TY - BOOK AU - Piasecki,Bruce TI - Doing more with less: the new way to wealth SN - 1118172159 AV - HG179 .P495 2012 U1 - 332.02401 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Thriftiness KW - Wealth KW - Competition KW - Social capital (Sociology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Competition and the tangle of social needs -- In the company of knuckleheads -- Scarcity and creativity -- Unstoppable frugality -- The art of competitive frugality -- Doing more with less : an essay on freedom and fate -- Near the future -- An idler in the city : capitalism is where we live -- Another day will tell N2 - "After the last set of business scandals and financial busts, many powerful interests and many influential people are asking questions about doing more with less, from governments to multinational corporations; they are seeking this realignment in hopes of regaining their balance. Doing More with Less is an actionable call to arms, with global insights--that are of immediate application to professionals in any industry--into new ways to better align money, people, and rules. Author, Bruce Piaceski, convincingly lays out the case for a return to frugality, providing relevant examples from his thirty years of experience as a management consultant and change agent. Piaceski deftly explains how this approach to competition is relevant, and provides readers with the framework to look at what's next without tottering toward failure"-- ER -