Sumantra Ghoshal On Management A Force For Good

"Sumantra Ghoshal on Management "represents Ghoshals twenty-year intellectual odyssey to challenge the underpinnings of management thought; to expose, rework and replace the foundation stones of management thinking. Exploring his key ideas, and reflecting his genius for collaboration along the way, this book shows how "he" had become a force for good in the world of management. "This book celebrates a great mind, a great spirit, and a dear friend."Henry Mintzberg"" "Sumantra Ghoshal was one of a small handful of management thinkers who could speak with equal authority to the world of business and the world of academia. His ideas were challenging, insightful and often heretical, and his impact on the field of management was profound. This book captures the essence of Sumantra's work as well as his more recent ideas about the deep challenges facing management theory. Laura Tyson, Dean, LondonBusinessSchool"" "Sumantra Ghoshal was one of the past quarter century's most original and creative researchers in the field of management practice. This collection is a valuable resource that presents a challenging, yet cohesive, set of ideas that are testament to his importance as a provocatively original thinker in a world too often characterized by conventional wisdom and conformity." Christopher A. Bartlett, Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, HarvardBusinessSchool "Sumantra Ghoshal changed the way we understand organizations and the people who populate them. In March 2004 he passed away in the midst of creating a sustained argument about the role of purpose in organizations and the nature of human goodness. Thisimportant book captures the highlights of a lifetime of work and creates a foundation from which scholars and practicing managers can craft their own purpose." Professor Lynda Gratton, LondonBusinessSchool"Few who came into contact with the ideas of the late Sumantra Ghoshal were unmoved by them. The extraordinary range and depth of the material in this book stands not just as an essential memorial to a brilliant thinker but even more importantly as an inspiration to take up the challenge he left behind: that of creating a better theory and practice of management, in all senses of the term."Simon Caulkin, Management Editor, The Observer Ghoshal, a management guru, was not just a man of boundless energy and inventiveness; he also married the theoretical and the pragmatic in a way that is rare in the world of management literature. The Economist Sumantra Ghoshal was a brilliant and original thinker in a field that needs more of them. He used his intellect to understand organizations and to help managers to make them better places to work and greater forces for good The GuardianBirkinshaw, Julian is the author of 'Sumantra Ghoshal On Management A Force For Good', published 2006 under ISBN 9780273701835 and ISBN 0273701835.