Managing the Work

Wickham Skinner
Wickham Skinner, an emeritus professor at Harvard Business School, served as president of the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Farnsworth Art Museum and as a Bath Iron Works director and a trustee of the University of Maine system. He lives in Tenants Harbor and continues to write books and articles about manufacturing and productivity.
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Making things work: Key players produce success for nonprofits
By Wickham Skinner - Mar 28In spite of noble purposes, capable, dedicated employees, unselfish volunteers and, generally, a rich body of professional knowledge, many ...
Jobs, jobs, jobs: the government's misdirected attempts to ...
By Wickham Skinner - Mar 24Two hundred years of U.S. economic history demonstrate that the economy grows in giant steps stimulated by investments in new technologies. ...
Maine is missing out on the nationwide expansion in ...
By Wickham Skinner - Aug 03We now manufacture more in this country than ever in our history. U.S. manufacturing has been vibrant with productivity gains and our factories' ...
See for yourself
By Wickham Skinner - Feb 18Our quality of life depends on how well the work of our society is managed. Walk in the airport and, once inside the doors, your time, your ...