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Powerhouse : insider accounts into the world's top high performance organizations / Brian MacNeice and James Bowen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Philadelphia Kogan Page 2016Description: xvi, 262 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780749478315 (pbk.) :
  • 9780749478315 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658 MAC
LOC classification:
  • BF637.S8 .M3425 2016
Contents:
1.Introduction -- 2.Grameen Bank: The bank of the villages -- 3.Me�decins Sans Frontie�res: Te�moignage - bearing witness to conflict and disaster -- 4.Southwest Airlines: Without a heart, it\'s just a machine -- 5.US Marine Corps: Semper fidelis - always faithful -- Curtis Institute of Music -- 7.The Finnish state school education system: candles of the nation -- 8.Tata Group: Nation builders -- 9.St. Louis Cardinals: The birds on the bat -- 10.Inside the Mariinsky - the Kirov -- 11.New Zealand rugby: better people make better All Blacks -- 12.Mayo Clinic: The three shields of health -- 13.Toyota Motor Corporation: everybody wins -- 14.Conclusion: becoming a performance powerhouse.
Summary: A provocative and inspiring insight into how the best institutions in the world lead their fields - explaining why they are the best and how any organisation can follow their example to deliver long-lasting, outstanding performance.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 658 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 223304

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction -- 2.Grameen Bank: The bank of the villages -- 3.Me�decins Sans Frontie�res: Te�moignage - bearing witness to conflict and disaster -- 4.Southwest Airlines: Without a heart, it\'s just a machine -- 5.US Marine Corps: Semper fidelis - always faithful -- Curtis Institute of Music -- 7.The Finnish state school education system: candles of the nation -- 8.Tata Group: Nation builders -- 9.St. Louis Cardinals: The birds on the bat -- 10.Inside the Mariinsky - the Kirov -- 11.New Zealand rugby: better people make better All Blacks -- 12.Mayo Clinic: The three shields of health -- 13.Toyota Motor Corporation: everybody wins -- 14.Conclusion: becoming a performance powerhouse.

A provocative and inspiring insight into how the best institutions in the world lead their fields - explaining why they are the best and how any organisation can follow their example to deliver long-lasting, outstanding performance.

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