The Financial Times Handbook of Management

The State of the Art

Stuart Crainer

Publisher: Pitman Publishing, 1995, 1184 pages

ISBN: 0-273-60694-8

Keywords: Management

Last modified: July 29, 2021, 4:18 p.m.

Management is the art of the moment. It is not a static art. It is more dynamic, challenging and complex than ever before. For millions of managers across the world it is a constant source of excitement, learning and achievement.

There is no one secret of management, but for once there are more answers than questions. The Financial Times Handbook of Management is the most ambitious, comprehensive and authorative management solution ever published.

This Handbook brings together the latest management thinking from the best in the world — Pascale, Moss-Kanter, Mintzberg, Hamel, Semler and more.

There is no better solution to your management questions: there is no better source of ideas.

    • Foreword: Managing Out of Bonds
      Gary Hamel
    • Introduction
      Stuart Crainer
  • Part 1: Foundations of Management
    • The Changing Nature of Organizations
      • Overview
        Christopher Lorenz
      • International Practice: Asea Brown Boveri
      • Thinkers: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
      • Managing Change
        Ian Cunningham
      • Thinkers: Tom Peters
      • Building the Entrepreneurial Corporation
        Sumantra Ghoshal and Christopher A. Bartlett
    • The Changing Nature of Managerial Work
      • Overview
        David W. Birchall
      • Thinkers: Henri Fayol
      • The Virtual Organization
        Laurence S. Lyons
      • Thinkers: Charles Handy
    • Leadership
      • Overview
        Stuart Crainer
      • Thinkers: Warren Bennis
      • The Work of the Leader
        Donald L. Laurie
      • International Practice: British Petroleum
    • Strategic Management
      • Overview
        Costas Markides
      • Thinkers: Igor Ansoff
      • Mission, Vision and Strategy Development
        Andrew Campbell
      • Corporate Value Creation: implementing value-based management
        Neil Monnery, Thomas Lewis and Eric Olsen
      • Creativity in the Search for Strategy
        Simon Majaro
      • The Role of Project Management in Implementing Strategy
        Eddie Obeng
    • Quality and Beyond
      • Overview
        Tom Dickson
      • Thinkers: W. Edwards Deming
      • Total Quality
        Owen Bull
      • Customer Service
        Brian Moores
    • Re-engineering
      • Overview
        Stuart Crainer and Eddie Obeng
      • Thinkers: F. W. Taylor
      • Re-engineering in Practice
        Colin J. Coulson-Thomas
    • Human Resource Management
      • Overview
        Shaun Tyson
      • Thinkers: Richard Pascale
      • Recruitment and Selection
        Elisabeth Hartley and Patricia Marshall
      • Appraisal
        Brian Watling
      • Managing High-Fliers
        Philip Sadler
      • Women in Management
        Valerie Hammond
      • Reward and Remuneration
        Doug Crawford and Vicky Wright
      • Career Management
        Peter Herriot and Carole Pemberton
      • Creating High Performance Work Organizations
        Edward E. Lawler
      • Empowerment
        D. Quinn Mills and G. Bruce Friesen
      • International Practice: Semco
    • Making the Organzation Work
      • Overview
        Stuart Crainer
      • Manufacturing Strategy
        Jay S. Kim
      • Logistics Management
        Douglas Macbeth
      • Outsourcing
        Hilary Cropper
      • Building Customer-Supplier Relationships
        Kenneth Cherrett
      • Research and Development as a Business Resource
        Michael Kenward
      • Managing Marketing
        Robert Smith
      • Managing a Salesforce
        Ken Langdon
      • Design Management
        Raymond Turner
      • Managing Corporate Identity
        Terry Tyrrell
    • Education, Development and Training
      • Overview
        Theresa Bernett
      • The Role of Business Schools
        Arnoud de Meyer
      • Top Management Development
        Robert Sharrock
      • Evaluating Training Effectiveness: The Stakeholder Model
        Mark Easterby-Smith
