The Guru Guide: The Best Ideas of the Top Management Thinkers Hardcover - 1998 - 1st Edition

JOSEPH H. BOYETT, PhD, is cofounder and Partner of Boyett & Associates, an Atlanta-based consulting and research firm specializing in helping companies implement state-of-the-art management and organizational practices. He has been a consultant to a number of Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, British Petroleum, Merck, EDS, and BellSouth. He is the author or coauthor of several influential books, including Workplace 2000: The Revolution Reshaping American Business, which has been dubbed a "visionary classic." Publishers Weekly called his book The Quality Journey-a fascinating account of IBM's struggle to reinvent itself-"One of the top books of the year [1993]." Previously, Dr. Boyett served as a principal adviser on performance management and quality improvement to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights.

JIMMIE T. BOYETT is cofounder and Partner of Boyett & Associates and coauthor of Beyond Workplace 2000. She is a recognized expert on business process redesign and reengineering and the application of leading-edge information systems technology. Her clients have included Hartmarx, Brunswick Corporation, Burlington Industries, Methodist Hospitals, J. P. Stevens, and SouthWestern Bell. Prior to cofounding Boyett & Associates, Ms. Boyett was Assistant Vice President and Group Manager at Bank South, Atlanta.