Stockholm School of Economics

The A to Z of Management

Concepts and Models
Bengt Karlof, Fredrik Lovingsson

This major new reference work covers all the essential concepts, models and ratios applied in business and management practice.

The authors are experienced management consultants who have been determined to fill a need for an up-to-date and approachable A to Z of management concepts and models. They have produced a well-researched and accessible reference which provides clear definitions, balanced comment and valuable insights for all the entries. It should no longer be necessary for people to bandy around terms such as Activity-based costing and Value-based management without really understanding their meaning.

The book contains 124 detailed entries, from Balanced scorecard and the Boston matrix, the Experience curve, Kaizen and McKinsey's 7S model to Porter's generic strategies, Relative cost position and Sustainable development, Six Sigma, Value-based management, Yield management and Zero-based planning.

It will prove a reference of constant value to practitioners in business and management, government, the public sector and not-for-profit organizations as well as for academics and students in universities and business schools.

There are charts and diagrams throughout, the book is fully indexed and each entry ends with further recommended reading.

About authors

Bengt Karlof and Fredrik Lovingsson are both management consultants with many years' experience of working with corporations of all types and sizes. They have long been aware that many executives have an imperfect grasp of widely-used management concepts and models. This definitive directory is their contribution to putting that right. Bengt Karlof is the author of several books published by John Wiley.