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040			_cCentral Library, Khulna University
041			_2eng
082			_a338.761004092 _bMAM
100			_aManey, Kevin,
245			_aThe maverick and his machine : _bThomas Watson, Sr., and the making of IBM/ _cKevin Maney.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bJ. Wiley & Sons, _cc2003.
300			_axxv, 485 p., 16 p. of plates : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 447-448) and index.
505	0		_aMaverick kindling
505			_aLit by Flint
505			_aMess spelled C-T-R
505			_aBringing up baby IBM
505			_aDaring and luck
505			_aFriends, heroes, sycophants
505			_aEnemies and delusions
505			_aKing and castle
505			_aWatson the second
505			_aWatson's war
505			_aOld man, new age
505			_aWorld conquest
505			_aMaverick and his humanity
505			_aGenerations after
520			_a"IBM is one of the most successful companies in American history; it ushered in the Information Age and dominated the information industry for more than seventy years. Yet the builder of IBM has never been thoroughly examined and brought to life. Now, journalist Kevin Maney, using thousands of documents never before made public, reveals the lasting achievement of the man who forever changed the world of business." "Watson was the rare businessman who transcended business. His fame and power echoes that of Microsoft's Bill Gates today and Standard Oil's John D. Rockefeller in an earlier age. Watson, in fact, created the role of the celebrity CEO. On a grander scale, Watson invented the modern concept of the corporate culture, and proved its power to make a company great." "Watson's story plays out on a global stage, intersecting with the major events and people of his time. A business failure as a young man, he rocketed to the top levels of National Cash Register before a federal antitrust trial nearly brought down NCR and seemingly crushed his career. The moment forever shaped Watson's business sensibilities and drove him to reinvent the American corporation. In 1914, he took charge of a struggling little entity called the Computer-Tabulating-Recording Company, infused it with his values, his competitive drive, and his personality quirks, and transformed it into International Business Machines - IBM." "Over and over, Watson made daring bets and won, each time vaulting IBM to a new level of size and power. In the 1920s, when information wasn't obviously going to become a big industry, he bet IBM's future on tabulating machines - the mechanical forerunners to computers."
600	1	0	_aWatson, Thomas John, _d1874-1956.
600	1	0	_aWatson, Thomas J., _d1914-1993.
600	1	0	_aWatson, Arthur Kittredge, _d1919-1974.
600	2	0	_aInternational Business Machines Corporation
650			_aComputer industry _xHistory. _zUnited States
650			_aBusinessmen _xBiography. _zUnited States
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