Business and Management Books
Kogan Page Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour
Book SynopsisChia-Yu Kou-Barrett is an organizational behavior researcher. She formerly worked as a Lecturer at Cranfield School of Management and as an Assistant Professor at Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin. She has published in top-tier journals, co-authored book chapters and taught students across undergraduate, postgraduate, EMBA and UK apprenticeships Level 7 programs. Her work focuses on enhancing understanding of knowledge sharing and workplace dynamics.
£37.99
Cognella, Inc Team Impact: Achieving Twice as Much in Half the
Book SynopsisTeam Impact: Achieving Twice as Much in Half the Time draws on extensive contemporary research to explore what it takes to be a great manager and create effective, impactful teams. It features material generated by the Meeting Masters Research Project, an ongoing effort at the University of Michigan.The book addresses the wide range of teams within organizations, ranging from governance teams to those devoted to specific projects. Readers learn about running team meetings and managing decisions within them, and using the Agenda Bell, which graphs energy over time, to place items on the agenda. Team Impact also introduces the menu agenda structure to facilitate the flow of information, and the concept of high-quality decisions as the sign of impact. Each chapter includes exercises that allow students to immediately apply what they have learned.Research-based and rooted in qualitative methods, Team Impact is an ideal instructional tool for courses in management, leadership, and organizational development. Its accessible tone and style also make it appropriate for any organization, from condominium boards to school committees, to social groups, seeking to improve the quality and effectiveness of the meeting experience.
£29.71
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Manager as Coach The New Way to Get Results
Book Synopsis SHORTLISTED FOR THE CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2013 It's a tough job being a manager.How do you manage performance? If you come across as too directive you may get a reputation for harshness. If you are too nice you risk being known as a gullible and easily outmanoeuvred. Neither approach works.'Employee engagement' is the magical ingredient: it makes staff genuinely committed, creating excellent work. Few organizations actually achieve it, though all say they want it. Coaching is the most reliable a way of producing it. In Manager as Coach, Jenny Rogers challenges many of the traditional assumptions about what works in management and shows you, step by step, how to be a brilliant manager and get fantastic results: Reduce your stress Develop employees' key skills Create a culture of engagement Improve bottom line results "Jenny Rogers' advice is simple, memorable, deeply pragmatic, and always focused on results. If Table of ContentsIntroduction: It's tough being a bossChapter 1: What gets in the way: half truths and mythsChapter 2: How coaching solves so many management problemsChapter 3: The coaching mindsetChapter 4: Being a brilliant listenerChapter 5: Creating fresh thinking: questioning and feedbackChapter 6: Managing the coaching conversation: OSCAR (Outcome, Situation, Choices and Consequences, Action, Review)Chapter 7: OSCAR in ActionChapter 8: OSCAR in the OrganizationChapter 9: Creating a coaching cultureChapter 10: What's stopping you?BibliographyIndex
£13.49
Stripe Matter Inc Scaling People: Tactics for Management and
Book SynopsisFrom a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people. A leader at both Google and Stripe from their early days, Claire Hughes Johnson has worked with founders and company builders to try to replicate their success. The most common questions she’s asked are not about business strategy—they’re about how to scale the operating structures and people systems of a rapidly growing startup. Scaling People is a practical and empathetic guide to being an effective leader and manager in a high-growth environment. The tactical information it puts forward—including guidance on crafting foundational documents, strategic and financial planning, hiring and team development, and feedback and performance mechanisms—can be applied to companies of any size, in any industry. Scaling People includes dozens of pages of worksheets, templates, exercises, and example documents to help founders, leaders, and company builders create scalable operating systems and lightweight processes that really work. Implementing effective leadership and management practices takes effort and discipline, but the reward is a sustainable, scalable company that’s set up for long-term success. Scaling People is a detailed roadmap for company builders to put the right operating systems and structures in place to scale the most important resource a company has: its people.Trade Review“Claire Johnson gave me some of the best feedback of my career: ‘You don’t ask for help often enough.’ Whether you are a new manager or a CEO, there are going to be moments when you feel alone and need help. Odds are, the advice you need is in Scaling People. You are going to pull this book off your shelf over and over!" —Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor and Just Work“The practical guide to running a world-class organization… Claire has demystified how you run a large, high-performance organization, with clear concepts and practical templates that you can start implementing today.” —Jason Citron, founder and CEO of Discord “I was excited to learn that Claire Hughes Johnson has taken her many years of operating excellence from Stripe and Google and distilled it into a new book. Scaling People is a key book to be added to the shelf of any people leader and manager.” —Elad Gil, entrepreneur, investor, and author of High Growth Handbook “Scaling People is approachable, entertaining, and exceptionally useful, with lots of heart and humor. Claire leverages her years of unparalleled experience to provide a deeply helpful resource to read and revisit again and again.” —Aileen Lee, founder and managing partner of Cowboy Ventures “Through the entire history of startups and entrepreneurship, the world expects founders and young executives to succeed and thrive as their company grows larger and larger. Yet no one takes the time to give them the skills and processes that are necessary to achieve great leadership. Now someone has—hats off to Claire Johnson for writing Scaling People.” —Bill Gurley, general partner at Benchmark “If you want to scale your business from 10 people to 10,000 without losing the things that make it special, Scaling People is the handbook you need.”—Ravi Gupta, former CFO and COO of Instacart, general partner at Sequoia Capital “There’s a lot of reinventing the wheel in a startup environment. Scaling People offers strong frameworks, sound advice, and tried-and-true processes that any company can use to build stronger foundations and sustainable success.” —Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, partner at Greylock, host of Masters of Scale “Claire Hughes Johnson is the ultimate operator. She distills two decades of management and leadership expertise into one accessible volume with real-world examples and actionable guidance. Scaling People proves that it’s possible to operate in a high-growth environment while simultaneously focusing on and caring about developing people—and that doing so also leads to a fundamentally stronger business.” —Mallun Yen, founder of Operator Collective “Everything you need to know about building and scaling a company, being an exceptional leader and manager, and getting the best out of your people in one empathetic and enjoyable package—with easy-to-use worksheets and templates to boot.” —Frances Frei, author of Uncommon Service and Unleashed, professor at Harvard Business School “Claire Hughes Johnson has been in the catbird seat at two companies: Google and Stripe. She participated in Google's transformative journey in the decade following its IPO. Since then, she has helped Stripe develop from a two-floor office into a global, multibillion-dollar infrastructure company on which millions of businesses depend. Two eras, two companies—one Claire.” —Michael Moritz, partner at Sequoia CapitalTable of ContentsIntroduction Setting your metronome The core frameworks Who is this book for? How to read this book Exercises and templates Chapter 1 Essential Operating Principles 1. Build self-awareness to build mutual awareness 2. Say the thing you think you cannot say 3. Distinguish between management and leadership 4. Come back to your operating system Exercises and templates Chapter 2 Core Framework 1: Foundations and Planning for Goals and Resources Founding documents The operating system Operating cadence Exercises and templates Chapter 3 Core Framework 2: A Comprehensive Hiring Approach Recruiting Hiring Onboarding Hiring mistakes Exercises and templates Chapter 4 Core Framework 3: Intentional Team Development Team structures Diagnosing team state Team changes and restructuring (Re)building the team Creating the team environment Team-building complexities Diversity and inclusion Team communication Exercises and templates Chapter 5 Core Framework 4: Feedback and Performance Mechanisms Hypothesis-based coaching Giving hard feedback Creating a culture of informal feedback The formal review process Compensation Managing high performers Managing low performers Managing managers Managing out, firing, and layoffs Some final thoughts on management Exercises and templates Conclusion You Manage your time and energy Foster relationships Consider your career Endnotes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author
£21.99
Taylor & Francis The Goal
Book SynopsisAlex Rogo is a harried plant manager who has been given 90 days to save his failing factory. If he doesn''t improve the plant''s performance, corporate headquarters will close it down and hundreds of workers will lose their jobs. It takes a chance meeting with Jonah, a former professor, to help him break out of his conventional thinking and figure out what needs to be done. As Alex identifies the plant''s problems and works with his team to find solutions, the reader gains an understanding of the fundamental concepts behind the Theory of Constraints. Visual and fun to read, The Goal: A Business Graphic Novel offers an accessible introduction to the Theory of Constraints concepts presented in The Goal, the business novel on which it was based. The Goal is widely considered to be one of the most influential business books of all time. A bestseller since it was first published in 1984, the business novel has sold over 7 million copies, been translated inTrade Review"The Goal is the #1 business book of all time and the graphic adaptation makes this timeless classic and its powerful ideas even more accessible. If you only read one business book, it should be this one." --Verne Harnish, Founder Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and author of Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)"The Goal changed the lives of generations of professionals--no other book influenced my career more." --Gene Kim, co-author of The Dev Ops Handbook and The Pheonix ProjectA compelling adaptation of Eli's seminal work. This book should be required reading for CIOs, CTOs and technologists the world over. --Kevin Behr, Chief Science Officer at PraxisFlow and co-author of The Phoenix ProjectBrilliant delivery!! True to Eli's vision, this go-to book to help your business stop struggling and start growing. Clear step-by-step techniques show your team how to turn things around so you can achieve prosperity. --Drew Greenblatt, CEO of Marlin Steel"The Goal is the #1 business book of all time and the graphic adaptation makes this timeless classic and its powerful ideas even more accessible. If you only read one business book, it should be this one." - Verne Harnish, Founder Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and author of Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)"A compelling adaptation of Eli's seminal work. This book should be required reading for CIOs, CTOs and technologists the world over." - Kevin Behr, Chief Science Officer at PraxisFlow and co-author of The Phoenix Project"The Goal has never been more relevantfor organizations that rely on technology. The original is a must-read, and now the graphic novel is another path to understanding the Theory of Constraints. I'll be adding this to my recommendations list!" - Dr. Nicole Forsgen, CEO and Chief Scientist at DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA)"Prior to reading The Goal, I worked for three governors and ran large organizations, budgets, and enterprises across almost every area of government. I tested seemingly endless improvement methodologies with little success. However, once I began applying the principles taught in The Goal, I began to see enormous jumps in my organization's performance - not just once - but time after time." Kris Cox, Executive Director, Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget"An illustrated and abbreviated version of Dr. Goldratt's revolutionary thought process may seem counterintuitive, but the visual representations bring the basic concepts of Theory of Constraints to life." - Gary Adams, Director, Delta Connection TechOps at Delta Airlines
