Harvard Business Review on Culture and Change provides insights into the confus- ing and often difficult process of changing workplace culture. In this diverse se- ries of articles, the authors examine why people resist change on both the corpo- rate and the individual level, show how passive aversion to cultural problems affects company performance, and provide an actionable framework for trans- forming corporate culture.

This analysis of what makes great companies great has been hailed everywhere as an instant classic and one of the best business titles since In Search of Excellence。The authors，James C。Collins and Jerry I。 Porras，spent six years in research， and they freely admit that their own preconceptions about business success were devastated by their actual findings--along with the preconceptions of virtually everyone else。 Built to Last identifies 18 “visionary” companies and sets out to determine what's special about them。 To get on the list，a company had to be world famous，have a stellar brand image，and be at least 50 years old。 We're talking about companies that even a layperson knows to be，well，different：the Disneys，the Wal-Marts，the Mercks。 Whatever the key to the success of these companies，the key to the success of this book is that the authors don't waste time comparing them to business failures。Instead，they use a control group of “successful-but-secon

"Evaluating the success of an individual or company is a lotlike judging a trapper by his pelts. Charles Koch has a lot ofpelts. He has built Koch Industries into the world's largestprivately held company, and this book is an insider's guide to howhe did it. Koch has studied how markets work for decades, and hiscommitment to pass that knowledge on will inspire entrepreneurs forgenerations to come." "A must-read for entrepreneurs and corporate executives that isalso applicable to the wider world. MBM is an invaluable tool forengendering excellence for all groups, from families to nonprofitentities. Government leaders could avoid policy failures by heedingthe science of human behavior." "My father, Sam Walton, stressed the importance of fundamentalprinciples—such as humility, integrity, respect, and creatingvalue—that are the foundation for success. No one makes a bettercase for these principles than Charles Koch." "What accounts for Koch Industries' spectacular success? CharlesKoch

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits. That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.