BOOK REVIEWS CITY Edition

• Published in: Dayton Daily News
• Main Author: Reviews by Don Morris For the DAYTON DAILY NEWS
• Format: Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Dayton, Ohio Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 11.03.1996
• Subjects: 101 BUSINESSES YOU CAN START ON THE INTERNET; 301 GREAT MANAGEMENT IDEAS FROM AMERICA'S MOT INNOVATIVE SMALL COMPANIES; A PLANNING GUIDE FOR COUOLES; ADCULT USA: THE TRIUMPH OF ADVERTISING IN AMERICAN CULTURE; ASIA RISING: WHY AMERICA WILL PROSPER AS ASIA'S ECONOMIES BOOM; AVA S. BUTLER; BEYOND REENINGEERING: HOW TO PROCESS-CENTERED ORGANIZATION IS CHANGING OUR WORK AND OUR LIFES BY MICHAEL HAMMER; BILL QUIRKE; BLOOD & WINE: THE UNAUTHORIZED STORY OF THE GALLO WINE EMPIRE; BOB HAMMOND; BROKEN PROMISES: AN UNCONVENTIONAL VIEW OF WHAT WHEN WRONG AT IBM; BUILDING YOUR COMPANY'S GOOD; BY AZRIELA JAFFE; BY JOSH HAMMOND AND JAMES MORRISON; BY RICHARD ELDER; BY RICHARD WHITELEY AND DIAN HESSAN; BY ROBERT KRIEGEL AND DAVID BRANDT; BY STANN RAPP AND THOMAS L. COLLINS; BY THOMAS MAIER; CHANCES & CHOICES: HOW WOMEN CAN SUCCEED IN TODAY'S KNOWLEDGE - BASED BUSINESSES BY JANET C. WYLIE; COMMUNICATING CORPORATE CHANGE; CUSTOMER CENTERED GROWTH: FIVE STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CUSTOMER INTIMACY: PICK YOUR PARTNERS, SHAPE YOUR CULTURE, WIN TOGETHER BY FRED WIERSEMA; DONALD MORRIS, BOOK REVIEWER FOR BOOKS & CO. IN KETTERING, WAS IN MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE NEW YORK BASED CORPORATION FOR 15 YEARS. HE LIVES IN WASHINGTON TWP; DONALD MORRIS, BOOK REVIEWER FOR BOOKS AND CO. IN KETTERING, WAS IN MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE NEW YORK-BASED CORPORATION FOR 15 YEARS. HE LIVES IN WASHINGTON, TWP; FAST FORWARD: THE BEST IDEAS ON MANAGING BUSINESS CHANGE; FAT AND MEAN: THE CORPORATE SQUEEZE OF WORKING AMERICANS THE MYTH OF MANAGERIAL "DOWNSIZING" BY DAVID M. GORDON; FOCUS: THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMPANY DEPENDS ON IT; FREDERICK F. REICHHELD; FROM CRADLE TO COLLEGE (AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN); GENDER TRAPS: CONQUERING CONFRONTOPHOBIA, TOXIC BOSSES AND OTHER LAND MINES AT WORK MARSHALL LOEB'S LIFETIME STRATEGIES; GREEN, INC.: A GUIDE TO BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; HATTIE BRYANT; HIDDEN CHAMPIONS: LESSONS FROM 500 OF THE WORLD'S BEST UNKNOWN COMPANIES; HONEY, I WANT TO START MY OWN BUSINESS; HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITH IMAGE-MARKETING; IBM; IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW: CEOS AND OTHER SMART EXECUTIVES SHARE WISDOM THEY WISH THEY'D BEEN TOLD 25 YEARS AGE; IN GOOD FAITH BY KATHLEEN SHARP; IN SEARCH OF QUALITY: FOUR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, 43 DIFFERENT VOICES; INVESTING BY THE STARS: USING ASTROLOGY IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS; JAMES P. MOORE; JEFFREY A TRACHTENBERG; LEADING CHANGE; LEADING PEOPLE: TRANSFORMING PEOPLE FROM THE INSIDE OUT BY ROBERT