£24.32
Macmillan Learning Principles of Macroeconomics
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£71.24
Zando When Were in Charge
Book SynopsisFeatured on Forbes, Morning Joe, Teen Vogue, Pod Save America, and moreFrom Amanda Litman, cofounder of Run for Something, a refreshingly candid, delightfully irreverent guide to leadership for the next generation. ?Adam GrantThe workplace is evolving more rapidly than ever. When We're In Charge has all the insights and advice for leaders to navigate these choppy waters. ?Sami Sage, New York Times bestselling author of Democracy in RetrogradeMost leadership books treat millennials and Gen Z like nuisances to manage around, focusing on how leaders from older generations can fit young people into their existing corporate cultures.Not this one. When We're In Charge is a no-bullshit guide for the next generation of leaders on how to show up differently, break the cycle of bad boomer leadership, and navigate the changing demands of those in power and the evolving expectations people have of their workplace.Based on author Amanda Litman's experience as a founder and executive (and mom of two who's trying desperately to have a life outside of work), and informed by conversations with more than 100 next-gen leaders across politics, business, media, tech, education, and more -- and including people like Versha Sharma, editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue; Maxwell Frost, first Gen Z member of Congress; and Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap Inc this book is a vital resource for new leaders trying to figure out how to get stuff done without making your team or yourself miserable. When We're in Charge offers solutions for sticky challenges: -How to be yourself without giving your full self to your role -How to think about social media when your team sees what you post -How to set up guardrails for work-life balance Litman also makes powerful arguments about the practices and shape of work: -Why a four-day work week is the future -Why transparency is a powerful tool that can do real damage if not wielded with intention -Why it matters for you, the boss, to both provide and take family leave A necessary read for all who occupy or aspire to leadership roles, When We're in Charge is a vision for a future where leaders at work, in communities, and across the country are compassionate, genuine, and effective.
£21.00
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lights Out
Book SynopsisTrade Review"How could a company as big and successful as GE fail? I’ve been thinking about that question for several years, and Lights Out finally gave me many of the answers I was seeking. The authors give you an unflinching look at the mistakes and missteps made by GE’s leadership. If you’re in any kind of leadership role—whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else—there’s a lot you can learn here."—Bill Gates, Gates Notes "5 Ideas for Summer Reading" “A gripping and deeply reported account of the devastating disintegration of one of the most iconic firms ever to exist. To all of us shocked by GE’s seemingly abrupt fall from grace, this book lays out in painful detail how such a thing could have happened.” —Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School, author of Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen “Gryta and Mann tell a bracing tale of corporate venality, incompetence, and shortsighted deal-making. It’s a parable with no heroes but many lessons for anyone who wants to know how twenty-first century corporate management, which venerates stock price above all other measures of value, has gone so disastrously awry.” —Andrew Rice, New York Magazine “Lights Out is the definitive story of an American business powerhouse losing its way. Gryta and Mann’s meticulous reporting puts us in the rooms—and on the private jets—where GE’s leaders struggled over the company’s fate, with billions of dollars in the balance. More than just an intimate profile of one company, this book is a captivating tale of human complexity, greed, and hubris.” —Evan Ratliff, author of The Mastermind: Drugs. Murder. Empire. Betrayal “This vital history of an American institution warns us of what happens when a company pursues growth for growth’s sake, and its leaders struggle to understand what they can and cannot control.” —David Gura, anchor and correspondent, MSNBC “Possessing all the suspense of a true-crime account, Gryta and Mann’s riveting look at GE’s previous two decades underlines the harsh facts of survival in twenty-first-century business.” —Publishers Weekly “Gryta and Mann expand on their Wall Street Journal reporting to create a compelling narrative of a giant’s spectacular fall in this powerful and fascinating read.” —Booklist “This revealing and accessible postmortem of GE’s downward spiral will be important reading for a wide audience, including customers, employees, former employees, and investors, as well as anyone interested in twenty-first-century corporate management.” —Library Journal —
£13.30
LID Publishing Not Knowing: The Art of Turning Uncertainty into
Book SynopsisKnowledge and expertise are highly valued in today's business world. These values are introduced at an early age by our education system, and at work, we are assessed based on what we know, on having the answers and solutions. Our need for certainty, to know what's going on, to have all the answers, exerts strong pressure in our lives. This award-winning book offers an alternative, contrarian approach to dealing with such pressures - and to embrace "not knowing" rather than fearing it. The authors argue it is by "not knowing" that we in fact develop an exploratory mindset, and we discover, engage and create new ways to deal with business and management problems and issues. The book is supported by stories of individuals and the positive change they made in their lives through "not knowing". Solving new problems with old ways of thinking are no longer useful in the new world.
£8.99
Harvard University Press Our Secret Discipline Yeats and Lyric Form
Book SynopsisAccording to Yeats, rhetoric is the expression of one’s quarrels with others, while poetry is the expression (and sometimes the resolution) of one’s quarrel with oneself. This is where Vendler begins in Our Secret Discipline. Through exquisite attention to outer and inner forms, Vendler explores the most inventive reaches of the poet's mind.Trade ReviewThis new monumental study of the technical (and, ultimately, emotional) accomplishment in Yeats's poems represents something close to a life's work: it will surely attract international attention...Vendler's careful book will likely advance the way experts see Yeats, but she also speaks to all the readers who care about the Irish Nobelist's body of poetry, which looks more complex, and more delightful, through Vendler's lens. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Helen Vendler has entirely consumed William Butler Yeats...As she leads us by the hand through some of the best-known poems in the English language, we discover how little we knew about them after all, and how hard the poet worked to make them sound...inevitable. Our Secret Discipline is so much an intellectual feast. -- John Leonard * Harper's *Vendler can be as charming a tour guide through Yeats as she is a learned one. And her frame of examining Yeats's external and internal lyric structures offers a new, insightful, and often revelatory map of Yeatsian terrain. -- Tess Taylor * Barnes and Noble Review *Is there any critic more thorough than Helen Vendler?... Her carefulness, her attention to minutiae, is a rare quality, particularly when set against the current mores of poetry criticism, which, for all its highly technical vocabulary, has been for many years an enterprise largely impressionistic...Any serious reader of English poetry should be delighted that, in Our Secret Discipline, she has turned her attention to the question of form in W.B. Yeats's poetry. -- Sam Munson * New York Sun *A book whose value may exceed anything [Vendler] has hitherto produced. It is the first exhaustive account of Yeats's lyric styles as they revealed themselves in 50 years of verse forms as "the necessary and skilled embodiment of the poet's moral urgency." Vendler is the ideal close reader and listener to undertake the very large task of coming to terms with Yeats's poetry...The great merit of Vendler's approach is that she never rests content with merely identifying and describing Yeats's formal choices but goes on to consider how such forms are employed in the service of moral and human content...She is intrepid and only occasionally over-ingenious...Readers who have assumed they were familiar, even intimate, with his body of lyric verse will read Vendler's pages and find their eyes have been opened, in Hart Crane's words, to "new thresholds, new anatomies." -- William H. Pritchard * Boston Globe *[A] superb study of Yeats's uses of lyric form...Vendler offers much astute description of the architecture of Yeats's poems, but also considers the way in which his forms reflected his cultural vision...It certainly helps enormously to have a critic as expert as Vendler describe in slow motion, frame by frame, so to speak, her understanding of the effects of each choice the poet makes. Her shrewd, tightly focused commentaries encourage us to take each poem slowly, on its own terms, and to pay attention in particular to tbe ways in which it either conforms to or confounds the expectations it fosters...Vendler's study of his uses of lyric form is an indispensable guide to anyone interested in the means whereby Yeats transfigured into "masterful images" the random contingencies of life. -- Mark Ford * New York Review of Books *[Vendler's] chapters on Yeats's "Byzantium" lyrics, his courtly ottava rima poems and his blank verse are all filled with sensitive, compelling insights that will be critical guideposts for years to come. -- Anthony Cuda * Washington Post Book World *
£27.86
Penguin Putnam Inc TaxFree Income for Life
Book SynopsisThe follow-up to the bestselling The Power of Zero, providing a blueprint to build a guaranteed, tax-free income stream that lasts for the long run.
