The Art of Action
How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results (updated 10th anniversary edition)
$43.73
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
The 10th Anniversary Edition of the Leadership Classic
The surprisingly common sense approach to leading a global company, based on a theoretical framework first used by the nineteenth-century Prussian Army.
For over a decade the approach known as ‘mission command’ has been taught at the leading HULT Ashridge International Business School and has been applied in transforming businesses as diverse as pharmaceuticals and F1 racing.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529376968 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529376963 |
| Author: | Stephen Bungay |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Business |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 531g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 158mm x 32mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This book helped us understand how to walk the talk, day in day out, at every level of our organisation. * Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes AMG-Petronas Formula One Team *
About The Author
Stephen Bungay
Stephen Bungay is a Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre in London and teaches on several executive programmes at Ashridge Executive Education. After completing his studies at Oxford and the University of Tubingen, he worked in the London and Munich offices of The Boston Consulting Group for 17 years and now works as an independent consultant and teacher and is a sought-after conference speaker. The approach described in The Art of Action has been adopted by a wide range of his clients ranging from mid-cap digital technology companies to major global corporates. An acclaimed military historian, Stephen has published two books in that field, The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain and Alamein, both with Aurum Press, and is a frequent contributor to television programmes, having appeared on Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC2, BBC4, and a range of satellite and cable channels around the world.
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