H. ROSEN; LIFE AFTER DEBT, 2ND EDITION; MANAGEMENT OF THE ABSURD: PARADOXES IN LEADERSHIP BY RICHARD FARSON; MAXIMUM LEADERSHIP: THE WORLD'S LEADING CEOS SHARE THEIR FIVE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS; MEMOS FROM THE CHAIRMAN BY ALAN C. GREENBERG; MONEY SMART DIVORCE: WHAT WOMEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MONEY AND DIVORCE; NEWHOUSE: ALL THE GLITTER, POWER, AND GLORY OF AMERICA'S RICHEST MEDIA EMPIRE AND THE SECRETIVE MAN BEHIND IT; NICHECRAFT: USING YOUR SPECIALNESS TO FOCUS YOUR BUSINESS, CORNER YOUR MARKET CUSTOMERS SEEK YOU OUT BY DR. LYNDA FALKENSTEIN; ONLY THE PARANOID SURVIVE: HOW TO EXPLOIT THE CRISIS POINTS THAT CHALLENGE EVERY COMPANY AND CAREER; PAMELA BOUCHER GILBERD; PEOPLE STYLES AT WORK:MAKING BAD RELATIONSHIPS GOOD AND GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETTER BY ROBERT BOLTON AND DOROTHY GLOVER BOLTON; PUBLICITY ON THE INTERNET; ROUGE TRADER: HOW I BROUGHT DOWN BARINGS BANK AND SHOCKED THE FINANCIAL WORLD BY NICK LEESON; RULES OF THE GAM: GLOBAL BUSINESS PROTOCOL BY NAN LEAPTROTT; RULES OF THE GAME: GLOBAL BUSINESS PROTOCOL BY NAN LEAPTROTT; SACRED COWS MAKE THE BEST BURGERS: PARADIGM-BUSTING STATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING CHANGE-PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS; SAVVY BUSINESS TRAVEL: MANAGEMENT TIPS FROM THE PROS BY DARRYL JENKINS; SMALL BUSINESS TODAY GUIDE TO BEATING TH3E ODDS; STEPHEN FENICHELL; STEVE O'KEEFE; THE ADAMS BUSINESSES YOU CAN START ALMANAC; THE CRITICAL PATH: INVENTING AN AUTOMOBILE AND REINVENTING A CORPORATION; THE DEATH OF COMPETITION; THE ELEVEN COMMANDMENTS OF WILDLY SUCCESSFULE WOMEN; THE EXECUTIVE IN ACTION: THREE BOOKS ON MANAGEMENT BY PETER DRUCKER; THE HIDDEN FORCE BEHIND GROWTH, PROFITS, AND LASTING VALUES; THE LOYALTY EFFECT; THE LOYALTY EFFECT: THE HIDDEN FORCE BAHIND GROWTH, PROFITS, AND LASTING VALUES; THE NEW MAXIMARKETING COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED; THE PERSONA PRINCIPAL; THE RAIN ON MACY'S PARADE; THE ROAD AHEAD BY BILL GATES; THE SECOND CURVE: MANAGING THE VELOCITY OF CHANGE; THE STUFF AMERICANS ARE MADE OF: THE SEVEN CULTURAL FORCES THAT DEFINE AMERICANS - A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY, PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY; WHEN CORPORATIONS RULE THE WORLD BY DAVID C. KORTON; WHY FIRMS SUCCEED BY JOHN KAY; YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FUTURE WEALTH AND SECURITY
• ISSN: 0897-0920

There's growing concern among thoughtful business executives - and social activists who were always there - that the emerging global system of business offers a serious threat to long-term human interests. [David C.] Korton shows how the convergence of ideological, political, and technological forces is leading to an increasing concentration of economic and political power in a handful of corporations and financial institutions. How, in their quest for short-term gain, they've separated their interest from the human interest.