基本信息·出版社：The Perseus Books Group ·页码：256 页 ·出版日期：2002年11月 ·ISBN：0738207918 ·条形码：9780738207919 ·版本：第1版 ·装帧 ...
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基本信息·出版社：The Perseus Books Group
·页码：256 页
·出版日期：2002年11月
·ISBN：0738207918
·条形码：9780738207919
·版本：第1版
·装帧：精装
·开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet
·外文书名：商场是战场
内容简介 In the tradition of best sellers such as The Goal and Fish, The System delivers not only a great read but also powerful and inspiring ideas that will help you and your business thrive in a world of intense competition. Set in the high-stakes world of global business, The System is a fast-paced thriller that takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of cutting-edge business developments, corporate espionage, and ruthless takeovers, where the last man standing may just be the one to get away with murder.Tim Hunt and David Atkinson are on the brink of a business breakthrough that promises to save David's lumbering old-economy behemoth, Quenetics-and put the company way ahead of its competitors by applying Tim's revolutionary (and top-secret) intelligent agent technology. But as rumors of their "killer app" begin to spread, they become the target of a cunning rival, who will stop at nothing to thwart their plans. As the pressure mounts to fend off an impending shareholder mutiny, Tim and David wonder who is behind the sinister plot that threatens much more than the business.As entertaining as it is informative, this page-turner delivers a powerful new approach to achieving-and sustaining.
Amazon.com
The System is a truly original business book. Neither a traditional corporate novel nor one of the light-on-plot management fables currently all the rage, it mixes the soul of the first with the heart of the second to create an engaging tale that pointedly champions a series of practical principles. Its story begins on a Caribbean scuba-diving expedition when Tim Hunt and David Atkinson come close to death after being surreptitiously given contaminated air tanks. To trap the would-be assassin, and simultaneously save Atkinson's Boston-based company from what appears to be a related hostile takeover, the two team up to allow successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur Hunt to incorporate his personal fundamentals--dubbed Focus, Fortify, and Foster Futurity--into the old family-controlled firm. At various junctures they are developed in the context of Atkinson's business, while the story additionally focuses on ancillary topics such as ethics, infighting, and the various possibilities technology can bring to even old-line industries like temporary staffing. The writing is a bit clunky at times and occasionally given to clichés, but Waghorn and Blanchard have nonetheless produced a readable tome packed with advice worthy of consideration by today's business leaders.
--Howard Rothman
From Publishers Weekly
KPMG strategist Waghorn blends business advice with a fictional account of corporate intrigue to create a "management novel," but his merger of fact and fiction is only partially successful. Essentially all his business points are found at the beginning and end of the book, by way of speeches delivered by one Tim Hunt, one of two main characters. His advice boils down to three main ideas: focus, fortify and foster futurity. But Waghorn's attempt to illustrate practical applications of these concepts is muddled. To counter a falling stock price and the prospect of a hostile takeover, David Atkinson, owner of the fictional company Quenetics, takes Hunt's advice and sheds two of his company's three businesses to focus on his temporary service division. While that's a plausible scenario, Waghorn overreaches when he introduces a series of technological innovations that Hunt's company just happens to be developing, which, if integrated into Quenetics's existing business, would revolutionize the workplace … la Microsoft in the 1980s and '90s. Unfortunately, such breakthroughs don't come along every day, making Waghorn's story more of a fairy tale than a fable. In the end, Waghorn (co-author, with Ken Blanchard, of 1996's Mission Possible) breaks little new management ground. And while his story is a passable thriller, it's not giving away too much to say that Hunt and Atkinson live happily ever after.
Book Dimension
Height (mm) 210 Width (mm) 140
作者简介 Terry Waghorn serves as a thought leader on business strategy and corporate renewal for KPMG, the global accounting and professional services firm. Co-author, with Ken Blanchard, of the international best seller, Mission Possible, he lives in Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
Terry Waghorn serves as a thought leader on business strategy and corporate renewal for KPMG, the global accounting and professional services firm. Co-author, with Ken Blanchard, of the international best seller, Mission Possible, he lives in Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
媒体推荐 "[Waghorn] manages to both entertain and inform...A lively read that makes the process of absorbing new business knowledge practically painless." --
Dallas Morning News, 11/10/02
