21 for 21

Leading the 21st Century Global Enterprise

Michael Stankosky

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781787546981
• eBook ISBN: 9781787439788
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Based on over fifty years of experience from the author's hands-on work in the field, Michael Stankosky provides 21 guiding principles on how to lead and manage today's global organization. 21 for 21 is packed with case studies, aiding visuals, and mantras to help facilitate a deeper understanding of the dynamics and complexity of leading and managing a global enterprise, and it is both multi- and inter- disciplinary in its treatment. Each chapter focuses on a different principle: from successful knowledge management, to the secrets of successful negotiations, and managing systems engineering alongside project management.  

This applicable guide is an ideal companion for MBA students of management, leadership, and innovation, and it is also of keen interest to senior managers and leaders in a global organization, and researchers in these areas.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Introduction — Setting Expectations
• 1 — Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage
• 2 — If It Isn’t Broke, Break It!
• 3 — Leveraging Knowledge Is Power — Not Simply Sharing It
• 4 — Four Cs for the 21st Century: Codification + Collaboration + Convergence + Coherence = Success
• 5 — Codify — Codify — Codify!
• 6 — Connect the Dots; Connect the People
• 7 — The Gull Who Flies the Highest, Sees the Furthest — A Framework for Architecting
• 8 — Successful Engineering — Design It in
• 9 — Systems Engineering + Project Management = Success
• 10 — Successful Innovation Means Commercialization
• 11 — Search for Best-practices-to-be; Otherwise, Adopting Best Practices = Mediocrity
• 12 — Think Outside the Box — However, Remember You Need to Implement in It
• 13 — Secret of Successful Negotiations: Expand the Pie from the Outset
• 14 — It’s Not What You Know, but Who Knows You that Counts the Most
• 15 — Best Answers are Derived from the Right Questions
• 16 — Bring a Solution with Every Problem
• 17 — Successful Knowledge Management (KM) = Leadership + Organization + Technology + Learning
• 18 — Three Circles for Success: Objective + Resources + Legitimization
• 19 — Master Luck: Do Not Believe in Miracles; Rely on Them
• 20 — Avoid the Silver-bullet Approach
• 21 — Say What You Mean, and Mean What You Say
• CODAs
• Books That Matter
• References
• Endnotes
• Index