      • Outdoor Management Development
        Nicola Phillips
  • Part 2: Management Tools and Techniques
    • Managing the Management Tools
      • Overview
        Darrell K. Rigby and Crawford S. Gillies
      • Thinkers: Henry Mintzberg
    • Financial Management
      • Overview
        Steve Robinson
      • Management Accounting
        Sydney Howell
      • Managing the Finance Function
        Charles Colman
      • Managing Long-term Investment Decisions
        Eddie McLaney
      • Managing Financial Risk
        John Heptonstall
    • Marketing
      • Overview
        Patrick Barwise
      • Brand Management
        Chris Styles and Tim Ambler
      • International Practice: Anheuser-Busch
      • The Europeanization of brands: beyond the global/local dichotomy
        Jean-Noël Kapferer
      • Relationship Marketing Strategy
        Adrian Payne
      • Database Marketing
        Patrick Forsyth
      • Competitor Analysis and Benchmarking
        Tony Bendell and Roger Penson
    • Utilizing Technology
      • Overview
        Chris Yapp
      • IT Management
        Veronica Janas
      • Multimedia
        Peter Chatterton
    • Learning
      • Overview
        Jane Cranwell-Ward
      • Thinkers: Chris Argyris
      • The Learning Organization
        Phil Hodgson
      • Self-Managed Learning
        Andrew Constable
      • Coaching and Mentoring
        Joanna Howard
      • Project-based Learning
        Bob Dodds and Bryan Smith
      • Using Consultants
        Mark Pinder and Stuart McAdam
    • Communication
      • Overview
        Heinz Goldmann
      • Communicating with Employees
        Brenda McAll
      • Internal Marketing
        Kevin Thomson
      • Negotiating
        Jane Hodgson
      • Networking
        Vivien Whitaker
      • Managing International Public Relations
        John Graham
      • Government and Parliamentary Relations
        Patrick Law
      • Teamworking
        Graeme Leith
      • Crisis Management
        Lex van Gunsteren
  • Part 3: Managing Internationally
    • The Transformation of the International Economy
      • Overview
        Bruce McKern
      • Achieving Global Competitiveness
        Hans Wüthrich
      • Thinkers: Michael Porter
      • Cultural Factors of International Management
        Fons Trompenaars
      • Identifying and Developing International Management Competence
        Kevin Barham and Claudia Heimer
      • Training the International Manager
        Bruno Dufour
      • Managing the Global Company from the Centre
        Robin Buchanan and Richard Sands
      • Managing the Global Company
        Paul Evans
      • The Evolution of Mergers and Acquisitions in Europe
        Didier Pène
      • International Joint Ventures
        Peter Lorange
      • Japanese Management
        Jacques Gravereau
  • Part 4: New Elements in Management
    • The Third Industrial Revolution
      • Overview
        Tom Cannon
      • Thinkers: Peter Drucker
      • Public Service Management
        Catherine Fitzmaurice
      • Managing the Small Business
        Panikkos Poutziouris
    • Corporate Responsibility
      • Overview
        Peter Spooner
      • The Role of Ethics in Contemporary Management
        Thomas Kerr
      • International Practice: Levi Strauss & Co
      • Company, Community and Competitive Advantage
        David Grayson
      • Managing the Environment
        Kit Sadgrove
    • Corporate Governance
      • Overview
        Nigel N. Graham Maw
      • The Role of Non-Executive Directors in Corporate Governance
        Adrian Cadbury
      • Creating an Effective Board
        Colin J. Coulson-Thomas
  • Part 5: Glossary

Reviews

The Financial Times Handbook of Management

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

Very Good ******** (8 out of 10)

Last modified: Oct. 30, 2009, 3:41 p.m.

Everything you wanted to know about management and then some.

The second and third editions of this book seems to be a lot smaller, why?

Anyway, a very good overview of the art of management writers.

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