Publication of IEDC-Bled School of Management, entitled Book of the Year, is the collection of thoughts and views in the area of management and leadership, which were delivered on the occasion of special seminars and events at IEDC-Bled school of Management by well known and respected international professors and other honorable guests.
CREATING THE FUTURE: Edgar Schein, Manfred Kets de Vries, Ichak Adizes, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer, Hermann Simon, Horst Weitzmann, Nancy Adler With the address by the President of the Republic of Slovenia Dr. Danilo Türk
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Stéphane Garelli: Business as Unusual: A competiveness outlook for 2011, and Beyond
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Hermann Simon: Role Models of Leadership beyond the Crisis
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Ichak Adizes: What is a Leader?
Instead of the written text this booklet contains a picture and sound of the lecture of Dr. Ichak Adizes from the conference Leadership for a Better World. In his lecture Prof. Adizes stressed that »leadership for a better world« requires both complementary teams and collaborative leadership. Decision-making alone is not enough; we need to implement our decisions.
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Peter Drucker: Manager Yourself and Then Your Company: Set an Example
The IEDC Book of the Year 2005 features the highlight of IEDC's 10th anniversary, celebrated in 1997. Taken from the IEDC Book of the Year 2005: »All management books, including those I have written, focus on managing other people. But you can not manager other people unless you manager yourself first. The most crucial and vital resource you have as an executive and as a manager is yourself.«
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Manfred Kets de Vries: The Bright and Dark Sides of Leadership
Lecture by Prof. dr. Manfred Kets de Vries delivered on the occasion of the Annual President's Forum in 2004. Taken from the IEDC Book of the Year 2004: »I'm going to tell you that competitive advantage in organizations is not a matter of economies of scale or high technology. The organizational philosophy and values disseminated by a company's leader are absolutely critical for company's success.«
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