Cover; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; Part 1 The Laws of the Universe; 1 The Law of Entropy (Time's Arrow); 2 Darwin's Rule; 3 The Rule of Yin and Yang; 4 The Law of Unintended Consequences; Part 2 The Laws of Human Behaviour; 5 The Hierarchy of Needs; 6 Confucius's Golden Rule; 7 Kautilya's Rule; 8 Buffett's Rule; 9 Grove's Rule; Part 3 The Laws of Organisation; 10 Moore's Law; 11 The Pareto Principle; 12 Rule of the Span of Control; 13 Parkinson's Law; 14 The Iron Law of Oligarchy; 15 The Peter Principle; 16 Gresham's Law; 17 Martin's Rules; 18 Fayol's Fourteen Points
The belief that everything is changing led to the disasters of the dotcom era. This book reminds us that some fundamental rules do still apply by taking readers through 20 imperatives derived from the thinking of great leaders and management theorists including Peter Drucker, Henry Fayol, Andrew Grove and bankers and financiers such as Thomas Gresham and Warren Buffet. This entertaining run down of the fundamental laws, rules and principles business professionals should break at their peril is complemented by case studies that document the consequences of ignoring these key laws. Management fr
