Roger Frock

Changing How the World Does Business: Fedex's Incredible Journey to Success # the Inside Story

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Produktbeschreibung

From one of the founding executives of FedEx comes the first full inside story of how Fed Ex came to be one of the world's most successful, innovative, and admired companies Frock reveals the details of how the company was conceived, launched, kept afloat despite incredible obstacles. The story contains examples like 1. pilots using their personal credit cards to gas up the planes 2. employees deferring cashing their paychecks 3. and Fred Smith gambling with FedEx last 40,000 Vegas to win a week's worth of operational expenses

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BERRETT KOEHLER PUBL INC
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9781576754139
• ISBN-10: 1576754138
• Artikelnr.: 21799781

Autorenporträt

Roger Frock

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
SECTION I - FROM SCEPTICISM TO AFFIRMATION: Before May 1972
1. Introduction - The Trail of Inspiration
2. Checking With the Experts
3. Feeling More Comfortable
4. This Dog Might Hunt!
5. An Unscientific, Irrational Decision
6. Kick the Tires, Light the Fires
SECTION II - NAÏVE OPTIMISM: May 1972 to March 1973
7. A Climate of Chaos
8. Mail, Charter, and a Future Executive
9. Looking for a few Good People
10. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
11. Don't Buy Anything
12. At Least Hot Suit Knows When He's Getting Out
13. Roadblocks and Optimism
14. Let's Call It a System Test!
SECTION III - WITHIN AN INCH OF FAILURE: April 1973 to May 1974
15. The Marine Corps Boot Camp Mode
16. Just a Regular Employee with an Ordinary Job
17. Rescue at the Edge of a Precipice
18. A Light for the Darkness
19. A Little Help From Our Friends
20. Summoned to a Special Meeting
21. Wait a Minute, We Need That
SECTION IV - ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE: June 1974 to May 1978
22. A General in the Gorilla Camp
23. Digging for Gold in New York
24. Well Then, You Don't Need Me!
25. Just a Little Thing I Learned in Nam
26. I'll Just Give You Enough Rope to Hang Yourself
27. Just Step Out of the Way
SECTION V - A MODEL FOR OTHERS TO EMULATE: 1972 to Present
28. The Trinity of Cyclical Action
29. The Wind Beneath the Wings of Success
30. Chrysalis - Caterpillar to Butterfly
31. Going From Mach One to Idle
32. Concordes, Dirigibles, and Separation
33. Parting Thoughts