Thomas H. Davenport

Professor Department of Management Information School of Management Thomas H Davenport

In Thinking for a Living, Thomas Davenport contends that knowledge workers are vastly different from other types of workers in their motivations, attitudes, and need for autonomy - and thus require unconventional management techniques if they are to be more productive. Based on extensive research involving more than one hundred companies and six hundred knowledge workers, Thinking for a Living provides insights into how knowledge workers think, how they accomplish tasks, and what motivates them to excel. Davenport identifies four major categories of knowledge workers - transaction, integration, expert, and collaborative - and presents a framework for matching each category with management strategies that yield the greatest performance.

How to Get Better Performance and Results from Knowledge Workers

Thinking for a Living

H. James Wilson

Laurence Prusak

Explores where new ideas come from, how to evaluate which ideas are worth pursuing, and how to customize ideas to suit and organization's unique needs.

Creating and Capitalizing on the Best Management Thinking

What's the Big Idea?

Harvard Business Review

Michael E. Porter

Paul Daugherty

The world's elite athletes and coaches achieve high performance through inspiring leadership, strategic choices, and mental toughness. Harvard Business Review has talked to many of them throughout the years to learn how their success can translate to business leadership. If you read nothing else on management lessons from the world of sports, read these 10 articles by athletes, coaches, and experts in the field. We've combed through Harvard Business Review's archive and selected the articles that will best help you drive your performance--whether as a individual contributor or a leader. This book will inspire you to: - Improve your weaknesses, not just your strengths - Hold everyone to high standards--especially your stars - Find meaning in success--and in challenge - Take care of your body for sustained mental performance - Identify the right rivalries to bring out the best in you - Build your team from the bottom up - Understand where the analogy of sports and business doesn't work--

Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Ai, Analytics, and the New Machine Age (with Bonus Article Why Every Company Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann)

Professor Department of Management Information School of Management Thomas H Davenport

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