Business and Management Books

Book SynopsisWe are all assailed on a daily basis with blandishments to buy and commands to carry out. And, let's be honest, some are inaccurate, slapdash, erroneous, mistaken and often downright dishonest. In fact, much of what they tell us is not just simply wrong, it is wrong in a way that is funny - it makes us laugh.

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Book SynopsisLearn how to be happier at work! Read the six steps you need to take to engage your staff. Take a step in the right direction and measure your workplace happiness! See how you can compare to others and how you can improve at www.measuringyourworkplacehappiness.com

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Book SynopsisAn expert on innovation and work argues that many highly capable women are not being recognised, and that this harms businesses, societies, and individuals alike. Whereas The Peter Principle, a four-million–copy bestseller from the 1960s, argued that most (male) workers will inevitably be promoted to one level beyond their competence, Tom Schuller shows how women today face the opposite scenario: their skills are being wasted as they work below their competence levels. Schuller blends interviews and case studies with examples drawn from literature and popular culture to examine how attitudes have changed, from the advent of higher education for women in the 19th century to female dominance at all academic levels today. He also reveals how this has translated — or failed to translate — into the lived experiences and careers of professional women, whether they are nursery workers, council employees, journalists, or oil company executives. Engrossing and full of everyday insights into how gender impacts on working life, The Paula Principle is a well-reasoned analysis of the obstacles that many women face, and a call for us to challenge them on a personal, organisational, and societal level. PRAISE FOR TOM SCHULLER ‘[Schuller’s] passion for social justice is stamped on every page of a study whose clarity and well researched insights are captivating.’ The Times Higher Education ‘The path to equality thus far has involved women converging on traditionally male employment patterns, Schuller argues: now is the time for men to move towards traditionally female ones — to improve equality and work-life balance, and to make better use of our resources.’ ProspectTrade Review‘Tom Schuller writes candidly on an issue too many men would rather not confront - why working women operate below their level of competence. The glass ceiling in learning is all but shattered. This book brilliantly establishes why now it’s time for the work place.’ -- Jon Snow‘A really interesting book — and an encouraging one, despite its central premise. It provides an absorbing and accessible look at what exactly holds today’s women back - and what we can do about it. The Paula Principle deserves to become an instant classic.’ -- Melissa Benn * author of What Should We Tell Our Daughters? *‘Essential reading for anyone who thinks about the future of work; compelling evidence showing how unions help women and men build alternative working lives; and a powerful argument for radical changes to achieve genuine equality.’ -- Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC‘In a world where women’s work, despite changes in the last decades, is still given less recognition than men's at every level, and where the gap is closing slowly if at all, it lifts the spirits to find Tom Schuller’s thoughtful book analysing with subtlety and elegance why this might be so. He reminds us, as if we needed reminding, that the problem of equality is by no means solved and needs continually to be rethought.’ -- Ursula Owen * founder-director of Virago Press *‘It’s almost 50 years since the Equal Pay Act, women are doing brilliantly in education — and yet gender, and gender inequalities, are still huge issues. The Paula Principle tells us both why and why we should care. It’s a splendid analysis, a fascinating read — and a great way to understand just how differently women, as well as men, experience today’s reality. Just try Schuller’s test on page 230 with yourself and your family.’ -- Alison Wolf (Professor the Baroness Wolf of Dulwich)‘The path to equality thus far has involved women converging on traditionally male employment patterns, Schuller argues: now is the time for men to move towards traditionally female ones — to improve equality and work-life balance, and to make better use of our resources.’ -- Jessica Abrahams * Prospect *'Why do women tend to outperform men in education, yet earn less in the labour market? In this important new book, Tom Schuller shows that gender inequity should concern all of us. A society where women work below their level of competence is missing out on the chance to reach its potential. With pithy statistics, fascinating interviews and entertaining literary references, this book explains why the Paula Principle has emerged, and how we might work together to fix it.' * Andrew Leigh MP, author of The Economics of Just About Everything *‘[Schuller’s] passion for social justice is stamped on every page of a study whose clarity and well researched insights are captivating.’ * Times Higher Education *‘The Paula Principle is an important book. Tom Schuller presents fresh reasons which explain women’s continued disadvantage in the workplace and what can be done about this. The book’s case studies and examples also make the book eminently readable.’ -- Sue Williamson, senior lecturer at School of Business, Australian Defence Force Academy

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Book SynopsisBanging your head against the wall with the job search? #ENTRYLEVELBOSS will help you stop freaking out. Miserable in your current role but no idea what to do next? With this book you’ll be able to make a decision, no personality tests required. Convinced that you are the most unhireable person on this planet? That’s statistically improbable — and you’ll be amazed at how employable you’ll be by the time you have finished reading. This is personal training for your career, based on a step-by-step plan that includes: All the intel you need about getting hired in today’s world, in today’s industries, and with today’s tools. Hyper-specific advice including templates for networking emails, CVs, and cover letters. Straight-to-the-point guidance about what not to do. A solid dose of humour and emotional support from someone who really has been there. The world of work has changed, and getting hired today for a job you actually want is going to take a lot more than a neatly typed cover letter and a well-pressed suit. Straight-talking careers expert Alexa Shoen provides a practical job-search plan and a dose of humour and good sense as she helps you navigate the challenges and opportunities of the new economy.Trade Review‘A game-changer for anyone who feels like they're waiting for their ‘real’ career to start. You can either read Alexa’s book, or keep having the ‘Sunday Scaries’ for the rest of your f*cking life. You pick.’ -- Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of Get Your Sh*t Together‘An accessible, enjoyable read to help anyone clamber up even the most slippery career ladder.’ -- Lucy Tobin, author of Being an Adult and The Book of Jobs‘Three cheers for #ENTRYLEVELBOSS. I love Alexa's voice. I love her advice. And I love that she's broken down getting a job into the steps that every twentysomething wants and needs. Anyone who wants that first job — but is not sure how to get it — should read this book.’ -- Meg Jay PhD, author of The Defining Decade: why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now and Supernormal: the secret world of the family hero‘#ENTRYLEVELBOSS is the read for you if you’ve been banging your head with job searching or you’ve got no idea how to get out of your current role and into something you actually love … Mixed with a solid dose of humour and emotional support, this one is a great career self-help book.’ -- Jessica Best * The Urban List *

