(Avis), Robert Townsend (1970).
Up the Organization (How
To Stop
the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits).
(New York, NY: Knopf, 202 p.). CEO of Avis-Rent-A-Car (1962-1965).
Management.
(Avis), Robert Townsend (1984).
Further Up the Organization/How
Groups of People Working Together for a Common Purpose Ought to Conduct
Themselves for Fun and Profit. (New York, NY: Knopf, 254 p.).
CEO of Avis-Rent-A-Car (1962-1965). Management; Organization.
(Avon Products), Sonny Kleinfield (1986).
Staying at the Top: The
Life of a CEO. (New York, NY: New American Library, 298 p.).
Waldron, Hicks; Avon Products, inc.; Directors of corporations--United
States--Biography; Chief executive officers--United States--Biography.
(Bell & Howell), William J. White (2005).
From Day One: Success Secrets for Starting Your Career. (Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 240 p.). Professor at the McCormick
School of Engineering and Applied Science (Northwestern University);
Former CEO, Bell & Howell. Career development; Vocational guidance;
Success in business. Key skills that lead to
success; find your passion and your mentor.
(British Leyland), Michael Edwardes
(1983).
Back from the Brink: An Apocalyptic Experience. (London, UK:
Collins, 301 p.). Chairman of BL. Edwardes, Michael, 1930- ; BL Public
Limited Company; Automobile industry and trade--Great
Britain--Management; Automobile industry and trade--Government
policy--Great Britain. Author's
five years as chairman of BL from 1977-1982.
(Chrysler), Walter P. Chrysler in collaboration with Boyden Sparkes
(1950).
Life of an American Workman. (New York, NY: Dodd, Mead,
219 p.). Chrysler, Walter Percy, 1875-1940; Industrialists--United
States--Biography; Automobile industry and trade--United
States--History.
(Chrysler), Lee A. Iacocca with William Novak (1984).
Iacocca: An
Autobiography. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 352 p.). Former
Chairman, Chrysler Corp. of America. Iacocca, Lee A.; Automobile
industry and trade--United States--Biography; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography.
(Chrysler), Lee A. Iacocca with Sonny Kleinfield (1988).
Talking
Straight. (New York, NY: Bantam, 324 p.). Former Chairman, Chrysler
Corp. of America. Iacocca, Lee A.--Philosophy;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
(Citibank), George S. Moore (1986).
The Banker's Life. (New
York, NY: Norton, 328 p.). Retired Chairman, Citibank. Moore, George S. (George Stevens), 1905-2000;
Bankers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
(Citibank), Walter B. Wriston (1986).
Risk & Other Four-Letter
Words. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 243 p.). Money; Banks and
banking; International economic relations; Risk; United States--Economic
policy.
(Daewoo Group) Woo-Choong Kim (1992).
Every Street Is Paved With Gold.
(New York, NY: Morrow, 254 p.). Founder and CEO of Daewoo. Daewoo Group, Industrial Management,
Success in Business.
(The Equitable Companies, Inc.) Richard H. Jenrette (1997).
The Contrarian Manager. (New
York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 174 p.). Former Chairman and CEO of The
Equitable Companies, Inc. Management; Success in business.
(John Fairfax Holdings Limited), Fred
Hilmer and Barbara Drury (2007).
The Fairfax Experience: What the Management Texts Didn’t Teach Me.
(Milton, Qld, AU: Wiley, 188 p.). Former CEO of Fairfax from 1998
to 2005, Former Dean and Director of the Australian Graduate
School of Management (AGSM). Hilmer, Frederick G.; John Fairfax
and Sons--Management; Newspaper publishing--Australia--Management;
Organizational change--Management. Author restored health of
flagging newspaper, publishing empire, built digital platform; discusses his time at Fairfax -
mistakes and what he learned from them, negatives of change
management, how he made tough decisions while coping with fall
out; shows how theory can fall short in industry dominated by
strong personalities, family empires, legislative reform, media
spotlight.
(Ford), Henry Ford ; in collaboration with Samuel Crowther (1926).
My Life and Work. (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., 289 p.).
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.; Businessmen--United States--Biography.
(Ford), Henry Ford in collaboration with Samuel Crowther (1988).
Today and Tomorrow. (Cambridge, MA: Productivity Press, 286 p.
(Reprint 1926 ed.)). Ford Motor Company; Industrial management.
(GM), Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., in collaboration with Boyden Sparkes
(1970).
Adventures of a White-Collar Man. (Freeport, NY: Books
for Libraries Press, 208 p. (Reprint 1941 ed.)). General Motors
Corporation.
