The Exceptional Manager: Making the Difference

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Most businesses face the choice of either competing on the ‘low road’ of cost, or the ‘high road’ of innovation and value. Much the same goes for national economies and the UK is no exception. But how do businesses-and the people who manage them-go beyond the policy prescription and the easy exhortation to make that shift, to manage change, and go well beyond business as usual? This ground-breaking book-the combined insight of some of the best minds in management, grouped together in the Advanced Institute of Management Research does just that. It presents a clear and crisp analysis of the context and the challenge; and offers managers a range of ideas on how to develop the competences, practices and values that can make a difference. It is essential reading for managers, managers to be, policy makers, analysts, and academics-who want to make a different future. The Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) develops UK-based world-class management research. AIM seeks to identify ways to enhance the competitiveness of the UK economy and its infrastructure through research into management and organizational performance in both the private and the public sectors. AIM Research has over 100 academics based in UK business schools, collaboratively working on research into the UK’s national competitiveness and public service management. The research focuses on three meta-level concepts that are particularly relevant to management practice, government policy, and academic expertise: UK Productivity and other measures of performance for the 21st century, innovation sustained in a competitive and social environment, Adaptation of promising practices in new settings.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gerry Johnson

Gerry Johnson is Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business in Glasgow. He has published a number of books and written numerous papers in the field of strategic management. Exploring Corporate Strategy, of which he is co-author, is the best-selling text on strategy in Europe and regularly appears in the Top 10 Business Books in the UK. He is a member of the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal and the Journal of Management Studies and a council member of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lynda Gratton

Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School where she directs the school's executive programme, 'Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Organisations'. She is author of a number of books including Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose and The Democratic Enterprise. He co-authored articles 'Integrating the Enterprise' won the Sloan Management Review best article of the year award, and her case of BP, the ECCH award for the best case of 2005.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rick Delbridge

Rick Delbridge is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Cardiff Business School. He is the author of Life on the Line in Contemporary Manufacturing (OUP) and Associate Editor of Organization. His co-authored paper 'Systems of exchange' was adjudged the Academy of Management Review Best Paper in 2005.

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Title
The Exceptional Manager: Making the Difference
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
0199292221
Length
xx+264p., Tables; Notes; Figures; Index; 24cm.
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