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BRW March 6-12 2008

Author: Gina McColl
Publisher: Fairfax Business Media
Publication Date: 3/6/2008
Innovation is the force that gives successful companies the edge on the competition. Six of the best organisations reveal their secrets in a report by Gina McColl and states that "culture is the incubator of innovation"

 
Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

Author: Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David C. Robertson
Publisher: Havard Business School Press
Publication Date: 8/8/2006
Enterprise architecture defines a firm’s needs for standardized tasks, job roles, systems, infrastructure, and data in core business processes. Thus, it helps a company to articulate how it will compete in a digital economy and it guides managers’ daily decisions to realize their vision of success.

 
The Writing on the Wall: Reading the signs of business success & failure

Author: Terence Sheppard
Publisher: Wrightbooks
Publication Date: 7/6/2007
Targeted at managers and business owners who want to avoid the mistakes made by many businesses, this book highlights the common pitfalls that lead to business failure, and aims to assist readers to identify where their business may be off track and provide advice on what they can do about it.

 
The Seven Heavenly Virtues of Leadership

Author: Barker, Carolyn (Editor)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Publication Date: 7/9/2003
Exploration of the virtues of leadership—humility, courage, integrity, compassion, humour, passion and wisdom. Discusses the powerful and positive consequences of virtue at the top as it filters down the organisation.

 
The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company

Author: Ran Charan, Stephen Drotter and Kames Noel
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publication Date: 11/1/2000
In the new knowledge economy, leadership at every level is a requisite for company survival. Yet the leadership pipeline in most companies has run dry.

 
Payback: Reaping the rewards of Innovation

Author: James P. Andrew, Harold L. Sirkin, John Butman
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Publication Date: 9/1/2007
There's a big difference between an idea and an innovation. It's called cash. In Payback, authors Jim Andrew and Hal Sirkin argue that companies must sharpen their focus on achieving payback.

 
Walking The Talk

Author: Taylor, Carolyn
Publisher: London: Random House Business Books
Publication Date: 3/3/2005
Carolyn Taylor provides a ground-breaking guide to all aspects of the crucial discipline of building an effective culture, showing readers how to lead, define, plan, analyse and capitalise on culture to transform themselves and their organisations.

 
McDonalds: Behind the Arches

Author: John F. Love
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Publication Date: 1/12/1995
In McDonalds: Behind the Arches, business writer John F. Love tells the astonishing story of the people and the strategies.

   
   


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