Strategy & Management

Magazine articles on business strategy, management and leadership.

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Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 John Kador	Cultures In Conflict When Schwab's then CEO David Pottruck decided to purchase U.S. Trust to help service clients, he probably did not give enough consideration to the intangibles involved -- like customer loyalty, corporate culture and historical identity.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Anne Field	Quirks Beget Perks Creative thinking can mean the difference between average and superior performance in a number of industries, and the brokerage biz certainly is one of them.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Manufacturers Like Us When asked to identify the focus of their market strategy, Chinese manufacturers listed "high quality" first, followed by innovation, service and support, and low cost. For U.S. manufacturers, innovation straggled in a distant seventh.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen	The Worri$ome Weight Of Wall Street Does the pressure from stock analysts for manufacturers to "make the numbers" hinder workforce development? Yes and no. But publicly traded or not, companies cannot afford to ignore investing in their employees.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2004 Rich Smith	Toyota Taken to Task? The Washington Post gives the automaker a bruise by spotlighting "perma-temp" hiring practices. The phenomenon may save corporations money in the short term, but as an investor, it's also worth considering the side effects.
HBS Working Knowledge October 11, 2004 Martha Lagace	Four Ways to Create Lasting Change Managers and employees often dismiss change initiatives as the new flavor of the month. In this Q&A, Professor Michael A. Roberto and Senior Researcher Lynne C. Levesque discuss new techniques to make change stick.
HBS Working Knowledge October 11, 2004 Martha Lagace	When to Play Hardball No more Mr. Nice Guy in business. That's the message of a new book, Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win? Here is a co-author Q&A and book excerpt.
HBS Working Knowledge October 11, 2004 Robert Cialdini	What Lovers Tell Us About Persuasion Expect resistance to your new proposal? One powerful way to persuade others is plucked from the language of romance.
Job Journal October 10, 2004 Bob Rosner	Working Wounded: ABC's of Insubordination At what point does bad behavior become insubordination? The answer may be found in a series of questions.
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Diane Brady	Change Happens. Act Now The new book, "Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right," by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan cannily addresses the pressure on managers to train a microscope on their business models.
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