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He took his bsc and msc at the massachusetts institute of technology mit in electrical engineering and computer science followed by a doctorate in business administration at the harvard business school. Leadership is a set of processes that creates organizations in the first place. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. In the groundbreaking new book accelerate xlr8, leadership, changemanagement expert, and bestselling author john kotter provides a fascinating answer and a powerful new framework for competing and winning in a world of constant turbulence and disruption. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read change leadership. Management is a set of processes that can keep a complicated system of people and technology running smoothly. Because they are victims of shortterm economic pressures and parochial politics, most american companies critically lack the one factor proven effective in winning competitive advantage. Leading change, with a new preface by the author ebook written by john p.
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