Why Smart Executives Fail

图书标准信息

• 作者 Finkelstein Sydney 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2004-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781591840459
• 定价 125.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

It'sanalltoocommonscenario:Agreatcompanybreaksfromthepack;theanalystsareinlove,thesmilingCEOappearsonthecoverofBusinessWeekandFortune,thestocksoars.Twoyearslater,thecompanyisinflames,theCEOisunderattack,andthestockhastanked.

WhydoesthissortofthingkeephappeningatrespectablecompanieslikeMotorola,Quaker,andSony,allofwhichhaveverysmart,hard-workingsenior

WhySmartExecutivesFailanswerstheseandmanymorecrucialquestions.SydneyFinkelstein,adistinguishedprofessoratDartmouth'sTuckSchoolofBusiness,carriedoutasix-yearstudyofleadershipfailure,thelargestofitskind.Afterhundredsofinterviewswithinsidersattopcompaniesthatgotintomajortrouble-suchasGM,Mattel,andRiteAid-Finkelsteinfiguredoutthecommoncausesbehindfailuresinwildlydifferenttypesofcompanies.Heexplains"thesevenhabitsofspectacularlyunsuccessfulpeople"thatdrivesmartmanagerstomakecatastrophicmistakes.

Asmuchaboutpsychologyasitisaboutbusiness,WhySmartExecutivesFailtellsthestoriesofmorethanfiftygreatbusinessdisastersandincludesexclusiveinterviewswithmanyoftheirleaders,inwhichtheyexplainwhatreallyledtotheirdisastrousdecisions.

【作者简介】

Sydney Finkelstein is Steven Roth Professor of Management atDartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. His writing has appeared inthe Harvard Business Review and other business journals.