£17.09
Macmillan Learning Principles of Economics
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£90.24
Amber Books Ltd The Art of War Journal
Book SynopsisWritten in the 6th century BCE, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still used as a book of military strategy today, as well as being extremely popular among politicians. Napoleon, Mae Zedong and Douglas MacArthur all claimed to have drawn inspiration from it. And beyond the world of war, modern-era business and management gurus have also applied Sun Tzu's ideas to politics and corporate strategy. In this Chinese-bound journal, each spread page has ample space for your thoughts and notes, and features a key, insightful quote from Sun Tsu's famous and much-read work. The book is robust enough to be unpacked and repacked. You could fill the pages of this journal while sitting on a mountaintop, on a railway platform, in your office lunch hour or in the privacy of your own home. Beautifully made with traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques, this is more than a hardwearing book. It is something exquisite to be cherished. The Art of War Journal is the perfect place for you to record your thoughts - and be inspired by ancient Chinese military wisdom.
£19.19
Pearson Education Office Monsters A survival guide to corporate
Book SynopsisProf. Dr. Martin Eppler has authored over two hundred academic papers and twenty-four books, including How to Talk about Data (FT Publishing). His works have received multiple accolades, such as International Business Book of the Year, HR Book of the Year, and Career Book of the Year. He has also received numerous awards for best papers and teaching excellence. His research has been featured in renowned publications, including Inc. Magazine, the Harvard Business Review, TED.com, BusinessWeek, and the MIT Technology Review. Dr. Eppler is the inventor of several innovative concepts, including the periodic table of visualization methods, the let's-focus software suite, the synergy map method, and the nudging approach to meetings. In addition to his academic role, where he led an MBA program for many years, he serves as an advisor to organizations such as the United Nations, the European Central Bank, Porsche, Swiss Re, the Anti-Tobacco Fund, and Salesforce, amon
£11.69
McGraw-Hill Education Business Statistics Communicating with Numbers
Book SynopsisBusiness Statistics: Communicating with Numberstakes a comprehensive and contemporary approach that aims to bridge the gap between how statistics is taught and applied in the business world. This title not only prepares students in basic statistics but also gets them excited about further exploration of data analytics. The authors emphasize communicating with numbers rather than number crunching, through relatable case studies with relevant statistical methods and takeaways. This title incorporates timely examples from various fields, reinforces core features from previous editions, uses Excel and R to analyze data and solve problems, and includes new improvements, such as a revised chapter on data visualization, an exclusive chapter on logistic regression, and digital enhancements such as a big data capstone project with algorithmic exercises that span across multiple chapters.
£51.29
Little, Brown & Company The Power of Significance
Book SynopsisJohn C. Maxwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author, shows you how to achieve a life of purpose and meaning in this compact new book derived from his previous title, Intentional Living. We all have a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful. But know this: you don't have to be a certain age, have a lot of money, or be powerful or famous to make a real difference. You can be significant starting today -- if you know your purpose. In The Power of Significance, you will find the pathway to a life that matters. Drawing on over 50 years of experience helping people around the world, John Maxwell gives practical guidance and motivation to get you started on your unique personal path to significance. Learn how to find your why, start small but believe big, and live every day as if it matters -- because it does!
£8.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Business Research
Book SynopsisNow in its fifth edition, Business Research offers students a practical, hands-on guide throughout the research process, from literature review to writing up the results. Accessible and clear, this much loved textbook provides the tools needed to embark on and successfully complete research projects. Its balance of practical advice, methodical approach and sound academic underpinning gives a comprehensive grounding in research methods, so that you can decide on the most appropriate way of collecting, analysing and presenting data. New to this Edition:- Expanded practical guidance on areas students find challenging, such as sampling, writing up research and presenting data. - Fully revised and refreshed to provide a more international perspective. Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/business-research. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent research textbook for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. It is well structured, concise and easy to follow, providing practical guidance to help students understand the complexities of Business research. The inclusion of a new chapter on publishing research is an extremely valuable addition to this fifth edition. * Robert Bowen, Swansea University, UK *Conducting research is not an easy activity in the world of business and writing about this process is even more difficult - it is worth reading and buying Business Research. For Masters students, it offers a good overview of what should be part of a research proposal and how this can be used to set up a good line of reasoning for doing a research project. For PhD students it gives enough in-depth insights to be useful when doing research; the relationships with different aspects of the philosophy of science are also well introduced. For MBA students, there is also enough in the book to pay attention to and the authors have done a good job of also making the book valuable for users who have a more practical focus on the necessary steps to be taken for writing a good research report. * Bartjan Pennink, University of Groningen, Netherlands *Business research by Collis and Hussey is an excellent resource for both students and teachers of research methods. Compelling yet straightforward, this fifth edition further comprehensively outlines the significance of research methods, while the publication strategy section is a valuable addition. The book covers vital features of conducting scientific research in a step-by-step process, and with examples, tables, and text boxes in chapters, it is straightforward to follow. The book is highly recommended and equally valuable for the undergraduate, as well as advanced level research method students in social sciences. The authors have done a fabulous job in taking their readers along the course of discovering the fascinating science of conducting research. * Naveed Akhter, Jönköping University, Sweden *One of the best business research books available. I am impressed by how Collis and Hussey lead us through the research maze in an uncomplicated manner. The clearly written text follows the typical pattern of the research process and provides practical guidance to undergraduate and postgraduate students as they develop their research knowledge in an easily structured way. Particularly useful in this edition is the new chapter on how to publish research. A fantastic revision, well worth its value for money! * Lynette Louw, Rhodes University, South Africa *Table of Contents1. Understanding Research 2. Dealing with Practical Issues 3. Identifying your Research Paradigm 4. Designing the Research 5. Searching and Reviewing the Literature 6. Writing your Research Proposal 7. Collecting Qualitative Data 8. Analysing Qualitative Data 9. Integrated Qualitative Data Methods 10. Collecting Data for Statistical Analysis 11. Analysing Data Using Descriptive Statistics 12. Analysing Data Using Inferential Statistics 13. Writing your Dissertation or Thesis 14. Publishing your Research 15. Troubleshooting.
