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Welch: An American Icon Janet C. Lowe 0-471-41335-6/304pp/Cloth/US$24.95 Jack Welch, chairman of General Electric, had already announced his intentions to retire next spring. However, in the fall, he unexpectedly announced plans to buy Honeywell and remain company chairman. This ability to make and execute enormous deals is just one of the characteristics that Welch is most known for. In fact, Welch has transformed GE into the new economy by his management style, forward thinking approach to these innovative technological advancements, and by encouraging creativity among his employees. This book, with Lowe's access to Welch and other GE executives, will provide a look at what Jack Welch has brought to American business and what will ultimately be his legacy. Clausewitz on Strategy Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist Tiha von Ghyczy; Bolko von Oetinger; and Christopher Bassford; Translated by William Skinner and Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. 0-471-41513-8/208pp/Cloth/US$27.95 The Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz is widely acknowledged as one of the most important of the major strategic theorists. Although he's been dead for more than a century, he remains frequently cited, controversial, and in many respects, thoroughly modern. In Clausewitz on Strategy, the Boston Consulting Group will excerpt those passages most relevant to business strategy from Clausewitz's classic text, On War, which was first published in 1832. This book will offer Clausewitz's framework for self-education - a way to train the reader's thinking. Modern readers can learn from Clausewitz how to think about strategy and sharpen their judgement in a completely unpredictable and fast-moving environment. Carl von Clausewitz is a well-known and highly admired strategist: he's been read by Eisenhower, Kissinger, Patton, Chairman Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Lawrence of Arabia, and numerous other leaders. This book will present Clausewitz's timeless ideas, whereas nearly all other strategy books are linked to the economics of the times. BCG is one of the world's leading management consulting firms whose clients include many of the world's industry leaders. A majority of their clients rank among the 500 largest companies in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They have offices in 41 cities throughout the world. The company is highly respected in both the business and academic worlds, and this book will appeal to both markets. Making Six Sigma Last Managing the Balance Between Cultural and Technical Change George Eckes, Eckes and Associates, Superior, Colorado 0-471-41548-0/256pp/Cloth/US$29.95 Six Sigma is quantitative approach that fuels improved effectiveness and efficiency in an organization. Created by Motorola in the 1980's, Six Sigma methodology provides businesses with the strategies and tools to improve their profitability through focusing on the relationship between product defects and product yields, reliability, cots, cycle time, and schedule. Why this book and how it differs from The Six Sigma Revolution: All Six Sigma efforts involve dramatic change for an organizations; Change is made up of two components: the technical component and the cultural com-ponent; Current books on Six Sigma concentrate on the technical elements of change The Making of Six Sigma is devoted to the cultural component of implementing Six Sigma; Successful Six Sigma will occur only when the technical and cultural components balance The Making of Six Sigma will address how to create the need for Six Sigma to diagnose the four types of resistance to Six Sigma and how to over come them, how to manage the systems and structures of Six Sigma and how to lead Six Sigma.

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