Bücher von John P. Kotter

Der neue "Kotter":innovativ und hochaktuell.So bleiben Unternehmen wettbewerbsfähig und profitabelWer zukünftig erfolgreich auf Märkten agieren will, muss sich einem enormen Innovationsdruck und rapidem Wandel stellen und die Unternehmensorganisation daran anpassen. Kotter beschreibt in seinem neuen Buch, wie das gelingen kann: durch eine dual operierende Organisationsform, die die Sicherheit und Effizienz etablierter Organisationsstrukturen mit der Agilität und Schnelligkeit von Netzwerkstrukturen zusammenführt. Denn nur so bleiben Unternehmen langfristig wettbewerbsfähig und profitabel.Der ErfolgsautorJohn P. Kotter erhielt bereits im Alter von 33 Jahren eine Professur an der Harvard Business School. Er gilt als Doyen des Change-Managements. Seine Bücher wurden in über 70 Sprachen übersetzt und millionenfach verkauft.Ein "Muss"für Führungskräfte, Business Developer und Organisationsentwickler.

Going far beyond previous empirical work, John Kotter and James Heskett provide the first comprehensive critical analysis of how the "culture" of a corporation powerfully influences its economic performance, for better or for worse. Through painstaking research at such firms as Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, ICI, Nissan, and First Chicago, as well as a quantitative study of the relationship between culture and performance in more than 200 companies, the authors describe how shared values and unwritten rules can profoundly enhance economic success or, conversely, lead to failure to adapt to changing markets and environments.With penetrating insight, Kotter and Heskett trace the roots of both healthy and unhealthy cultures, demonstrating how easily the latter emerge, especially in firms which have experienced much past success. Challenging the widely held belief that "strong" corporate cultures create excellent business performance, Kotter and Heskett show that while many shared values and institutionalized practices can promote good performances in some instances, those cultures can also be characterized by arrogance, inward focus, and bureaucracy -- features that undermine an organization''s ability to adapt to change. They also show that even "contextually or strategically appropriate" cultures -- ones that fit a firm''s strategy and business context -- will not promote excellent performance over long periods of time unless they facilitate the adoption of strategies and practices that continuously respond to changing markets and new competitive environments.Fundamental to the process of reversing unhealthy cultures and making them more adaptive, the authors assert, is effective leadership. At the heart of this groundbreaking book, Kotter and Heskett describe how executives in ten corporations established new visions, aligned and motivated their managers to provide leadership to serve their customers, employees, and stockholders, and thus created more externally focused and responsive cultures.

This title details the essential qualifications of the successful manager in terms of their detailed knowledge of their industry, products, technology, and markets and their co-operative relationships with colleagues.

This 20-year study of the 115 members of Harvard Business School's Class of '74 identifies the factors that influenced their career decisions and explores the breakthroughs that brought them wealth, satisfaction and security during a time of intense economic volatility.