(GM), Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Edited by John McDonald, with Catharine
Stevens; with a new introduction by Peter F. Drucker (1990).
My Years
at General Motors. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 472 p. [orig. pub.
1964]). Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; General Motors
Corporation--Management--History; Automobile industry and trade--United
States--Management--Case studies; Industrial management--United
States--Case studies.
(Hercules), Al Giacco (2003).
Maverick Management: Strategies for Success. (Newark, DE:
University of Delaware Press, 291 p.). Former CEO, Hercules. Giacco, Alexander F.; Hercules
Incorporated; Chief executive officers--United States--Biography;
Industrial management--United States.
(Honeywell), Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan ; with Charles Burck (2002).
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. (New York, NY:
Crown Business, p.). CEO (Honeywell); Former CEO (Allied Signal), Former
Vice Chairman (General Electric). Management; Performance; Achievement
motivation.
(Honeywell), Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan with Charles Burck (2004).
Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters To Get Things Right. (New
York, NY: Crown, 264 p.). Former CEO, Honeywell; Former CEO, Allied
Signal. Organizational change; Success in business; Realism.
(IBM), Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (2002).
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround.
(New York, NY: HarperCollins, 372 p. p). Chairman, CEO of IBM (April
1993 - March 2002).
International Business Machines Corporation--Management; International
Business Machines Corporation--History; Computer industry--United
States--History; Electronic office machines industry--United
States--History; Corporate turnarounds--United States--Case studies.
IBM's competitive, cultural transformation; only
company to been at pinnacle of an industry, fallen to near collapse,
returned to set the agenda.
(Lockheed Martin), Norman R. Augustine (1998).
Augustine's
Travels: A World-Class Leader Looks at Life, Business, and What It
Takes To Succeed at Both. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 262 p.).
Chairman, CEO, Lockheed Martin. Management; Leadership; Chief
executive officers; Success in business.
(Marshall Industries), Robert Rodin with Curtis Hartman (1999).
Free, Perfect, and Now: Connecting to the Three Insatiable Customer
Demands: A CEO's True Story. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 254
p.). CEO, Marshall Industries. Customer services--United States;
Consumer satisfaction--United States; Customer relations--United
States.
(Parenting Magazine), Robin Wolaner (2005).
Naked in the Boardroom: A CEO Bares Her Secrets So You Can Transform
Your Career. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 207 p.). Founder
Parenting Magazine. Women executives--United States; Women chief
executive officers--Training of--United States; Women
executives--Training of--United States; Industrial
management--Vocational guidance--United States; Career
development--United States.
(Procter & Gamble), A.G. Lafley & Ram Charan (2008).
The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with
Innovation. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 336 p.). chairman and
CEO of P&G;. Procter & Gamble Company; Leadership; Management; Creative
ability in business; Organizational effectiveness; Corporations --
Growth. Procter & Gamble has tripled profits;
significantly improved organic revenue growth, cash flow, operating
margins, averaged earnings per share growth of 12%, integrated
innovation, created new customers, new markets; how P&G,
companies such as Honeywell, Nokia, LEGO, GE, HP, DuPont have become
game-changers.
(Southwest Airlines)
Howard D. Putnam with Gene Busnar (1991).
The Winds of Turbulence:
A CEO's Reflections on Surviving and Thriving on the Cutting Edge of
Corporate Crisis. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 227 p.).
Former CEO, Southwest
Airlines.
Putnam,
Howard D., 1937- ; United Air Lines, inc.--Management; Braniff
Airways--Management; Southwest Airlines Co.--Management;
Airlines--United States--Management; Chief executive officers--United
States.
(Succession), Richard F. Vancil; foreword by Alonzo L. McDonald
(1987).
Passing the Baton: Managing the Process of CEO Succession.
(Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 318 p.). Executive
succession--United States; Directors of corporations--United States;
Industrial management--United States.
(Succession), Jeffrey Sonnenfeld (1988).
The Hero's Farewell: What
Happens When CEOs Retire. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
324 p.). Chief executive officers--Retirement--United States; Executive
succession--United States.
(Succession), Dennis C. Carey, Dayton Ogden; with Judith A. Roland
(2000).
CEO Succession:
A Window on How Boards Can Get It Right When Choosing a New Chief
Executive. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
205 p.). Executive succession--United States; Directors of
corporations--United States; Industrial management--United States.
(Succession), Joseph L. Bower (2007).
The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession
Planning. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 272 p.).
