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SUP Business http://www.sup.org/rss/business.xml The latest titles from Stanford University Press en-us Copyright 2008 Stanford University Press webmaster@www.sup.org (Webmaster) Effective Human Resource Management: A Global Analysis Effective Human Resource Management: A Global Analysis Edward E. Lawler III and John W. Boudreau "Lawler and Boudreau continue to raise the bar on the HR Function. The combination of thoughtful research, rigorous analysis, and cutting insight provide the HR practitioner with all the evidence needed to affect real change."—Ravin Jesuthasan, Managing Director, Towers Watson "Are you concerned about the present and the future state of the HR profession and the HR function? This book is a valuable compendium of longitudinal data, and a wake-up call to professional associations, educators, and organizational decision makers everywhere."—Wayne F. Cascio, University of Colorado, Denver, and author of Managing Human Resources <center><a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=21446">To buy this book or view bibliographic details, click here.</a></center> Effective Human Resource Management is the Center for Effective Organizations' (CEO) sixth report of a fifteen-year study of HR management in today's organizations. The only long-term analysis of its kind, this book compares the findings from CEO's earlier studies to new data collected in 2010. Edward E. Lawler III and John W. Boudreau measure how HR management is changing, paying particular attention to what creates a successful HR function—one that contributes to a strategic partnership and overall organizational effectiveness. Moreover, the book identifies best practices in areas such as the design of the HR organization and HR metrics. It clearly points out how the HR function can and should change to meet the future demands of a global and dynamic labor market. For the first time, the study features comparisons between U.S.-based firms and companies in China, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and other European countries. With this new analysis, organizations can measure their HR organization against a worldwide sample, assessing their positioning in the global marketplace, while creating an international standard for HR management. Edward E. Lawler III is Distinguished Professor of Business and Founder and Director of the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. John Boudreau is Professor at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California and Research Director at the Center for Effective Organizations. http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=21446 http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=21446 Public No More: A New Path to Excellence for America’s Public Universities Public No More: A New Path to Excellence for America’s Public Universities Gary C. Fethke and Andrew J. Policano "Fethke and Policano do an excellent job of pinpointing the key issues in public higher education, and presenting strategic management solutions using lucid examples. Rigorous but not overly technical, this book has a timely message, not just for higher education, but for the analysis of any situation in which strategic choices must be made and change is eminent."—John Kraft, Dean and Professor, University of Florida "This book addresses a series of issues that are both relevant and critical for those attempting to understand the dynamics affecting public universities. It prepares university presidents, provosts, and all faculty leaders for the economic and intellectual decision issues that are arising on campuses across the country with increasing frequency. Public No More is also invaluable to public officials, who need to understand the impact of their choices on America's ability to provide the education that is essential to international competitiveness."—Joseph Alutto, Vice President and Provost, Ohio State University and Director, Nationwide Financial Services, M/I Homes, and United Retail Group <center><a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=21873">To buy this book or view bibliographic details, click here.</a></center> Public No More examines the rapidly changing environment within public higher education, explaining the many adjustments that universities can make to educate and compete in today's non-profit and growing for-profit arenas. The book offers a strategic framework for setting tuition; accommodating access; and determining quality, program scope, and operating efficiencies. It discusses university finances, the implications of internal cross subsidies, and the attractive aspects of alternative budgeting models. The authors also examine the governance structures that lead legislators, regents, administrators, and faculty to believe they each have the right to decide key issues. Since their multiple perspectives lead to conflict, the text provides recommendations to achieve better outcomes. Ultimately, "public no more" universities must have clear visions, streamlined governance structures, condensed scope, a more entrepreneurial approach, and a reduced sense of dependency and entitlement. Throughout the book, readers will find explanations for needed changes and real-world examples that illustrate successful and unsuccessful adoptions of the authors' proposals. Gary Fethke served as a university administrator for over twenty-five years, as Dean of the Business School and Interim President at the University of Iowa. He is the Leonard A. Hadley Professor of Leadership in the Tippie College of Business. Andrew Policano is Professor of Economics and Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. He is widely recognized for his innovative leadership, which spans twenty-two years in three deanships. http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=21873 http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=21873 Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms Abbie Griffin, Raymond L. Price, and Bruce A. Vojak "Written by three undisputed experts in product innovation and management, this book is extremely well researched and executed. It presents a model that perfectly complements our traditional understanding of product innovation. In Serial Innovators managers will find a refreshing perspective and clear guidance on how to locate, reward, and retain serial innovators within their organization."—Anthony Di Benedetto, Temple University "This book is fascinating. The concept of the serial innovator, distinct from the serial inventor or serial entrepreneur, is important. Serial innovators are a rare breed and we need to learn more about them. This book provides a first look into their nature and how to manage them. It will be extremely useful for readers who think about and work on breakthrough innovation in established companies—and who struggle with how to do it better."