Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround (Record no. 36166)
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| fixed length control field | nam a22 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780060527167 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 658 GER |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gerstner, Louis V |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Ashland |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Blackstone Audio, Inc., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2007 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | Audio Book |
| Other physical details | 6 Hours |
| Accompanying material | 1 Disc |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | In 1990, IBM had its most profitable year ever. By 1993, the company was on a watch list for extinction -- victimized by its own lumbering size, an insular corporate culture, and the PC era IBM had itself helped invent.<br/><br/>Enter Lou Gerstner. The presumption was that Gerstner had joined IBM to preside over its continued dissolution into a confederation of autonomous business units -- effectively eliminating the corporation that had invented many of the industry's most important technologies. Instead, Gerstner took hold of the company, making the bold decision to keep it together, defiantly announcing, "The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision."<br/><br/>Told in Lou Gerstner's own words, this is a story of an extraordinary turn-around, a case study in managing a crisis, and a thoughtful reflection on the computer industry and the principles of leadership. Summing up his historic business achievement, Gerstner recounts high-level meetings, explains the no-turning-back decisions that had to be made, and offers his hard-won conclusions about the essence of what makes a great company run. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Management CD-ROM |
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