Less Is More
How Great Companies Improve Productivity Without Layoffs
$45.91
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2003
Summary
In an age when every business needs to achieve more with fewer resources, Jason Jennings offers the key to ramping up productivity. In this BusinessWeek bestseller, he identifies the world’s most productive companies and reveals their secrets-none of which, surprisingly, include layoffs. The companies he features are truly astonishing, from Ryanair, which generates three times more profit per employee than the legendary Southwest Airlines, to Nucor, a steel firm with annual growth of seventee…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781591840305 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1591840309 |
| Author: | Jason Jennings |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Portfolio |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2003 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 15mm |
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Think of [this book] as the In Search of Excellence for cynical times.
“This plea for sanity in the post-Enron era will be a boon to managers struggling with inefficiency in their organizations … The author has assembled a lively and intelligent reminder of how businesses can cut out waste from top to bottom.” “Think of [this book] as the In Search of Excellence for cynical times.” (“Fast Company”) “This plea for sanity in the post-Enron era will be a boon to managers struggling with inefficiency in their organizations… The author has assembled a lively and intelligent reminder of how businesses can cut out waste from top to bottom.” (“Publishers Weekly”) “Jennings is a good writer. He’s funny, provocative, accessible, and knowledgeable. But most importantly, he’s passionate about his subject and conveys that passion with every word.” (“Business Book Review”) ?Think of Ythis book as the In Search of Excellence for cynical times.? (“Fast Company”) ?This plea for sanity in the post-Enron era will be a boon to managers struggling with inefficiency in their organizations… The author has assembled a lively and intelligent reminder of how businesses can cut out waste from top to bottom.? (“Publishers Weekly”) ?Jennings is a good writer. He’s funny, provocative, accessible, and knowledgeable. But most importantly, he’s passionate about his subject and conveys that passion with every word.? (“Business Book Review”) Think of [this book] as the In Search of Excellence for cynical times. (“Fast Company”) This plea for sanity in the post-Enron era will be a boon to managers struggling with inefficiency in their organizations… The author has assembled a lively and intelligent reminder of how businesses can cut out waste from top to bottom. (“Publishers Weekly”) Jennings is a good writer. Hes funny, provocative, accessible, and knowledgeable. But most importantly, hes passionate about his subject and conveys that passion with every word. (“Business Book Review”) ?Think of [this book] as the In Search of Excellence for cynical times.? (“Fast Company”) This plea for sanity in the post-Enron era will be a boon to managers struggling with inefficiency in their organizations… The author has assembled a lively and intelligent reminder of how businesses can cut out waste from top to bottom.? (“Publishers Weekly”) Jennings is a good writer. He’s funny, provocative, accessible, and knowledgeable. But most importantly, he’s passionate about his subject and conveys that passion with every word.? (“Business Book Review”)
About The Author
Jason Jennings
Jason Jennings has spent more than twenty years teaching businesspeople how to build great organizations. He gives more than sixty keynote speeches every year and is the author of two previous business bestsellers: Less Is More and It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small, It’s the Fast that Eat the Slow. He lives near San Francisco.
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