蓝血十杰

by John A. Byrne, 陈山 (Translator), 真如 (Translator)

十个天才；

成就了一所名校——哈佛商学院；

再造了一个企业——福特汽车；

开启了一个时代——“白手”时代；

宣扬了一种理念——“数字”高于一切；

他们的结局——成了“数字”，败也“数字” ；

破产与成功之间，天分+时势+勤奋=梦想照进现实。

古老的西班牙人认为，贵族身上流淌着蓝色的血液，后来西方人用“蓝血”泛指那些高贵、智慧的精英才俊。

蓝血十杰是天才中的天才。他们是二战期间美国空军的后勤英雄，卓有成效地将数字化管理模式用于战争，为盟军节余了数十亿美元的耗费。他们虽然不全都出身名校，但他们却造就了一个名头响亮的学校——哈佛商学院。

战后，他们加盟福特汽车公司，把数字管理引入现代企业，拯救了衰退的福特事业，开创了全球现代企业科学管理的先河，推动了美国历史上最惊人的经济成长。

他们三十岁即各有建树，在自己的领域出类拔萃，他们之中产生了国防部长（麦克纳马拉）、世界银行总裁、福特公司总裁（兰迪）、商学院院长和一批巨商。他们信仰数字、崇拜效率，成为美国现代企业管理教父。

Genres: History, Biography, Business, Nonfiction

674 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1993

About the author

John A. Byrne is an American journalist, author and the CEO of C-Change Media Inc. Byrne is known as the editor-in-chief first at Fast Company Magazine and then businessweek.com, he was also the executive editor of Business Week magazine.

Reviews

[John Carney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story--honest and critical of the men who changed the way Americans view business.

[Frank McGirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting look into ambition and the fallacy of short term vs. long term results...and hubris in general.

[Bob Pollock · Rating 4 out of 5]

My father was a Ford Executive during these years. I was young, but he worked with the people in here such at HFII and Robert Dunham. It was a tough time, but a time of unprecedented growth. A very good read. The only problem was the first couple of chapters were slow.

[Jack Swiatoschik · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent intersection of a business book and a history book, should be required reading for anyone working in the modern organization especially those in strategic rolls.

I don't believe this book is in print and might be difficult to acquire but it is highly worth the effort.

[Tim Oliver]

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