Deadline!: How Premier Organizations Win the Race against Time

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Ganly, J. (2003), "Deadline!: How Premier Organizations Win the Race against Time", The Bottom Line, Vol. 16 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/bl.2003.17016aae.003

Deadline!: How Premier Organizations Win the Race against Time

Deadline!: How Premier Organizations Win the Race against Time

Don CarrisonAMACOMNew York, NY2003246 ppISBN 0-8144-0726-9$24.95Keywords: Time management, Organizational theory, Organizational behaviour

Dan Carrison, the author of Semper Fi: Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way, in this new work presents a series of case studies of managers and workers faced with deadlines and their strategies for meeting these deadlines. Utilizing a headline style, Carrison highlights the key elements involved in each case and the principles followed in dealing with the issues presented by the case.

The cases outlined in each chapter are cliff hangers with immediate recognition value. Ranging from the Turner Construction Company's ahead-of-schedule delivery of the Denver Bronco's stadium through the 2001 Odyssey Orbiter deadline issues, each chapter illuminates the planning and methods used to deal with the problems presented in a step by step manner.

The research on which the book is based involved interviews with 50 employees coupled with on-site observation by Mr Carrison. The findings are presented in each chapter in a direct manner with major points bulleted and a checklist of issues and recommendations is provided at the end of each chapter.

Deadline! is designed to provide the manager with guidance for dealing with the unexpected and for utilizing key concepts to meet deadline responsibilities. Dan Carrison displays a keen understanding of the methods, operations and problems of business management based on his experience as a US Marine and as a partner of Semper Fi Consulting (www. SemperFiConsulting.com). Business managers and team leaders can benefit from the practical and direct style of presentation by the author and business school students can learn from the first-hand observations made by the author on the manner in which business decisions are made.

The book is designed so that each chapter can be used separately to illustrate specific points and as a separate learning module. The detailed index helps the reader to pull together the related concepts put forth in the book. Business managers, students, librarians and the general public can learn the basics of deadline management from this readable and well-researched work.

John GanlyAssistant Director for Collections, Science, Industry and Business Library, New York Public Library, New York, NY