Professor of Business Administration, Chair of the Corporate Leader
program at Harvard Business School. Executive succession--United
States; Directors of corporations--United States; Industrial
management--United States. Inside-outsiders:
leaders who view role through lens of someone who just bought company,
unencumbered by cognitive, emotional baggage that comes from long
tenure in organization, distinguishing attributes; how to recruit,
nurture, promote this special type of leader.
(Sylvania), Don G. Mitchell (1970).
Top Man; Reflections of a
Chief Executive. (New York, NY: American Management Association,
192 p.). Industrial management.
(Tenneco) Dana G. Mead with Thomas C. Hayes (2000).
High Standards, Hard
Choices: A CEO's Journey of Courage, Risk and Change. (New York,
NY: Wiley, 231 p.). Executives; Chief executive officers; Leadership;
Competition, International.
(Tires Plus Stores) Tom Gegax (1999).
Winning in the Game of Life : Self Coaching
Secrets for Success. (New York, NY: Harmony Books.
Self-Actualization, Success. Co-founder of $160 million (1998) tire
chain (150 stores in mid-west).
(Toro), Ken Melrose; foreword by Stephen R. Covey (1995).
Making the Grass Greener on Your Side: A CEO's Journey to Leading by
Serving. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 239 p.). CEO
(Toro Company). Chief executive officers; Leadership; Industrial
management.
(UAL) Gerald Greenwald; with Charles Madigan (2001).
Lessons from the
Heart of American Business: A Roadmap for Managers in the 21st
Century. (New York, NY: Warner Books. Retired Chairman and CEO
UAL Corporation. Management--United States.
(Virgin Atlantic), Richard Branson (1998).
Losing My Virginity:
The Autobiography. (London, UK: Virgin Pub., 488 p.). Founder,
Virgin Atlantic Airways. Branson, Richard; Virgin Group;
Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography; Airlines; Music trade.
(Wendy's), Dave Thomas with Ron Beyma (1994).
Dave Says-- Well
Done!: The Common Guy's Guide to Everyday Success. (Grand Rapids,
MI: Zondervan Pub. House, 224 p.). Founder, Wendy's International.
Thomas, R. David, 1932- ; Success; Success in business.
(YPO), Pat McNees (2000).
YPO: The First Fifty Years. (Wilmington, OH: Orange Frazer
Press, 209 p.). Young Presidents' Organization (U.S.)--History;
Executives--United States--Societies, etc.--History.
Hugh Aaron (1993).
Business not as Usual: How To Win Managing a
Company through Hard and Easy Times. (Cushing, ME: Stones Point
Press, 238 p.). Former CEO (plastics materials business). Aaron, Hugh;
Industrial management--Case studies; Chief executive officers--United
States--Biography; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
Jose Luis Alvarez, Silviya Svejenova (2005).
Sharing Executive Power: Roles and Relationships at the Top.
(New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 290 p.). Professor of General
Management (Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid); Assistant
Professor of Strategy (ESADE Business School in Barcelona). Corporate
governance; Chief executive officers; Directors of corporations;
Decision making; Leadership. Leadership phenomenon of
shared leadership; rules, politics and trust.
Isadore Barmash (1978).
The Chief Executives. (Philadelphia,
PA: Lippincott, 255 p.). Executives--United States.
Chester Burger; foreword by John D. deButts (1978).
The Chief
Executive: Realities of Corporate Leadership. (Boston, MA: CBI,
208 p.). Executives--United States.
Christopher Byron (2004).
Testosterone Inc : Tales of CEOs Gone
Wild. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 416 p.). Business Columnist (New York
Post). Welch, Jack, 1935- ; General Electric Company--Management; Chief
executive officers--United States--Case studies.
Ed. G. William Dauphinais and Colin Price (1998).
Straight from
the CEO: The World's Top Business Leaders Reveal Ideas That Every
Manager Can Use. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 318 p.).
Executives--United States; Chief executive officers--United States;
Industrial management--United States; Corporations--United States;
Success in business--United States.
G. William Dauphinais, Grady Means and Colin Price (2000).
Wisdom
of the CEO: 29 Global Leaders Tackle Today's Most Pressing Business
Challenges. (New York, NY: Wiley. Chief executive officers;
Industrial management--Case studies.
Gordon Donaldson, Jay W. Lorsch (1983).
Decision Making at the
Top: The Shaping of Strategic Direction. (New York, NY: BasicBooks,
208 p.). : Decision-making; Industrial management--United States.
David L. Dotlich and Peter C. Cairo (2003).
