Why are there so many gaps between what firms know they should do and what they actually do? Why do so many companies fail to implement the experience and insight they've worked so hard to acquire? The Knowing-Doing Gap is the first book to confront the challenge of turning knowledge about how to improve performance into actions that produce measurable results. Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton, well-known authors and teachers, identify the causes of the knowing-doing gap and explain how to...
The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all—but, instead, flawed knowledge based on “best practices” that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are...
"See raamat räägib väljakutsest, mis seisab iga firma, iga projekti ja iga algatuse ees, mille siht on kasvada suuremaks. Kuidas jõuda üha kiiremini ja üha kaugemale ning toimida aina tõhusamalt sedamööda, kuidas jalajälg suureneb?Autorid jagavad oma pikaaegseid kogemusi, kuidas parimad juhid ja meeskonnad oma töötajates õiget suhtumist arendavad, levitavad ja hoiavad ega lase veega alla minna sellel, mis on seni edu taganud. Nad lahkavad põhimõtteid, mis aitavad suurepärasust kaskaadina...
