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The Marshall Space Flight Center is run by one man, William R. Lucas. His style of management can be best described as feudalistic. In his ten-year tenure as Center Director, he established a personal empire built on the “good ol' boy” principle. The only criterion for career advancement is total loyalty to this man. The loyalty to country, NASA, t
... See moreAllan J. McDonald • Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Gordon Forward, CEO of Chapparal Steel, introduced a Townsendian “management by adultery” (a previously X-rated concept in which Forward treated his employees like adults and then got out of the way as they set productivity records);
Robert C. Townsend • Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
Sanford Stein • Retailing 2020 – 2030: taking a long view
Through Baker and others, Stacey learned that the companies were looking for larger lots to make it easier for them to consolidate leases and infrastructure.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
See Charlie Kiefer’s cameo “Executive Team Leadership,” (page 435).
Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
JAMIE DIMON Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.