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    The Amazon Management System: The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders
    The Amazon Management System: The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders
    The Amazon Management System: The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders
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    The Amazon Management System: The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders

    By Ram Charan and Julia Yang

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    Amazon’s trillion-dollar success is the envy of everyone, but achievable by anyone.

    What has propelled their record streak of growth? Their management system, and it can do the same for you no matter what business you are in or what level.

    Learning it is as simple as six building blocks distilled by New York Times bestselling author and global CEO advisor Ram Charan and Julia Yang in The Amazon Management System.

     

    The Ultimate Digital Engine that Powered Amazon’s Unprecedented Growth and Shareholder Value Creation:

    Building Block 1: Customer-Obsessed Business Model

    Building Block 2: Continuous Bar-Raising Talent Pool

    Building Block 3: AI-Powered Data & Metrics System

    Building Block 4: Ground-Breaking Invention Machine

    Building Block 5: High-Velocity & High-Quality Decision-Making

    Building Block 6: A forever Day 1 culture.


    From their high-velocity decision-making to their top talent hiring practices, the insider secrets behind Amazon’s success are now within anyone’s grasp, block by block.

    Whether you are an established CEO or a recent college grad, this concise and actionable book will help your business win in a new digital era that demands nonstop innovation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIdeapress Publishing
    Release dateDec 10, 2019
    ISBN9781646870103
    The Amazon Management System: The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders
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    Ram Charan

    Ram Charan, who learned the art and science of business in his family's shoe shop, has consulted for many well-known companies, including GE, KLM and DuPont and is a bestselling author. He recently bought his first flat in Dallas, Texas, aged 67.

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    • 5/5
      Insightful, challenges conventional thinking and inspirational . I recommend this book for any leader in the digital space
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      Give this book a chance. Skip through the parts that don't interest you. And you will learn so much that can be applied to your business if you think critically.
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      A very interesting read. Jeff Bezos is truly a great business leader of our time

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