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The Amazon Management System
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The Amazon Management System

The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders

Julia Yang and Ram Charan
Ideapress, 2019

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Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Comprehensive
  • Well Structured
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

As of 2018, Amazon accounted for 45 cents of every dollar of United States’ online sales. Amazon Web Services is the top global cloud services operator. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) enables the operations of the millions of Amazon online marketing partners. The global giant’s other groundbreaking developments include Alexa (a sophisticated AI assistant), Echo (smart speakers) and Amazon Aurora (a data engine). In this illuminating analysis of the Amazon Management System (AMS), Ram Charan and Julia Yang unveil the company’s secrets of success.

Take-Aways

  • Most conventional corporate management systems are passé.
  • The Amazon Management System aligns with the digital age.
  • The Amazon Management System stands on “six building blocks”:

About the Authors

Consultant and speaker Ram Charan served on the faculties of Harvard Business School and Northwestern University. Consultant Julia Yang is a faculty member of the joint MIT-Tsinghua MBA program, and serves on the board of the philanthropic Narada Foundation. Charan is also the author or co-coauthor of What the CEO Wants You to Know, Boards that Lead, Execution and Talent Wins among other titles.

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