Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?

出版者:HarperCollins Publishers

作者:Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

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出版时间:2008

价格:0

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780007302956

具体描述

Who says elephants can't dance?: how i turned around ibm is the story of a turnaround of ibm, after it was close to shutting down in 1993. Close to its extinction, louis gerstner, the author of the book, was brought in. When people inside and outside the organization kept making assumptions of what would be the role of lou, he revived the entire firm with a new way of working. This book tells the story about the strong decisions he took and the strategies he followed to get ibm at the top-list again. Lou brought a realistic strategy to forget about the literary vision statements ibm was started with, as a quick healing policy was the need of the hour facing corporate fall. Ibm underwent transformation in its competitive strategy as well as overall culture after lou took on the management. He refreshed the leadership team and gave them a purpose. The book has content that serves as a rich material for case-study and leadership principles. He has shared his journey with a message to the readers about what he feels is important to achieve success. There have been facts in the history telling stories of companies that faced fall and extinction but ibm had been among the very few listed ones that managed to stand as market leaders all over again. This book is a motivational and narrative text by lou telling about what ibm was when he joined and how he took each step towards recreating it. Harpercollins published who says elephants can't dance?: how i turned around ibm in 2008 in paperback.

作者简介

Lou Gerstner, Jr., served as chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until March 2002, when he retired as CEO. He remained chairman of the board through the end of 2002. Before joining IBM, Mr. Gerstner served for four years as chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco, Inc. This was preceded by an eleven-year career at the American Express Company, where he was president of the parent company and chairman and CEO of its largest subsidiary. Prior to that, Mr. Gerstner was a director of the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Co., Inc. He received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

读后感

《谁说大象不能跳舞》总括 这是一本经典的书籍，一本为数不多的经典自传类书籍！值得几遍、几十遍的阅读。虽然我的第一次阅读我没有太多的感悟，这并不是因为书籍的经典程度和精彩程度不足，而是我的水平和视野不到，因为我还没有到达一定层次，没有真正深入思考更多的关于企业...  

最近在读《谁说大象不能跳舞》-IBM董事长郭士纳自传这本书，让我重新对管理也有了一个看法。 作为一名工程师，总是会有一种对技术的崇拜，觉得世界是被技术改变，各种伟大的技术推动了整个世界的发展。以蒸汽机为主要特征的第一次工业革命、以电力电动机为主要特征的第二次工...

最近在读同事借给我的老书《谁说大象不能跳舞？》，作者是IBM的CEO郭士纳，主题是变革，感同身受。让一家有着辉煌历史的公司重现活力是件很困难的事情，事实上让任何一个组织充满活力都不是很容易的事情，谁说小象就一定能跳舞？年轻的冲动更容易被官僚的体制或者自以为是...  

最近在读《谁说大象不能跳舞》-IBM董事长郭士纳自传这本书，让我重新对管理也有了一个看法。 作为一名工程师，总是会有一种对技术的崇拜，觉得世界是被技术改变，各种伟大的技术推动了整个世界的发展。以蒸汽机为主要特征的第一次工业革命、以电力电动机为主要特征的第二次工...

“这不是大象能否战胜蚂蚁的问题，这是一只大象能否跳舞的问题。如果大象能够跳舞，那么蚂蚁就必须离开舞台”。这句铿锵有力的话，给我的印象很深。让我把它写在这里。 坦率地说，这本书我读得很累。在很多次，他都变成了我催眠的良好工具（甚至比英语书还好）。读到一半的时候...