Summary
"After the last set of business scandals and financial busts, many powerful interests and many influential people are asking questions about doing more with less, from governments to multinational corporations; they are seeking this realignment in hopes of regaining their balance. Doing More with Le... Full description
Summary: |
"After the last set of business scandals and financial busts, many powerful interests and many influential people are asking questions about doing more with less, from governments to multinational corporations; they are seeking this realignment in hopes of regaining their balance. Doing More with Less is an actionable call to arms, with global insights--that are of immediate application to professionals in any industry--into new ways to better align money, people, and rules.Author, Bruce Piaceski, convincingly lays out the case for a return to frugality, providing relevant examples from his thirty years of experience as a management consultant and change agent. Piaceski deftly explains how this approach to competition is relevant, and provides readers with the framework to look at what's next without tottering toward failure"-- |
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Item Description: |
Includes index. |
Physical Description: |
180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781118172155 (hardback : acid-free paper) 1118172159 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
Author Notes: |
Piasecki is the author or co-author of Doing More with Less: The New Way to Wealth (2012), The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World (2009), World Inc. (2007), Environmental Management & Business Strategy: Leadership Skills for the 21st Century (1998), Corporate Environmental Strategy: The Avalanche of Change Since Bhopal (1995), In Search of Environmental Excellence: Moving Beyond Blame (1990), America's Future in Toxic Waste Management (1988), and Beyond Dumping (1984). Piasecki has taught at Cornell University, Clarkson University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, becoming a tenured faculty member and then a director of a master of science graduate program. He holds a PhD and bachelor's degree from Cornell University, where he was a Cornell National Scholar Award winner. (Bowker Author Biography) |