Fast track route to motivating individuals and teams

Covers the key areas of motivation, from the development of academic theories and celebrated workplace experiments to the contemporary dilemmas caused by restructuring and job insecurity

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including LVMH and BP, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Abraham Maslow, Douglas McGregor, W Edwards Deming, Lynda Gratton, Fons Trompenaars and Meredith Belbin

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

PHILIP WHITELEY is a specialist writer on management and human resources, contributing to numerous titles including Director, Personnel Today and Computer Weekly. He writes a weekly column on executive remuneration in The Times.