Fad Surfing in the Boardroom: Reclaiming the Courage to Manage in the Age of Instant Answers.
by Shapiro, Eileen C
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995. First edition of this comprehensive guide to strategy fads and effective management. Octavo, original navy blue half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jay, with best wishes, Eileen Shapiro." Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Also laid in is an inscribed business card tipped in, "This, written by our friend and former neighbor Dr. Albert Shapiro's daughter, Eileen Shapiro, should be a good read according to a very biased father! Bestis, Bud." Jacket design by Jean Seal. Jacket photograph by Jeff Divine. Author photograph by Mort Kaye Studios. "This well-written, easily read, hard-hitting critique of managerial fads is long overdue. Must reading for all managers but especially top leadership, it can save millions of dollars and much futile pain, and restore thoughtfulness to management decisions" (Dr. Harry Levinson, Chairman, The Levinson Institute).
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145205
- Title
- Fad Surfing in the Boardroom: Reclaiming the Courage to Manage in the Age of Instant Answers.
- Author
- Shapiro, Eileen C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Eileen C. Shapiro First Edition Signed, Fad Surfing in the Boardroom First Edition Signed
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