£48.44
Pearson Education Leading Teams 10 Challenges 10 Solutions
Book Synopsis Mandy Flint is CEO of Excellence in Leadership, a global transformational change organisation. Her clients include: MasterCard, American Express, Virgin Atlantic & more. Elisabet Vinberg Hearn is CEO of Think Solutions UK Ltd, a leadership consultancy specializing in employee engagement & profitable corporate cultures. Her clients include: MasterCard, H&M, IKEA & more.Table of Contents Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1: How do you build trust? Chapter 2: How do you overcome conflicts or tensions? Chapter 3: How do you encourage everyone to share relevant information with each other? Chapter 4: How do you create engagement? Chapter 5: How do you create transparency and openness? Chapter 6: How do you encourage long-term thinking? Chapter 7: How do you create a team that delivers and is well perceived? Chapter 8: How do you get a team to manage change effectively? Chapter 9: How do you get a team working together, all for one and one for all? Chapter 10: How do you get everyone going in the same direction? Straight Talking Summary Your Team Tool kit on how to run a team workshop Additional resources References About the Authors
£14.24
John Wiley & Sons Inc Resolving Conflicts at Work
Book SynopsisThe third edition of Resolving Conflicts at Work will identify core strategies for use by workplace leaders, managers, union representatives, human resource experts, consultants, and employees to resolve and prevent both intermittent and chronic conflicts in the workplace.Table of ContentsForeword Conflict: An Opportunity for Leadership By Warren Bennis vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction Ten Strategies for Everyone on the Job xv Strategy 1 Understand the Culture and Dynamics of Conflict 1 Strategy 2 Listen Empathetically and Responsively 29 Strategy 3 Search Beneath the Surface for Hidden Meanings 63 Strategy 4 Acknowledge and Reframe Emotions 93 Strategy 5 Separate What Matters from What Gets in the Way 131 Strategy 6 Solve Problems Paradoxically and Creatively 169 Strategy 7 Learn from Difficult Behaviors 203 Strategy 8 Lead and Coach for Transformation 241 Strategy 9 Explore Resistance and Negotiate Collaboratively 273 Strategy 10 Mediate and Design Systems for Prevention 301 The Authors 333 Index 335
£17.85
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Positive Provocation: 25 Questions to Elevate
Book SynopsisHone your skills and strengthen your practice with this series of twenty-five fresh and provocative questions for reflection that challenge the conventional wisdom in the coaching profession.Like any established profession, coaching is full of unexamined assumptions. These need to be regularly questioned and tested to keep the profession vital and valuable. Coaches need to engage in the same kind of scrutiny and self-examination that offers such powerful benefits to their clients.In Positive Provocation, coaching thought leader Robert Biswas-Diener asks a series of twenty-five provocative and sometimes playful questions that take a fresh look at some of coaching?s most cherished beliefs. What if coaches had agendas? Why are ethics so boring? What?s so great about interrupting? Can we trust eureka moments? What if we used less empathy?This is not an attack on the coaching profession?Biswas-Diener writes with a light, conversational, and often humorous touch. These are positive provocations, meant to stimulate your curiosity, engage you with the latest research, and invite you to see your practice with new eyes.Biswas-Diener covers philosophies of coaching, communicating with clients, common coaching concepts, coaching interventions, and a big final provocation: should coaching be informed by science? This book will give you a richer understanding of the coaching process, make you more articulate about your own beliefs, and allow you to feel more engaged with the craft.
£22.10
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Starbucks Experience 5 Principles for Turning
Book SynopsisWAKE UP AND SMELL THE SUCCESS!You already know the Starbucks story. Since 1992, its stock has risen a staggering 5,000 percent! The genius of Starbucks success lies in its ability to create personalized customer experiences, stimulate business growth, generate profits, energize employees, and secure customer loyalty-all at the same time.The Starbucks Experience contains a robust blend of home-brewed ingenuity and people-driven philosophies that have made Starbucks one of the world's "most admired" companies, according to Fortune magazine. With unique access to Starbucks personnel and resources, Joseph Michelli discovered that the success of Starbucks is driven by the people who work there-the "partners"-and the special experience they create for each customer. Michelli reveals how you can follow the Starbucks way to Reach out to entire communities Listen to individual workers and consumers Seize growth opportunities in evTable of ContentsPrinciple 1: Make It Your OwnPrinciple 2: Everything Matters Principle 3: Surprise and Delight Principle 4: Embrace Resistance Principle 5: Leave Your Mark
£20.89
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
Book SynopsisHere is the true story of a top Wall Street player''s transformation from a straight-arrow believer to a jaded cynic, who reveals how Wall Street''s insider game is really played.Dan Reingold was a top Wall Street analyst for fourteen years and Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jack Grubman''s chief competitor in the red-hot sector of telecom. Reingold was part of the Street and believed in it.But in this action-packed, highly personal memoir written with accomplished Fast Company senior writer Jennifer Reingold the author describes how his enthusiasm gave way to disgust as he learned how deeply corrupted Wall Street and much of corporate America had become during the roaring stock market bubble of the 1990s.Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst provides a front-row seat at one of the most dramatic -- and ultimately tragic -- periods in financial history. Reingold recounts his introduction to the world of Wall Street leaks and secret deal-maTrade Review"It's a terrific memoir. This honest and irreverent behind-the-scenes account of life on Wall Street is highly recommended." -- Library Journal
£11.69
Harvard University Press ValueFocused Thinking
Book SynopsisRather than placing emphasis on mechanics and fixed solutions, Keeney argues, we should focus on the bottom-line objectives that give decisionmaking its meaning: through recognizing and articulating fundamental values, we can better identify decision opportunitiesand thereby create better decision alternatives.Trade Review[Value-Focused Thinking] is both an inspired and inspiring book. It is also a rarity among academic and business texts: it is a 'damn good read.' Keeney writes well, arguing his case clearly in the abstract and illustrating it through numerous interesting and pertinent examples. -- Simon French * Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis *Outstanding...Innovative thinking. * Decision Analysis Newsletter *Value-Focused Thinking clearly demonstrates the problems occurring in commercial and other organizations as a result of restricting decision choice to the available alternatives (alternative-focused thinking), rather than starting by considering what it is intended to achieve (value-focused thinking). * Observer *Table of ContentsPART 1: Concepts 1. Thinking about Values 1.1 Value-Focused Thinking 1.2 Creating Alternatives 1.3 Identifying Decision Opportunities 1.4 Thinking about Values 1.5 The Uses of Value-Focused Thinking 2. The Framework of Value-Focused Thinking 2.1 Framing a Decision Situation 2.2 Fundamental Objectives 2.3 The Decision Context 2.4 Guiding Strategic Thinking and Action 2.5 The Framework 2.6 Comparing Alternative-Focused and Value-Focused Thinking 2.7 Ethics and Value Neutrality Part 2: Foundations 3. Identifying and Structuring Objectives 3.1 Identifying Objectives 3.2 Identifying Fundamental Objectives 3.3 Structures of Objectives 3.4 How to Structure Objectives 3.5 Desirable Properties of Fundamental Objectives 3.6 Relating Objectives Hierarchies and Objectives Networks 3.7 Incomplete Objectives Hierarchies and Networks 3.8 Objectives Hierarchies for Groups 4. Measuring the Achievement of Objectives 4.1 The Concept of an Attribute 4.2 The Types of Attributes 4.3 Developing Constructed Attributes 4.4 Use of Proxy Attributes 4.5 Desirable Properties of Attributes 4.6 The Decision of Selecting Attributes 4.7 Connecting Decision Situations with Attributes 5. Quantifying Objectives with a Value Model 5.1 Building a Value Model 5.2 Multiple-Objective Value Models 5.3 Single-Objective Value Models 5.4 Prioritizing Objectives 5.5 The Art of Assessing Value Models 5.6 Issues to Consider in Value Assessments Part 3: Uses 6. Uncovering Hidden Objectives 6.1 Insights from Attributes 6.2 Insights from Violations of Independence Assumptions 6.3 Insights from Value Tradeoffs 6.4 Insights from Single-Attribute Objective Functions 6.5 Insights from Multiple Value Assessments 7. Creating Alternatives for a Single Decisionmaker 7.1 Counteracting Cognitive Biases 7.2 Use of Objectives 7.3 Use of Strategic Objectives 7.4 Focus on High-Value Alternatives 7.5 Use of Evaluated Alternatives 7.6 Generic Alternatives 7.7 Coordinated Alternatives 7.8 Process Alternatives 7.9 Removing Constraints 7.10 Better Utilization of Resources 7.11 Screening to Identify Good Alternatives 7.12 Alternatives for a Series of Similar Decisions 8. Creating Alternatives for Multiple Decisionmakers 8.1 Pleasing Other Stakeholders 8.2 Stakeholder