Description
Tim Phillips casts a wry eye over the biggest business disasters of recent history to provide you with the inside story behind the news stories, from the collapse of Enron to the downfall of Woolworths, to understand why smart people make bad decisions.
About the Author
Tim Phillips is a freelance journalist and has written for The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The Times and Sunday Times, The Observer, The Telegraph, The Independent and The Daily Express among others. He is a frequent guest on BBC television and radio and Sky News and a regular conference speaker. He is also the author of Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods and a co-author of the best-selling Scoring Points, both published by Kogan Page.
Reviews
"In Fit to Bust Tim Phillips takes us on a fascinating if uncomfortable tour of the once mighty corporations which have unceremoniously imploded over the past decade, exploring the notion that the same obsessive desire for success which made them household names also led to their downfall...Rather than the exercise in Schadenfreude it could so easily have become, Fit to Bust strives to understand and learn lessons from patterns of flawed thinking which run through our most notable failures." * CA magazine *
"An entertaining romp through the growing list of spectacular business failures, from both the recent and not-so-recent past. By exposing some of the issues and outlining how to recognise the warning signs in advance, the book may go some way to helping managers avoid making the same mistakes in the future." * Professional Manager Magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9780749460136
Author Tim Phillips
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Kogan Page Ltd
Publisher Kogan Page Ltd
Weight(grams) 325g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 16mm