Once known for gangsters and meatpacking, Chicago was virtually synonymous with the rough and tumble side of the industrial era. Today, however, Chicago has outgrown even national prominence to become a truly global city--one of the most famous and most important in the world. Global Chicago is the first book to describe Chicago's transformation from industrial powerhouse to global metropolis. It will change the way both Chicagoans and the rest of the world view the city. Chicago has a long history of adaptation. Having gone from a swampy trading post to a major industrial center, Chicago...
Once known for gangsters and meatpacking, Chicago was virtually synonymous with the rough and tumble side of the industrial era. Today, however, Chica...
One of America's most respective executives offers his management insights on how to do business now and into the next century. Greenwald discusses such pressing issues as an aging workforce, corporate ethics, dealing with layoffs, building trust with employees, and office politics.
One of America's most respective executives offers his management insights on how to do business now and into the next century. Greenwald discusses su...
One of Americas most respected executives offers management insight into how to do business nowand into the next century.Since taking over as chairman and chief executive officer of United Airlines, Gerald Green-wald has seen operating margins and productivity go up, labor grievances go down, and the stock price more than double. In LESSONS FROM THE HEART OF AMERICAN BUSINESS, Greenwald shares his extraordinary experiences and insight into how businesses in America operate today, including: corporate ethicsdealing with layoffsbuilding trustoffice politicsand much more. In addition, Greenwald...
One of Americas most respected executives offers management insight into how to do business nowand into the next century.Since taking over as chairman...
On a bitter cold day in 2007--nearly 150 years after Abraham Lincoln's inauguration--United States Senator Barack Obama of Illinois gathered his supporters at the old state capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Very new to the national political arena, he made an audacious announcement: "If you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause . . ." With those...
On a bitter cold day in 2007--nearly 150 years after Abraham Lincoln's inauguration--United States Senator Barack Obama of Illinois gathered his suppo...
