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Persistence! In Sports. In Business. In Life. A Business Memoir

Persistence! In Sports. In Business. In Life. A Business Memoir

Bass, Roger

Paperback

Business GeneralGeneral World HistorySelf-Help

ISBN10: 1088089224
ISBN13: 9781088089224
Publisher: Rittenhouse Book Distributors
Published: Mar 15 2023
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.53
Height: 1.05 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book is not about management by objectives. And, although I made more than 50 acquisitions for Dunn Construction, you won't read much about financial analysis. I hardly mention discounted cash flow or return on investment (ROI). That doesn't mean these issues aren't important. But there are thousands of books on the market that very effectively address these topics. This book is not that specific. This book is a general treatment of general construction management. You will certainly see a little theory in practice. You might recognize the Peter Principle. You might even see an example of McGregor's theory X and theory Y. But most of what you will read is how I managed a regional highway construction company in the real world. You will see where I made some really good decisions, and you will, no doubt, see where I really messed up. Fortunately, like every good manager, I had a lot more of the former than the latter. If the reader pays particularly close attention, it can be seen that there were times when everything went great against terrible odds. In these cases, I was able to make chicken salad out of a less than appetizing ingredient. Which reminds me that I have tried to keep the profanity to a minimum, as in the previous sentence. However, there are times when words like bullshit are so appropriate that they simply can't be avoided. So, I didn't always avoid them. Caveat emptor.

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