Geneen, Harold; Alvin Moscow (1984). Managing.

Geneen, Harold; Alvin Moscow (1984). Managing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-17496-9.

此書有影印本 又可能有數本翻譯 如 "管理經驗談--ITT 經營成功之道" 台北: 志文 1986

我過去沒有通讀此書 現在讀董事會一章 發現他的說法還是很有說服力
美國500大公司的董事會 只有5% 及格
其績效不彰 因董事會不好
董事會必須將所有管理層排除 是獨立的組織 包括特支費等自行決定/經股東大會同意


本書第14章只一頁: 績效才是你的實績
管理者是個真正帶來績效的人

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Quotes

• The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
• You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.
• Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
• The only unforgivable sin in business is to run out of cash.
• In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.
• In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: Cash and Experience. Take the experience first. The cash will come later.
• Better a good decision quickly than the best decision too late.
• Telephones, hotels, insurance—it's all the same. If you know the numbers inside out, you know the company inside out.
• Leadership cannot really be taught, it can only be learned.