Why CEOs Fail: The
11 Behaviors That Can Derail Your Climb to the Top-and How To Manage
Them. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 176 p.). Former Executive
Vice President (Honeywell, Groupe Bul); lPartner (CDR International).
Leadership; Chief executive officers; Executive ability;
Organizational effectiveness.
Osborn Elliott (1959).
Men at the Top. (New York, NY:
Harper, 246 p.). Executives--United States.
Juan Antonio Fernandez, Laurie Underwood (2006).
China CEO: Voices of Experience from 20 International Business Leaders.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 250 p.). Professor of Management (China Europe
International Business School); American Chamber of Commerce (Shanghai).
Business enterprises, Foreign--Government policy--China; Investments,
Foreign--China; China--Economic conditions--2000-; China--Commercial
policy; China--Foreign economic relations.
Interviews
with 20 top executives of China operations, eight consultants based in
China.
J. Benjamin Forbes and James E. Piercy (1991).
Corporate Mobility
and Paths to the Top: Studies for Human Resource and Management
Development Specialists. (New York, NY: Quorum Books, 208 p.). Chief
executive officers--United States; Executives--United States; Career
development--United States.
Leslie Gaines-Ross (2002).
CEO Capital: A Guide to Building CEO Reputation and Company Success.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 266 p.). Chief Knowledge and Research Officer at
Burson-Marsteller,. Chief executive officers--Conduct of life;
Corporate image; Executive ability.
Jeffrey E. Garten (2001).
The Mind of the CEO. (New York,
NY: Basic Books, 309 p.). Dean, Yale School of Management. Executives;
Leadership; Management.
Gideon Haigh (2005).
Fat Cats: The Strange Cult of the CEO. (New York, NY:
Thunder’s Mouth Press, 154 p.). Chief executive officers.
Why we need him, why a man almost always holds
the position, what the CEO's actual duties are, why he is paid so much
more than the rest of the workforce.
Robert Heller (1989).
The Decision Makers: The Men and the
Million-Dollar Moves Behind Today's Great Corporate Success Stories.
(New York, NY: Dutton, 385 p.). Businessmen--Biography; Decision
making; Industrial management.
--- (1992).
The Super Chiefs: Today's Most Successful Chief
Executives and Their Winning Strategies for the 1990s. (New York,
NY: Dutton, 406 p.). Chief executive officers.
Leo Hindery (2005).
It Takes a CEO: Leading with Integrity. (New York, NY: Free Press,
208p.). Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners (private-equity firm),
Former President and CEO of AT&T Broadband, TCI, YES Network. Chief
executive officers--United States; Chief executive officers--United
States--Professional ethics; Corporations--Corrupt practices--United
States; Social responsibility of business--United States; Industrial
relations--United States. How CEOs should
"rescue the U.S. economy and its middle class."
Daniel J. Kadlec (1999).
Masters of the Universe: Winning
Strategies of America's Greatest Deal Makers. (New York, NY:
HarperBusiness, 282 p.). Businessmen--United States--Biography.
Kimio Kase, Francisco J. Sa´ez-Martinez, Herna´n Riquelme (2005).
Transformational CEOs: Leadership and Management Success in Japan.
(Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 196 p.). Professor of
General Management (IESE Business School, Spain); Professor of
Management (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain); Professor of
Marketing (RMIT University, Australia). Chief executive
officers--Japan; Leadership--Japan; Executive ability--Japan.
Two leadership
approaches emerge: 1) the Proto-Image (PIF) and 2) Profit-Arithmetic
(PA) .
Ivor Kenny (2001).
Leaders: Conversations with Irish Chief Executives. (Dublin,
IR: Oak Tree Press, 367 p.). Chief executive officers--Ireland--Case
studies; Leadership--Ireland--Case studies.
Rakesh Khurana (2002).
Searching for a Corporate Savior: The
Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 320 p.). Assistant Professor of Organizational
Behavior (Harvard Business School). Executives--Recruiting; Chief
executive officers; Executive succession.
Lester Korn (1988).
The Success Profile: A Leading Headhunter
Tells You How To Get to the Top. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster,
287 p.). Executive ability; Executives--Recruiting; Chief executive
officers--Recruiting; Success in business; Corporate culture.
Jeffrey A. Krames (2003).
What the Best CEOs Know: 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for
Transforming Any Business. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 250 p.).
Vice President and Publisher at McGraw-Hill. Chief executive
officers--United States--Case studies; Leadership--United States--Case
studies; Decision making--United States--Case studies;
Management--United States--Case studies; Organizational change--United
States--Case studies; Success in business--United States--Case studies.