—Ginna C. O'Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and author of Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breatkthough Innovation <center><a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=18763">To buy this book or view bibliographic details, click here.</a></center> Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms zeros in on the cutting-edge thinkers who repeatedly create and deliver breakthrough innovations and new products in large, mature organizations. These employees are organizational powerhouses who solve consumer problems and substantially contribute to the financial value to their firms. In this pioneering study, authors Abbie Griffin, Raymond L. Price, and Bruce A. Vojak detail who these serial innovators are and how they develop novel products, ranging from salt-free seasonings to improved electronics in companies such as Alberto Culver, Hewlett-Packard, and Procter & Gamble. Based on interviews with over 50 serial innovators and an even larger pool of their co-workers, managers and human resources teams, the authors reveal key insights about how to better understand, emulate, enable, support, and manage these unique and important individuals for long-term corporate success. Interestingly, the book finds that serial innovators are instrumental both in cases where firms are aware of clear market demands, and in scenarios when companies take risks on new investments, creating a consumer need. For over 25 years, research on innovation has taken the perspective that new product development can be managed like any other (complex) process of the firm. While a highly structured and closely supervised approach is helpful in creating incremental innovations, this book finds that it is not conducive to creating breakthrough innovations. The text argues that the drive to routinize innovation has gone too far; in fact, so far as to limit many mature firms' ability to create breakthrough innovations. In today's economy, with the future of so many large firms on the line, this book is a clarion call to businesses to rethink how to nurture and thrive on their innovative workforce. Dr. Abbie Griffin holds the Royal L. Garff Presidential Chair in Marketing at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business. A former editor of the Journal of Product Innovation Management, Griffin's research investigates how to measure and improve the process of new product development. Raymond L. Price holds the William H. Severns Chair of Human Behavior in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is the Co-Director of the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education. He has held management positions at Allergan, Boeing, and Hewlett-Packard. Price is co-author of The HP Phenomenon: Innovation and Business Transformation. Bruce A. Vojak is Associate Dean for Administration in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering. He has held positions at the M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, Amoco Corporation, and Motorola. Vojak serves on the Board of Directors of Midtronics, Inc. http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=18763 http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=18763 Breakthrough Problem Solving with Action Learning: Concepts and Cases Breakthrough Problem Solving with Action Learning: Concepts and Cases Michael J. Marquardt and Roland K. Yeo "At last, we have a thinking person's guide to action learning. Michael Marquardt and Roland Yeo have written a much-needed book that goes beyond conventional checklist thinking. Importantly, they examine 31 global case studies, pinpointing success factors and documenting organizational and economic impacts. This is an ambitious book, well researched, deeply relevant to practitioners and academics."—J.M. Ryan, Wharton Executive Education and President and Founder, True North Advisory Group "I've been fortunate enough to experience the breakthrough problem solving power of Action Learning countless times. The Action Learning coach, through questions, unlocks the full power and creativity of the team, leading to the truly breakthrough solutions. This book explores numerous examples of teams reaching this extraordinarily level of processing."—Bea Carson, Director of Certification and Education, World Institute for Action Learning <center><a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=20752">To buy this book or view bibliographic details, click here.</a></center> Breakthrough Problem Solving with Action Learning explores why and how action learning groups have been so successful and creative in solving complex problems. The text begins by briefly reviewing the theories that undergird the effectiveness of action learning, philosophically situating readers and pointing them in the direction of related academic works that they may wish to explore. It then turns to stories of how organizations have employed action learning in solving specific, often-encountered business problems. These cases not only serve as real-world models for how action learning can be successfully employed, but also offer inspiration and potential starting points and guidelines for other businesses that face similar problems. The book concludes with a cross-case analysis that pinpoints the ingredients necessary for breakthrough problem solving via action learning. Michael Marquardt is Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs, as well as Program Director of Overseas Programs, at George Washington University. He serves as President of the World Institute for Action Learning. Roland K. Yeo is a Management Trainer based at the Saudi Aramco Professional Development Academy. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Maastricht School of Management and Adjunct Senior Researcher at the International Graduate School of Business, University of South Australia. http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=20752 http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=20752 Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses Edward D. Hess "In a world where too many business owners and investors are being taught that 'we must grow or die,' Ed Hess provides responsible research to expose, challenge, and disprove dangerous misconceptions about growth. Ed's findings are beautifully packaged into this easy-to-read book. Our company has had a great growth ride, and we keep returning to Ed's approach to guide our next steps."—Dave Lindsey, CEO & Founder, DEFENDER Direct, Inc. "With curiosity and unwavering conviction, Ed Hess dives deeply into the heart of successful organizations. He illustrates the bold strategies that make these great companies thrive. But, more importantly, he uncovers the nuances of those strategies that truly build the foundation for enduring success. This book will give any savvy business leader the insights needed to achieve long-term prosperity."