to date on all the latest buzzwords and trends in management theory and practice -- but who just don't have time to read every book that hits the business bestseller list. The book will cover such critical topics as leadership; the pursuit of "market leadership" (a la The Discipline of Market Leaders); the learning organization; organizational structures for the 21st Century; managing change and chaos; building high-performance teams; reengineering; managing a diverse workforce; motivating and managing people; and the intersection of business, work, and society. This book gives enough information to help business people understand the essence of current management practices -- and to implement them -- by providing not just a summary of each management practice but also insights into what other leaders think and what some companies are actually doing. The gurus profiled will include Stephen Covey, Edwards Deming, Peter Drucker, Michael Hammer, John Naisbitt (Megatrends), C.K. Prahalad, Tom Peters, and Peter Senge. All of these will be researched and many will be interviewed specifically for this book.

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