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CEO-Speak

The Language of Corporate Leadership

Joel Amernic author Russell Craig author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:4th Sep '07

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Explores the metaphors and persuasive strategies used by leaders at Enron, Microsoft, AOL-TimeWarner, General Electric, IBM, Nortel, Canadian National Railways, Andersen, Disney, and Alcan-Pechiney-Alusuisse. This title serves as an introduction to the controversies and ambiguities in corporate accountability.Deconstructing the double-speak of CEOs from Bill Gates to Jack Welch.

"In a world increasingly focused on accountability, Amernic and Craig argue for more monitoring of the written and spoken words of CEOs." MacLean's "CEO-Speak paints an unflattering picture of self-appointed 'Midases' and 'warrior chiefs' with a proclivity for offering a selective, if not deceptive, take on the facts. The book ... could not have come at a more relevant time for executives, especially in Canada." The Globe & Mail "CEO-Speak provides glimpses of hidden corporate strategies. Without meaning to, and often more by omission than direct statement, the CEOs reveal a great deal about their attitudes toward their own corporations, its employees and shareholders, and the societies in which these huge conglomerates operate." Peter Desbarats, University of Western Ontario

ISBN: 9780773533202

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 350g

256 pages