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Book SynopsisHas COVID-19 ushered in the end of the office? Or is it the office’s final triumph? For decades, futurologists have prophesied a boundaryless working world, freed from the cramped confines of the office. During the COVID-19 crisis, employees around the globe got a taste of it. Confined by lockdown to their homes, they met, mingled, collaborated, and created electronically. At length, they returned to something approaching normality. Or had they glimpsed the normal to come? In The Momentous, Uneventful Day, Gideon Haigh reflects on our ambivalent relationship to office work and office life, how we ended up with the offices we have, how they have reflected our best and worst instincts, and how these might be affected by a world in a time of contagion. Like the factory in the nineteenth century, the office was the characteristic building form of the twentieth, reshaping our cities, redirecting our lives. We all have a stake in how it will change in the twenty-first. Enlivened by copious citations from literature, film, memoir, and corporate history, and interspersed with relevant images, The Momentous, Uneventful Day is the ideal companion for a lively current debate about the role offices will play in the future.Trade Review‘In his new book, Gideon Haigh goes beyond the banal exterior of the office and examines how they’ve shaped our cities, culture and collective history … In this deeply researched and engaging analysis, Haigh ponders if this is just a glimpse of things to come.’ * Happy Magazine *‘Haigh recounts the evolution of the office with imagination and fairness, and he can turn a fine phrase when he wants to. The Momentous, Uneventful Day reads like a good story – and it is, for better or worse, the story of our lives.’ -- Derek Parker * Spectator Australia *‘Enlivened by copious citations from literature, film, memoir, and corporate history, and interspersed with relevant images, The Momentous, Uneventful Day is the ideal companion for a lively current debate about the role offices will play in the future.’ * Female.com.au *‘Iridescent … No one is a better guide to the paradoxes of the working at home / being at work pivot … He writes of these matters as they should be written about, with a full sense of their history and the panache of the literature and art they have inspired.’ -- Peter Craven * Sydney Morning Herald *Praise for The Office: a hardworking history: ‘Tracing its history as far back as ancient Egypt (but concentrating on the 20th century), author Gideon Haigh presents a thorough and interesting account of the office over time. His approach is not merely a collection of facts but rather an attempt to understand the office's impact on our culture and society, and vice versa … Haigh is an adept writer — clear, informative … His information is drawn from an astonishingly wide range of sources, including pop culture.’ -- Ian Halett * Books+Publishing *Praise for The Racket: how abortion became legal in Australia: ‘Gideon Haigh is quite simply one of the best – and most intriguing – writers working in Australia today. He is amazingly prolific on a variety of subjects, but entirely consistent in delivering elegant prose that engages thoughtfully with his subject and wears its (often considerable) research lightly.’ -- Jo Case * Readings Monthly *Praise for Asbestos House: the secret history of James Hardie Industries: ‘[A] serious, sombre and, at times, heart-rending account befitting a tragic and awful story … At all times Haigh’s research is impeccable. This is the book’s great strength — it could become the reference book on all matters relating to asbestos.’ -- Matthew Charles * Herald Sun *‘Haigh has produced a very timely book, given the current debate around the role that offices will play in the future.’ * Sunraysia Daily *

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Book SynopsisThis is a concise and practical manual for understanding and implementing public relations campaigns and communications in today's business world. Modern-day PR is both science and an art, strategy and execution, fact and finely tuned intuition. This book, written by a leading PR practitioner and educator, enables you to create the right mindset and build the necessary skills to meet the communications challenges that face most businesses. This includes mastery of the fundamentals of PR, cultivating unbridled curiosity and creativity, the art of listening, and never losing sight of the business objectives at hand.

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Book SynopsisWhen you subtract the amount of hours you sleep, work, and commute, you probably don''t have more than one or two hours a day to do what you would like to do-and that''s if you have the money to do it.Don Failla has been teaching his simple network marketing method which allows anyone to learn how to own his or her life by building a home-based business. It doesn''t require selling, and the best part is, it won''t take much of your time.The 45-Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life is a virtual training manual on network marketing, designed to teach you a step-by-step plan for building a profitable, sustainable network marketing business. Network marketing is a system for distributing goods and services through networks of independent distributors. This guide not only unlocks the secrets of successful network marketing, but it provides the method to sponsor people in your organization using Failla''s 45-Second Presentation.With nearly four decades'' worth of instructions and insights from Failla, The 45-Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life provides you with the essentials for building and maintaining your lucrative home business.

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Book SynopsisIn 1995, David Hay published Data Model Patterns: Conventions of Thought -- the groundbreaking book on how to use standard data models to describe the standard business situations. This book builds on the concepts presented there, adds 15 years of practical experience, and presents a more comprehensive view. You will learn how to apply both the abstract and concrete elements of your enterprise''s architectural data model through four levels of abstraction: Level 0: An abstract template that underlies the Level 1 model that follows, plus two meta models; Level 1: An enterprise model that is generic enough to apply to any company or government agency, but concrete enough to be readily understood by all; Level 2: A more detailed model describing specific functional areas; Level 3: Examples of the details a model can have to address what is truly unique in a particular industry.

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