Influence on Your Consequences 8.3 Clarifying Stakeholder Values for Group Decisions 8.4 Creating Alternatives for Negotiations 9. Identifying Decision Opportunities 9.1 Use of Strategic Objectives 9.2 Use of Resources Available 9.3 A Broader Decision Context 9.4 Monitoring Achievement 9.5 Establishing a Process 9.6 Negotiating for Your Side and for the Other Side 9.7 Being in the Right Place at the Right Time 9.8 When You Have No Idea about What to Do 10. Insights for the Decisionmaking Process 10.1 Guiding Information Collection 10.2 Evaluating Alternatives 10.3 Interconnecting Decisions 10.4 Improving Communication 10.5 Facilitating Involvement in Multiple-Stakeholder Decisions 10.6 Guiding Strategic Thinking Part 4: Applications 11. Selected Applications 11.1 NASA Leadership in Space 11.2 Transporting Nuclear Waste 11.3 Research on Climate Change 11.4 Air Pollution in Los Angeles 11.5 Design of Integrated Circuit Testers 11.6 Collaborating on a Book 12. Value-Focused Thinking at British Columbia Hydra 12.1 Identification and Structuring of the Strategic Objectives 12.2 First Revision of the Strategic Objectives and the Preliminary Attributes 12.3 Current Version of the Strategic Objectives and Attributes 12.4 The Quantitative Value Assessment 12.5 Insights from the Value Assessment 12.6 Decision Opportunities 13. Value-Focused Thinking for My Decisions 13.1 Strategic Objectives for Life 13.2 Guiding Involvement in Professional Activities 13.3 Decisions about Health and Safety 13.4 Professional Decisions 13.5 Personal Decisions 13.6 Value-Focused Thinking and You References Index of Applications and Examples General Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Neurotic Organization
Book SynopsisIs your organization obsessive-compulsive or passive-aggressive? Corporate neurosis expert Manfred Kets de Vries analyzes dysfunctional organizational behavior in terms of accepted psychoanalytic types and arrives at some genuine insights into why some companies are healthier than others.Trade Review"Excellent and well-written.... The authors analyze dysfunctional organizational behavior in terms of accepted psychoanalytic types. The analogy between personal and organizational malfunction is clearly drawn and offers genuine insights into understanding nonfunctional organizational behavior.", ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Tracing Problems from Organizational to Individual Levels Part One: Organizational Problems 1. Neurotic Styles and Organizational Dysfunctioning 2. Shared Fantasies and Group Processes 3. Confused Interpersonal Relationships 4. Destrucive Superior/Subordinate Interactions 5. Life-Cycle Crises and Individual Career Satisfaction Part Two: Overcoming Resistance to Change 6. Identifying Defense Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance 7. Helping Managers Gain Insight to Facilitate Change 8. Steps in Diagnosing, Overcoming, and Preventing Problems 9. Organizational Therapy in Action: A Case Study Conclusion: Working for Change--Cautions and Recommendations
£49.40
McGraw-Hill Education QuickValue Discover Your Value and Empower Your
Book SynopsisGain the competitive edge by conducting a valuation of your company every yearâquickly, accurately, and inexpensivelyBusiness leaders who know their companyâs value at any given moment are more likely to seize the competitive edgeâespecially these days, when adding digital capabilities can dramatically affect value. But most businesses drop the ball because traditional valuation is complex, time-consuming, and expensive.Not anymore. Reed Phillips, Chairman of Oaklins International, one of the worldâs largest mid-market M&A firms, lays out a straightforward method for gaining a clear understanding of your companyâs current value in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. He walks you through three easy steps: Identify the key value drivers behind the companyâs value and rate them to develop a Value Driver Score. Perform a careful examination of comparable businesses, including their market-rate multiples forTable of ContentsForeword by Mike Perlis Acknowledgments PART ONE: GETTING READYCHAPTER 1 Why Valuation Matters CHAPTER 2 Understanding Traditional Valuation CHAPTER Preparing Your Company for QuickValue PART TWO: DISCOVER YOUR VALUE IN THREE STEPSCHAPTER 4 Step 1. Find and Rate Your Value Drivers CHAPTER 5 Step 2. Determine Your Multiples Range CHAPTER 6 Step 3. Calculate Your Value PART THREE: USING QUICKVALUECHAPTER 7 Special Situations CHAPTER 8 Private Equity CEOs CHAPTER 9 Guiding Your Strategy CHAPTER 10 Selling Your Company EPILOGUE The Company You Are Now APPENDIX 1 Income Statement Adjustments APPENDIX 2 Resources for Finding Your Industry’sPublic and Private Multiples APPENDIX 3 Additional Resources Notes Index
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McGraw-Hill Education Arrive and Thrive 7 Impactful Practices for Women
Book SynopsisWall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFrom three of todayâs top women leaders in business and academiaâseven essential practices for thriving professionally.Women who arrive at the top should be able to thrive at the top. Instead theyâre judged lucky to surviveâeven more so with pandemic-era pressures overwhelming their already busy family and professional lives.What if there was a way you could flourish in a senior leadership role as your best self, inspire excellence in your team channeling your own wellbeing and, at the same time, lead a highly fulfilled life? There isâand Arrive and Thrive shows you how.This timely and practice-driven guide reveals 7 practices you can use to thrive as you rise to positions of greater responsibility, risk, and rewardâand empower others along the way. Powered by the latest research, boots-on-the-ground experi
£18.69
Missionday Powerful (Intl): Building a Culture of Freedom
Book SynopsisNamed by The Washington Post as one of the 11 Leadership Books to Read in 2018When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, she shares what she learned there and elsewhere in Silicon Valley. McCord advocates practicing radical honesty in the workplace, saying good-bye to employees who don’t fit the company’s emerging needs, and motivating with challenging work, not promises, perks, and bonus plans. McCord argues that the old standbys of corporate HR—annual performance reviews, retention plans, employee empowerment and engagement programs—often end up being a colossal waste of time and resources. Her road-tested advice, offered with humor and irreverence, provides readers a different path for creating a culture of high performance and profitability. Powerful will change how you think about work and the way a business should be run.Trade Review“Patty McCord’s compelling account of the culture that made Netflix succeed should be required reading for everyone who wants their business to thrive in the 21st century. A natural-born storyteller, McCord shows us how the Netflix ‘methodology’ of radical honesty, debating everything and relentlessly focusing on the future can set us up to win in the 21st century. With Powerful, McCord challenges, entertains, and inspires as she sets out how we can bring out the best in ourselves and others.” — Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global“Magical! An enlightening ride through young companies bucking orthodoxy.” — Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix“Drawing on her decades of experience building high-performance professional environments, Patty McCord has given us a valuable playbook for designing workplaces where colleagues thrive. Anyone interested in building and strengthening talent will find Powerful a useful resource to create professional cultures anchored in mutual respect, empathy, and creativity.” — Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective“If your company is pursuing greatness and comfortable with the idea of embracing change, this book is a must-read. It’s as simple as that. Patty McCord articulates what many leaders need to hear, then teaches you how to implement it.” — Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, co-founders and co-CEOs of Warby Parker
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Attention Economy and How Media Works: Simple
Book SynopsisThis book offers a considered voice on the advertising chaos that colours our rapidly changing media environment in a world of fake news, fast facts and seriously depleted attention stamina. Rather than simply herald disruption, Karen Nelson-Field starts an intelligent conversation on what it will take for businesses to win in an attention economy, the advertising myths we need to leave behind and the scientific evidence we can use to navigate a complex advertising and media ecosystem. This book makes sense of viewability standards, coverage and clutter; it talks about the real quality behind a qCPM and takes a deep dive into the relationship between attention and sales. It explains the stark reality of human attention processing in advertising. Readers will learn how to maximise a viewer’s divided attention by leveraging specific media attributes and using attention-grabbing creative triggers. Nelson-Field asks you to pay attention to a disrupted advertising future without panic, but rather with a keen eye on the things that brand owners can learn to control.Table of ContentsChapter 1 – The First Episode.- Chapter 2 – Big Little Learnings.- Chapter 3 – Attention Science Becomes a Science.- Chapter 4 – The Reinvention of Invention.- Chapter 5 – A Guide to Now and Next.- Chapter 6 – From Realisation to Action: the Diary of a CPO.- Chapter 7 – The Investors.- Chapter 8 – Attention to Ethics.- Chapter 9 – Back to the Future Gazing.
