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What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works
by Ram Charan
from Crown Business

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Common Sense made into Common Sense.
  Often I hear people say "anyone can do business, it's just common sense." So why do we have so many failing companies? Dr. Charan answered so many of the questions of why people screw up in the business world. He combined parts of "common sense business" (profit margin, velocity, growth, customers, etc.) into a concept he refers to as Business Acumen. Many businessmen tend to focus on a select few of these important aspects of business, and the others sneak up on them and result in massive profit loss or... more info

• charan knows the worker
  mr charan understnads and explains how profit works for companies and he understands why certain workers work really well in an environment and then fail in another.

• Business Simplified
  Ram Charan cuts right to the chase in this book. It's a short one, but it's packed with goodies. Charan explains the keys to making money and increasing wealth: 1) Business Acumen (the main components being cash generation, margin, velocity, return on assets, growth, and focus on the customer) and 2) Getting things done (which includes selecting the right people, increasing their capacity, and linking their efforts to a core set of business goals - developed using business acumen). Sounds simple, right?... more info

• simple, straightforward, short, repetitive
  This book can be read in several hours and is definitely worth of the invested time. I am a total beginner in business, In fact, I study informatics. After reading this book I have a clear view of basic aspects of business. Also, it gave me a more clear understanging of what is a CEO's role.
  let's summarize my thoughts:
  +simple
  +short (less then 130 little pages)
  +gives a great overview of core business aspects
  +good for beginners (contains even links to popular business web... more info

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