Developed from the Guide to Management Ideas this new book not only includes the most significant ideas that have influenced the management of business over the past century, but also contains entries on the most influential business thinkers of the past and present. Find out about: Active Inertia; Disruptive Technology; Genchi Genbutsu (Japanese for "Go and See for Yourself"); The Halo Effect; The Long Tail; Pareto Principle ; Six Sigma;, Skunkworks; SWOT analysis; Thin Slicing; Tipping Point; Triple Bottom Line and much more. The book features a whole host of top management gurus inclding Warren Bennis, Dale Carnegie, Stephen Covey, W. Edwards Deming, Peter Drucker, Gary Hammel, Michael Hammer, Charles Handy, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Robert Kaplan, Philip Kotler, Henry Mintzberg, Kenichi Ohmae, Tom Peters, Michael Porter and Alvin Toffler - to help you learn from the Masters.