The Executive's Compass
Business and the Good Society
Published on 24. August 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-19-509644-6 (ISBN)
Description
O'Toole uses political philosophy to examine the role of the corporation in our culture and its place in creating The Good Society.
Reviews / Votes
both intellectually provocative and pragmatically instructive for a corporate manager * Michael D. Eisner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Walt Disney Company * a remarkable book--scholarly in the best sense, but with a compelling focus on the issues central to our laborious efforts to manage our enterprises more effectively in an increasingly complicated world * Thomas H. Wyman, Chairman, S. G. Warburg and Co., Inc. *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figures
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-509644-6 (9780195096446)
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E-Book
04/1995
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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E-Book
07/1993
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Person
James O'Toole is a highly successful business writer, whose previous books include Vanguard Management which was named as one of the top business books of 1985 by Business Week. He is Executive Director of the Leadership Institute and a former Director of the Twenty Year Forecast Project which advised the top management of 30 of the largest companies in the US.
Local interest: he gained his doctorate at Oxford University, where he studied Anthropology as a Rhodes Scholar.
Local interest: he gained his doctorate at Oxford University, where he studied Anthropology as a Rhodes Scholar.