£28.49
HarperCollins India The Making of a Value Investor: What a bear
Book SynopsisThe result is a book that provides you invaluable lessons on navigating financial markets and building resilience.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Unlocked Leader
Book SynopsisThe most effective leaders are human leaders: leading with empathy, vulnerability, and authenticity. But many still adhere to the outdated myth that leaders must be superhero leaders: infallible, unflappable, and fearless. Tragically, their innate ability to inspire remains locked within, blunting their impact. In The Unlocked Leader veteran executive leadership coach Hortense le Gentil combines real life stories, rigorous research, and practical tools to explain how superhero leaders can become effective human leaders. You'll discover: How to identify the mental obstacles that stand between you and leadership authenticity, and sap your energy and impact - your mindtraps. How to confront your fears and escape those traps by operating a mindshift. Practical strategies to better connect with yourself and others - a mindbuild. The journey from superhero leader to human leader not only transforms the lives of leaders themselves - both at work and beyond. It also makes a profound and lasting difference in the lives of people around them and the organizations they lead. This is how human leaders make an impact and shine their light in the world: by changing the way they connect with themselves and other people, they start a chain reaction that reverberates throughout their organizations and beyond them, because we are all part of interconnected networks of human relationships. An indispensable leadership manual for people who wish to lead not just with their heads, but with their heart and soul as well, The Unlocked Leader belongs on the bookshelves of leaders and aspiring leaders at all levels looking for a fresh new perspective on effective, powerful leadership in service of something bigger than themselves.Table of ContentsForeword by Jim Citrin Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION: The Fear of Being Human9 A New Business Environment and New Expectations The Sum of All Fears How to Become a Human Leader PART 1: MINDTRAP – Identify Your Lock Chapter 1. When the keys to past success get in your way: how mindsets become mindtraps The Birth of a Mindtrap Cul de Sac How well do you know yourself? Chapter 2. Uncover your inner obstacles: which mindtrap is holding you back? The long shadow of trauma What is a Trauma? Inherited trauma How do you define your identity? Are You Wearing the Right “Suit”? The Consequence of Mindtraps Chapter 3. Find the source of your mindtrap: whose voice is it? The Voice of Authority When behavior speaks louder than words The Power of the Collective Which voice do you listen to? PART 2: MINDSHIFT – Free Your Voice Chapter 4. How we can change our mindset: the stories we tell ourselves Finding Order in Chaos The Master Filter The Meaning Making Machine The Space and Time Traveler The Human Connection The gap between who we are and how we are perceived The “Gandhi neurons” Chapter 5. See yourself differently: a view from outside the frame Hitting the Wall The Gift of External Perspective Your immediate environment The power of words The Professional Guide Open your Ears, Eyes and Mind85 Chapter 6. Challenge your beliefs: is it true, relevant, or helpful today?89 Truth Be Told Claire Andrew Hortense Is it relevant? David Buddha Mateo Is it still helpful? Andrew Claire Chapter 7. Challenge your fears: three strategies to “do it anyway” See the Gift in Crises Find Your Boosters Take One Step at a Time Chapter 8. Let it go: three ways to make peace with the past Let Go Walter Andrew Rewrite Your Story Time travel PART 3: MINDBUILD – Lead With Empathy Chapter 9. Define your identity as a human leader Understand what drives you From Personal to Collective Purpose Write Your Eulogy Imagine your future self Back to the future Identify your role models The Other Benefits of Flexing Your Imagination Chapter 10. Empower your inner leader: four practices to better connect with yourself Staying on the Right Path Self-care for the soul Draw from a bank of positive memories Practice Gratitude Learn to protect yourself and recharge Chapter 11. Become a new leader: four practices to better connect with others Learn to listen more and speak last Cultivate Your Empathy Practice and roleplay conversations Learn to set and maintain new boundaries CONCLUSION: The New Leader Index
£19.54
Harvard University Press The Power of Creative Destruction Economic
Book SynopsisThe solution to inequality, environmental degradation, and other deficits of capitalism is better capitalism. The Power of Creative Destruction draws on cutting-edge research to argue that what we need today is not revolution but reform: pro-competitive policies that enable innovation while compensating for the disruption it causes.Trade ReviewSweeping, authoritative and—for the times—strikingly upbeat…The overall argument is compelling and, with creative destruction falling out of political favor, it carries a trace of Schumpeterian subversion. * The Economist *[An] important book…[It] is lucid, empirically grounded, wide-ranging, and well-argued…Schumpeter himself feared capitalism would perish. So far, he seems to have been wrong. Another possibility is that democracy will die, as plutocracy allies with demagoguery. Either way, the civilizations of the contemporary high-income democracies would perish. By promoting a better understanding, this book could, with wisdom and luck, help us avoid that fate. -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times *Successfully navigating the supply chain disruptions created by COVID-19 requires strong political leaders to implement smart policies, but not leaders so strong that they can suppress organizational innovations that will disfavor them or their allies. The authors explain these dynamics and more in an eminently accessible fashion. -- Barry Eichengreen * Foreign Affairs *Marvelous…Consistently thoughtful and, in its way, fearless. In The Power of Creative Destruction, readers will find much that transcends the facile arguments and moral posturing that too often characterizes today’s economic debates. -- Milton Ezrati * City Journal *Gather a group of economists together and ask what most concerns them, and a wide variety of topics would soon emerge…Decade after decade, numerous books have been written about each of these issues. But here we have in one compact package a blockbuster book that deals with all of them…A magisterial book with something new and imaginative to say on such a wide and important range of topics. -- Robert J. Gordon * Business History Review *[A] rigorous education in the economics of innovation…Extend[s] economic analysis to illuminate a wide range of contemporary political and cultural issues. -- William H. Janeway * Project Syndicate *An impressive study…It convinces, to my mind, on what the path to a better world, with less inequality, injustice, environmental catastrophe might look like. -- Bridget Rosewell * Society of Professional Economists *An important book for the times…The authors succinctly connect politics to economics and argue that ‘Innovation Needs Democracy.’…To paraphrase a quote referring to Keynes, another famous economist, this book may convince readers that we should all be Schumpeterians now. -- Craig R. Roach * New York Journal of Books *Offers Americans much needed insight into the sources of economic growth and the kinds of policies that will promote it…All in Washington would do well to read this volume carefully. -- Milton Ezrati * Forbes *Philippe Aghion is one of the founders of the new growth theory focused on the origins and implications of technological progress. This book, based on thirty years of research, shows the richness and usefulness of this approach. It is a fundamental document for thinking about the nature of growth, industrial policy, and the organization of the labor market. -- Olivier Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Chief Economist, International Monetary FundAccelerating technological change, global warming, pandemics, individual and national stagnation, over-indebtedness: this century decidedly provokes anxiety. Armed with legitimate concerns, anti-globalization protestors and neo-Luddites look inwards and denigrate innovation. The Power of Creative Destruction offers another vision, more persuasive and based on the innovation that creates wealth and jobs. Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, and Simon Bunel dismantle contemporary myths about such economic phenomena as secular stagnation and the impact of automation on employment. They show the need for competition and the fight against rents. They advocate a regulated capitalism that will allow us to keep society prosperous and the planet green. They explain, in short, how to manage the creative destruction that over the past two centuries has brought to our society a previously unimaginable prosperity. Provocative and rigorous, this book is an important milestone in our reflections on the future of our societies. A must-read. -- Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureate, Toulouse School of EconomicsThe term ‘creative destruction’ expresses a contradiction at the core of capitalism; creation brings innovation, growth, and prosperity while the destruction that it demands engenders resistance and stagnation. Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, and Simon Bunel are the leaders in exploring and understanding this story of action and reaction. Their insights are essential if policy is to restore growth in today’s faltering capitalism. -- Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economic SciencesAnyone curious about where modern capitalism is going and whether economic growth can be sustained should read this book. In accessible prose, based on cutting-edge economic analysis, the authors dissect the dynamics of the modern economies. They show brilliantly how capitalism in the twenty-first century is indeed as creative as it is destructive, and how innovation will affect modern economies and hence the life of every human on the planet, for better and for worse. Deeply researched and intelligently written, this is a genuine tour de force. -- Joel Mokyr, Northwestern UniversityPhilippe Aghion has been the leader of modern growth theory for the last three decades. He has shown that innovation and disruption, Schumpeter’s creative destruction, are at the heart of the productivity and power of a capitalist economy. In this book that story is clearly and compellingly told, but now he and his colleagues go still deeper into the kind of society we want to build, whilst keeping the power of creative destruction. We really can create a prosperous future which brings a supportive community and social cohesion, and a much better environment, climate, and biodiversity. This fine and crucially important book is ultimately optimistic about what we can do, but challenges us as to whether we will. -- Nicholas Stern, London School of EconomicsThe authors…argue that the socioeconomic problems revealed during the global pandemic—welfare, health, inequality, and many others—will not be fixed by abolishing capitalism but rather by inventing a better capitalism through the power of creative destruction, which they define as innovations that disrupt and lift societies. -- Satya Nadella * Fast Company *A refreshing take on large, important societal questions. By making the case for a rightful role for government, institutions, civil society organizations, and issues of equity and fairness in the production of capitalist society, the authors produce a justification for a new political economy—one in which capitalism’s innovative power to produce novel, entertaining, and imaginative products is harnessed to increasing collective welfare and a more interesting and secure future for citizenry. -- Neil Fligstein * Administrative Science Quarterly *An ambitious story of how Western countries escaped the Malthusian population-growth trap, hitting upon an innovation-lead growth trajectory that has so far resulted in immense improvements in longevity and quality of life for the vast majority of humankind. It was a pleasure to read this well-written book, which is full of easy examples and background data. -- Paul Frijters * Economic Record *