David L. Kurtz, Louis E. Boone, C. Patrick Fleenor (1989). CEO:
Who Gets to the Top in America. (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State
University Press,, 204 p.). Chief executive officers--United States.
Harry Levinson and Stuart Rosenthal (1984).
CEO: Corporate
Leadership in Action. (New York, NY: BasicBooks, 308 p.).
Executives--United States--Biography; Leadership--United States--Case
studies.
J. Keith Louden (1977).
Managing at the Top: Roles and
Responsibilities of the Chief Executive. (New York, NY: Amacom,
159 p.). Executives.
Robert Mankoff (1987).
It's Lonely at the Top. (New York,
NY: Topper Books, 128 p.). Business--Caricatures and cartoons;
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin (1999).
Lessons from the Top:
In Search of America's Best Business Leaders. (New York, NY:
Doubleday. Collection of interviews with America's top 50 executives:
from Michael Eisner (Disney) to Howard Schultz (Starbucks).
Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin; with Paul B. Brown (2001).
Lessons from the Top: The 50 Most Successful Business Leaders in
America--and What You Can Learn from Them. (New York, NY:
Doubleday, 432 p.). Leadership; Executive ability; Success in
business; Management.
David Olive (2000).
No Guts, No Glory: How Canada's Greatest CEOs
Built Their Empires. (Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 326 p.).
Chief executive officers--Canada--Biography;
Businesspeople--Canada--Biography; Corporations--Canada--History--20th
century; Business enterprises--Canada--History--20th century; Success in
business--Canada.
Shrinivas Pandit (2005).
Exemplary CEOs: Insights on Organisational Transformation. (New
Delhi, IN: Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., 468 p.). Chief executive
officers--India--Interviews; Executive ability--India; Corporate
culture--India. Interviews with seven chief executive officers
about changing corporate culture of their
organizations.
Glenn Rifkin, Douglas Matthews (1999).
The CEO Chronicles: Lessons from the Top about Inspiration and
Leadership. (Los Angeles, CA: Knowledge Exchange, 297 p.). Chief
executive officers--Interviews.
Robert Rosen, et al. (2000).
Global Literacies: Lessons on
Business Leadership and National Cultures: A Landmark Study of CEOs from
28 Countries. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 409 p.). Chief
executive officers; Leadership; Management--Cross-cultural studies.
Robert L. Shook (1981).
The Chief Executive Officers: Men Who
Run Big Business in America. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 239 p.).
Executives--United States--Interviews.
Robert Slater (1999).
Jack
Welch and the Ge Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of
the Legendary CEO. (New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill, 328 p.). Jack Welch, General Electric Company,
Industrial Management
--- (1999).
Saving Big Blue: Leadership Lessons and Turnaround
Tactics of IBM's Lou Gerstner. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Louis
V. Gerstner, IBM, Computer Industry. In the early 1990s, IBM was in a
death spiral. Then along came Lou Gerstner. Robert Slater shows how
Gerstner reinvented IBM and put the company at the forefront of the
Internet phenomenon.
Signe M. Spencer, Tharuma Rajah, Gaurav Lahiri (2006).
Understanding the Indian CEO. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Response
Books, 260 p.). Senior Consultant, Haygroup. Chief Executive Officers;
Management--India. Key qualities, competencies
for making of successful CEO in Indian business environment.
--- (2007).
The Indian CEO: A Portrait of Excellence. (Thousand Oaks, CA:
Response Books, 264 p.). Senior Consultant, Haygroup. Chief executive
officers--India; Leadership--India. Key qualities
in making successful CEO in Indian business environment; key competencies necessary for Indian business leaders to
steer corporations in rapidly changing business and social
environments; most effective behaviors vis-à-vis most common
situations faced by these leaders; behaviors, characteristics of
Indian CEOs vis-à-vis their global counterparts.
George A. Steiner (1983). The New CEO. (New York, NY:
Macmillan, 133 p.). Chief executive officers--United States; Series:
Studies of the modern corporation.
Eve Tahmincioglu (2006).
From the Sandbox to the Corner Office: Lessons Learned on the Journey
to the Top. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 225 p.). Contributor to the
New York Times "The Boss" Column. Executives--Conduct of life;
Executives--Psychology; Success in business; Career development.
Lessons that inspired, shaped many top business
executives.
Lois Wyse (1970).
Mrs. Success; A Report. (Cleveland, OH: Garret Press, 326 p.).
Executives’ spouses. Interviews with wives of CEOs.
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