| 1. |
Can
corporate centres add value? |
| 2. |
Corporate-level
strategy: giving leadership to multi-business companies. |
| 3. |
Creating
a sense of mission: aligning the rational and emotional
sides of organisations. |
| 4. |
Break
up: why some companies are worth more dead than alive. |
| 5. |
Synergy:
why links between business units often fail and how to
make them work. |
| 6. |
Pushing
back complexity: designing organisations that work. |
| 7. |
Designing
global organisations. |
| 8. |
Measuring
corporate centre performance. |
| 9. |
Designing
corporate functions. |
| 10. |
Making
successful acquisitions. |
| 11. |
Networks
without chaos: creating organisations with flexibility
and order. |
| 12. |
Building
commitment: using behaviour standards and values to help
managers feel proud. |
| 13.
| The future of corporate venturing.
|
| 14. |
Scoring
growth opportunities: which to pursue and which to reject. |
| 15. |
Developing
new growth platforms: why capable leaders can make bad
decisions |
| 16. |
Why
good leaders make bad decisions and how to stop it happening
to you |
| 17. |
When
to trust your gut |