£16.10
Oxford University Press Exploring Leadership Individual Organizational
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe authors have managed to distinguish this book from other textbook-type resources on the topic of leadership by adopting an explicitly critical, interdisciplinary and multilevel approach while remaining balanced in their assessments. * W. Fourie, Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Colombo Business Journal, December 2023 *A highly accessible, well-argued, academically grounded and deeply thoughtful exploration of leadership studies from a critical yet constructive perspective... the authors have attempted and succeeded in asking how theoretical and conceptual advances help us understand the potential personal, organisational and societal impact of leadership research. * W. Fourie, Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Colombo Business Journal, December 2023 *Most textbooks on leadership are a litany of theories and research topics. This text is different. Exploring leadership is a truly interdisciplinary, and critical discussion of the complexity of leadership, and its important implications. Impressively, there are a number of features that facilitate student learning and engagement with the topics. This is an outstanding leadership textbook. * Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D., Professor of Leadership & Organizational Psychology, Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College, California, USA *This is a very accessible text that I will keep on my desk and not relegate to my bookcase! It is always so refreshing to find a second edition that revitalises and energises a discussion by recognising and clarifying both the nature and the pace of change taking place in our fast-moving and complex world. That this is achieved whilst remaining true to the passions and influence of James McGregor Burns that scholarly insights and strong concepts become powerful only when they translate into practical application and are tested with experience is remarkable. Your patience with its comprehensiveness, its rigour and clarity will pay significant dividends. * Mike Hardy, Professor Mike Hardy CMG OBE, Chair, International Leadership Association, Founding Director, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, UK *At this point in time, when humanity is facing threats to climate, environment, and democracy, it is hard to imagine a more comprehensive and relevant textbook. The combined expertise and experience of three of the leading scholars of Leadership Studies in UK facilitate the exploration of an in-depth understanding of leadership as a process of social influence in mobilizing change. It is a must on the required reading lists for undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and executive students around the world. * Christer Sandahl, Professor Emeritus, Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden *I have never come across such an ambitious and well-executed tour of the leadership terrain. Spanning historical, societal, psychological, cross-cultural and global perspectives, this book succeeds remarkably well in being both scholarly and accessible. What is more, it is useful and challenging for the reader. Elements of good learning design are integrated within each chapter flowing from learning objectives at the outset, through well-constructed activities to an excellent chapter summary with review questions. Taking a critical perspective, the book concludes with a powerful provocation to reroute the field of leadership studies, and this rings true of the ethical and inclusive implications thrown up by an ever more complex world. * Doug Parkin, Principal Adviser for Leadership and Management at Advance HE (UK), and an independent author on higher education *This is the leadership text we need: critical, interdisciplinary, multi-level, and balanced. The authors engage the complexity of the present, analyze the past, and challenge the future of leadership thinking and practice. I cant wait to share this resource with my students. * Kerry Priest, Associate Professor, Staley School of Leadership, Kansas State University, USA *Exploring Leadership strikes the perfect balance between theory and practice, with theoretical discussions being linked to a variety of reflection activities, group exercises and international case studies that encourage readers to bring their own thoughts and experiences to conversations about leadership. The textbook inspires curiosity about what leadership is and what the ever-changing world and workplace needs it to be, making it essential reading for 21st century leadership students the world over! * Jorandi Scholtz, Impact and Partnership Development Manager MBA Corporate Engagement, University of Exeter, UK, Alumni of the Exeter MBA, 2018 *I would rather ask, Why not another book on leadership? for students and practitioners of management in the post pandemic era. Exploring Leadership gives a fair opportunity to the readers to conceptualize the concept from various perspectives e.g., perspective of self, (traits, styles, competencies, emergence, management of emotions), organizational perspective (stakeholders, strategy and change, power and politics), global and environmental perspective (digital, gender, diversity and inclusion, cross cultural and ethics). The book gives a future direction to leadership researchers and it is written in a lucid and practical manner. It is a delight to read the book. * Ajay Jain, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Management Development Institute Gurgaon, India *Why yet another book about leadership? Bolden, Hawkins and Gosling ask at the beginning of the second edition of Exploring Leadership. Because unlike so many other recipe-based leadership textbook, this one bravely critiques the theory and practice of leadership, while situating the phenomenon squarely within our contemporary context. As well as providing a comprehensive, multi-level account of leadership, the text is filled with prompts for individual reflection, group activities and up-to-date case studies, creating a treasure trove of resources for leadership educators at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. * Donna Ladkin, Professor of Inclusive Leadership, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK *There may be many thousands of books on leadership, but this book should grab your attention. The knowledge, wisdom and practicality of what is on offer will be a must for anyone trying to get to grips with understanding leadership. The authors engagingly and critically embrace an integrative perspective of leadership from individual, organisational and societal orientations. Yet they go beyond this and embrace the thorny issues of politics and organising, ethics and power, responsibility and sustainability, and diversity and inclusion. Your choice to invest money and time into this book will offer a dividend to exceed most of your investments it will set you up to rethink leadership and enhance your approach to leading that will yield enhanced leadership relations for the many you engage with and the purposes you pursue. * Steve Kempster, Professor of Leadership Learning and Development, Lancaster University Management School, UK *This hugely enjoyable book is wise, insightful, and well written. It doesnt hesitate to challenge conventional wisdom when needed. It is that rare thing in leadership studies a book that tells us what we really need to know about leadership, whether we are in senior roles or not. Bravo! We can all benefit from its important insights. * Dennis Tourish, Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton, UK *I am even more impressed by the scope, the relevance and the quality of thinking that infuses the second edition of this important leadership book. By skilfully weaving together individual, organizational, and societal perspectives on leadership, the authors will no doubt inspire a new generation of leadership researchers to do work that genuinely matters. * Brad Jackson, Professor Brad Jackson, MBA Director, Waikato Management School/Te Raupapa, University of Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand *Exploring Leadership, in its second edition, extends its explanation of the changing face of leadership in the current, and emergent, VUCA environment. The significant contribution made by the authors is through the presentation of theory balanced with 'go ask, go see, go do' activities and reflections. In so doing the book itself demonstrates the importance, and power, of viewing leading as an activity that enables the reader, as practitioner in, researcher of, and emerging student practitioners, to make sense of, and participate in, the shared activity of leadership. * Sandra Jones, Professor Emerita, School of Management, RMIT, Australia *Organizational and societal discontinuities and existential threats are challenging conventional perspectives on leadership. Exploring Leadership responds exceptionally well to these challenges by mapping the field and presenting an account of leadership that does not gloss over theoretical complexity and contestation. The authors weave a scintillating collection of topics into a convincing guide for those interested in understanding why leadership matters. * Willem Fourie, Associate Professor, Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa *This is not just another book about leadership. It is a deeply profound exploration replete with engaging examples and case studies that illuminate the realities of leadership in extraordinary ways and connect the study of leadership with its practice. Bolden, Hawkins, and Gosling have gifted us with a book rich in content and creative ways to ponder, practice, and develop leadership. It is the book about leadership. * Cynthia Cherry, President and CEO, International Leadership Association, Washington DC, USA *This text offers and contemporary and applied insight into leadership. Theoretical concepts are considered alongside contemporary issues, providing a holistic insight into one of the most relevant topics for business students in the current climate. * Catherine Hine, University of Plymouth *A clearly written, easily accessible, very well-informed book on leadership. Excellent exercises and case studies invite students to engage effectively. * Bob Thomson, University of Warwick *This insightful leadership textbook offers an in-depth literature review of key topics and themes and is supported by well-planned class exercises. * Dr Katy Warden, Canterbury Christ Church University *A really well researched leadership text that will help the students to focus their mind on a topic that is so often misunderstood. * Edward Collins, University of Reading *A source of balanced and multi-faceted views on leadership, with solid academic anchoring. Practically applicable as a source to explore, in teams or individually, the phenomenon of leadership. * Martijn Rademakers, University of Amsterdam *The book provides valuable insights on leadership from an individual, organizational and societal perspective. * Christian Harrison, University of the West of Scotland *Table of ContentsPart 1 - Mapping the Terrain 1: Introduction: Exploring leadership 2: Theoretical perspectives on leadershipPart 2 - Individual Perspectives 3: Leadership traits, styles, and competencies 4: The emotional dynamics of leadershipPart 3 - Organizational Perspectives 5: 1. Leading strategy, change, and performance in organizations 6: Power, politics, culture, and toxicity in organizationsPart 4 - Societal Perspectives 7: Community, national culture, and place 8: Grand challenges: Leading the issues that matterPart 5 - Cross-Cutting and Emerging Perspectives 9: Gender and inclusion, digital disruption, and ethics 10: Conclusion: Where next for leadership studies?