—Nancy Greatrix McGough, Human Resource Director, Room & Board "Grow to Greatness is a 'must have' reference of best practices and lessons learned by others who have successfully taken the growth journey. If you are anticipating growing your business or already on that path, this evidence-based book can be your mentor and guide at every point. Simply put: another compelling 'real world' read from Hess."—Randall J. Bufford, Founder, President, and CEO, Trilogy Health Services, LLC "Ed Hess has written a masterful work on business growth. Grow to Greatness provides a wonderful blueprint of critical steps to be completed along the journey of building a successful, profitable company."—Andrew L. Bourne, CEO, WayPoint, Serial Entrepreneur "Having successfully managed the daunting entrepreneurial phase of startup to profitability, I cannot think of a greater challenge than scaling my company from a mid-size player to an industry leader. This book offers insightful lessons based on empirical research and thought provoking questions that every entrepreneur faces when aiming to go from good to great."—Parikshat Laxminarayan, Managing Director, Enchanting-Travels <center><a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=21059">To buy this book or view bibliographic details, click here.</a></center> Simply put, most entrepreneurial start-ups fail. Those fortunate enough to succeed then face a second, major challenge: how to grow. This book focuses on the key questions an entrepreneur must answer in order to grow a business. Based on extensive research of more than fifty successful growth companies, Grow to Greatness discusses the top ten growth challenges and how to overcome them. Author Edward D. Hess dispels the myth that businesses must grow or die. Growth can create value. But, too much growth too fast outstrips effective processes, controls, or management capacity. Viewing growth as "recurring change," Grow to Greatness lays out a framework for how to approach business development—and how to manage its risks and pace. The book then takes readers through chapters that explore whether the time is right to grow, how to do it, and how to manage the vital reality that growth requires the right leadership, culture, and people. Uniquely, this book aims to prepare readers for the day-to-day reality of growth, offering up the lived experiences of eleven entrepreneurs. Six workshops to assess where readers stand now and a suite of templates that will prove to be useful over time help bring the book's teachings to life. After reading this book, entrepreneurs will have a real understanding of their readiness to grow and place in the growth cycle, as well as a concrete action plan for where to take their businesses next. Many books address how to start a business, but this is a unique, go-to resource for readers who want to learn how to thrive beyond the start-up phase. Edward D. Hess is a Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business. He is the author of over sixty Darden cases. His recent books include Growing an Entrepreneurial Business: Concepts and Cases and Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth. His growth research has been featured in over 200 media outlets worldwide, including USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Financial Times, Fortune, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business News, WSJ Radio, Dow Jones Radio, MSNBC Radio, Bloomberg Radio, and NPR. To learn more about Professor Hess, visit his website: www.EDHLTD.com. http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=21059 http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=21059 Learning From the Global Financial Crisis: Creatively, Reliably, and Sustainably Learning From the Global Financial Crisis: Creatively, Reliably, and Sustainably Edited by Paul Shrivastava and Matt Statler "The editors and contributors are on target in identifying creativity—human, social, organizational, and ecological—as key to any paradigm shift in the economy. This volume makes tangible this key insight, engaging readers with essays that are at once informative and provocative."—Ronald Purser, San Francisco State University, co-editor of 24/7: Time and Temporality in the Network Society "Yes, we have considered the financial crisis, but no other book has fruitfully examined this historical moment in the same way as this volume. It is through taking on new perspectives-like creativity, sustainability, and reliability-that we reveal the deeper fallacies in our approaches to markets and organizations. We know what caused the crisis; in this book we come to understand what underpinned those causes and how to shift our foundations."—Hans Hansen, Texas Tech University <center><a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=18621">To buy this book or view bibliographic details, click here.</a></center> This book is motivated by the simple hope that the cloud of the global financial crisis may yet have a silver lining—that political leaders, economists, and management scholars might seize this opportunity to reflect critically on the assumptions, practices, and infrastructures that have precipitated the crisis and to imagine and create new forms of organization that sustainably enhance the well-being of global stakeholders. The contributors suggest that aesthetic management, high reliability and crisis management, and sustainability science have much to contribute to the resolution of the collapse that we've witnessed, and to providing enduring lessons for how to structure the institutions of the future. Learning From the Global Financial Crisis devotes a section to each of these areas, offering full-length chapters which explore key issues in depth, as well as shorter commentaries that focus on practical considerations. The chapters progress from micro-level issues that pertain to individuals and teams who act creatively; to the meso-level issues that pertain to the structures, practices, and processes; to the macro-level issues that pertain to the interdependent, ecological systems. Together, the contributions emphasize the importance of developing holistic responses to the financial crisis. The result is a volume that casts new light on traditional economic and managerial theories and policies and provides fresh ideas to a new generation of scholars and practitioners. Paul Shrivastava is the David O'Brien Distinguished Professor and Director of the David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University. Matt Statler is the Richman Family Director of Business Ethics and Social Impact Programming and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at NYU Stern School of Business. http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=18621 http://www.sup.org/rss/book_rss.cgi?id=18621