£48.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc The 9 Edge
Book SynopsisPractical wisdom on tools, concepts, and strategies to build, grow, and optimize your business 91% of small and medium sized businesses fail in the first 10 years. What is the other 9% doing to succeed? The 9% Edge is a highly practical guide to entrepreneurship and taking your business to the next level, no matter where you currently are in your build. Developed from extensive research on businesses and their founders, combined with the 26 years of real-world, firsthand experience of author Candy Valentino, this book breaks down the core principles and concepts that are essential to bridging the knowledge gap between different stages of a build, and contains a wealth of tools and strategies, explained in plain English, that can be put into practice as soon as today. Valentino went from a teenager living in a little white trailer on government assistance, to building, scaling, and selling multiple businesses in various industries and helping countless o
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McGraw-Hill Education Mastering Communication at Work Second Edition
Book SynopsisThe classic international bestseller, updated for the hybrid work world, including a new chapter on virtual communication.Excellent communicating skills have always been crucial to success in leadership and management rolesâand thatâs one of the reasons the first edition of this book, Mastering Communication at Work, has been an international bestseller taught at universities and referred to by leading CEOs. In the years since it was first published, itâs been the go-to âœcommunication playbook,â helping leaders develop strategic responses and communication tactics with clear, actionable advice. Whatâs changed in the last ten years? Well, nothingâand everything.The fundamentals of effective communication are the same, as are many of the challenges leaders face, generation after generation. You still need to âœmatch your listenerâs tendencyâ and âœvalidate,â and you still need to guard against âœdefensiveness.â What has changed is how some of tTable of ContentsIntroductionSection 1. the TechniquesChapter 1. Match Your Listener’s TendencyChapter 2. Manage Your EthosChapter 3. Speak to MotivateChapter 4. FrameChapter 5. ValidateChapter 6. Add ColorSection 2. the Moments That Need Your LeadershipChapter 7. DefensivenessChapter 8. MeetingsChapter 9. DelegationChapter 10. FeedbackChapter 11. PresentationsChapter 12. Hiring InterviewsSection 3. a Culture of CommunicationChapter 13. Virtual CommunicationChapter 14. Communication as a Hard SkillIndex
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Simon & Schuster Career Forward
Book Synopsis*USA TODAY Bestseller* A compass for those navigating their professional journeys (Forbes) that reveals often surprising work advice (New York Post), this empowering guide, from former PepsiCo COO Grace Puma and former Nike President of Consumer Direct Christiana Smith Shi, shows how to prioritize a career path, build professional value, and enjoy a full life both in and out of the workplace. At a time when many long-held workplace structures and beliefs are changing, Career Forward is a beacon for women aspiring to achieve success and satisfaction in rewarding careers. Drawing on decades of experience reaching the top of Fortune 500 companies, Grace Puma and Christiana Smith Shi show women how to maximize their career journeys, get paid what they're worth, navigate the shifts that occur in any company, build a leadership identity, and have a full life in and out of work. The authors challenge negative stereotypes about female ambition, and urge women to be bold, follow their dreams, and seize the chance to lead big lives. The secret is to focus on career first, job second. Instead of chasing a better job title or a salary bump, the goal should be a long-range career path that leads to success. Career forward means keeping a focus on the future and recognizing that being good at your job is often not enoughthat you should take every opportunity to boost your connections, take on difficult assignments, and work actively to broaden your skills. Packed with personal anecdotes and wisdom from women who've been there, and featuring quizzes and checklists for self-evaluation, Career Forward provides a wealth of valuable lessons, including the advice to think of yourself as a growth stock and, instead of chasing the elusive work-life balance, living a well-rounded 360-degree life that fully embraces both. Offering a refreshing response to anyone who wonders whether working hard is really worth it, Puma and Smith Shi's emphatic answer is yes, because by correctly following the blueprint in Career Forward, the rewards will far outweigh the effort.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Hidden Truths
Book SynopsisComplete your leadership toolkit with this inside look at high-level, executive positions Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear But Are Rarely Told delivers profound and rarely discussed insights about C-suite jobs that provide aspiring leaders with practical, new skills that will equip them for the immense challenges of their desired jobs. Through 14 illuminating chapters, accomplished Harvard Business School faculty member and former Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company sets out the essential habits that help leaders create success, time and time again. You'll learn: How to recognize the limits of monetary incentives for employees and colleaguesTo manage your relationships with members of the Board of DirectorsHow to value and realize true diversityHow to manage mergers and acquisitions properly, one of the most difficult parts of business leadership Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders with an eye on the C-suite, Hidden Truths also belongs on the bookshelves of people who already find themselves in a C-level position and wish to learn how to better manage the stresses and challenges of the job.Table of ContentsNew CEOs must learn how to: 1 Arrive Prepared—new CEOs must hit the ground running with a game plan and a core team; time is now of the essence, and board patience is limited 1 2 Avoid Half-Truths and Misperceptions—the reality for CEOs is they are rarely told the whole truth by their teams: It arrives with shades of meaning and many misperceptions and political posturing 23 3 Adopt a Constituent Consciousness—new CEOs are easily overwhelmed by the sheer volume, breadth, and intensity of the constituencies they must now personally handle 49 4 Start Change Management by Changing the Management—to lead in new directions and create momentum for change means you best start by changing key executives 59 5 Avoid Becoming Isolated—being a CEOs is a lonely job—most are cut off from prior support teams and colleagues—far too few are available to deliver unvarnished advice 73 6 Manage the Mentorship Conundrum—CEOs need to manage the conflict between their desire to build a team that follows their agenda and the expectation of the board of directors that the CEO will develop a successor who is able to create their own leadership agenda 89 7 Use Role Modeling as a Change Tool—how leaders act, speak, allocate their time, and set priorities are some of the most effective and least used CEO management practices 99 8 Use Psychic Rewards, Not Just Monetary Ones—monetary awards have natural limits, so it’s better to use other meaningful incentives that appeal to people’s sense of self and belonging to sustain change 115 9 Get on Board with Your Board—the CEO-board relationship is one of the most complicated and challenging of all CEOs relationships Most CEOs underinvest in this relationship—often to their detriment 127 10 Do Good While Doing Well—CEOs must now balance the needs of shareholders and stakeholders; this is a tricky balance to maintain and real action is hard 143 11 Embrace the Value and Reality of Diversity—leaders need to deeply embrace the long-term value of diversity, commit to outsized efforts, welcome demanding constituencies, and commit to the personal leadership this goal requires—all while meeting short term commitments 157 12 Know When to Leave—too few leaders are sufficiently self-aware to recognize when they have plateaued and need to depart 165 13 Plan a Post-Leadership Life—CEOs shouldn’t drift thoughtlessly or naïvely into the next phase of their lives but create a purposeful strategy prior to their exit 177 14 Strive for Authenticity—being oneself rather than acting the part is key to being a successful leader 193 15 Seek Truths in the Future—Why the truths that are important today will be even more relevant tomorrow 205
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Devils Casino Friendship Betrayal and
Book SynopsisThe inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers and why it failed In The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, investigative writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward takes readers inside Lehman's highly charged offices.Table of ContentsCast of Characters. Prologue. Part One: The Ponderosa Boys. Chapter 1. A Long, Hot Summer. Chapter 2. The Beginning. Chapter 3. The Captain. Chapter 4. The “Take-Under”. Chapter 5. Slamex. Chapter 6. The Phoenix Rises. Chapter 7. Independence Day. Chapter 8. The Stiletto. Chapter 9. The Ides of March. Chapter 10. Eulogies. Part Two: The Echo Chamber. Chapter 11. Russian Winter. Chapter 12. Lehman’s Desperate Housewives. Chapter 13. The Young Lions. Chapter 14. 9/11. Chapter 15. No Ordinary Joe. Chapter 16. The Talking Head. Chapter 17. The Sacrificial Ram. Chapter 18. Korea’s Rising Sum. Chapter 19. The Wart on the End of Lehman’s Nose. Chapter 20. Damned Flood? Chapter 21. Closing the Books. Epilogue. A Note About the Sources. Notes. References. Acknowledgments. Index.
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LID Publishing The Business of Speaking
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Big Book of Creativity Games Quick Fun
Book SynopsisFeatures dozens of simple games aims to foster and encourage creativity in the workplace and at home. This title includes games that help to: produce dramatically innovative work; convince people that they're creative; get a new project off the ground; perk up a meeting; overcome a creative block; and, use failure to spur creativity.Table of ContentsGetting Ready. The New Science and Technology of Creativity. How to Use This Book. The Games. The ABCs of Creativity. The Amazing Magazine Game. The Anonymous Suggestion Game. The Audience Game. Bridges to Creativity. Broadening: Design Challenge. Broadening: Workplace Challenge. The Broader the Better. Building a Better Capturing Machine. Capturing: Design Challenge. Capturing: Workplace Challenge. Capturing a Daydream. Challenging: Design Challenge. Challenging: Workplace Challenge. Creative Potential: Design Challenge. Creative Potential: Workplace Challenge. The Experts Game. Feedback and Recognition: Design Challenge. Feedback and Recognition: Workplace Challenge. The Keys to Creativity (Basic Version). The Keys to Creativity (Advanced Version). The Lola Cola Game. Managing Resources: Design Challenge. Managing Resources: Workplace Challenge. Managing Teams: Design Challenge. Managing Teams: Workplace Challenge. The Memory Game. The Monkey-Do Game. The News-You-Can-Use Game. The No-Hands Game. The Not-for-the-Fainthearted Game. The Odd Couple Game. The Popsicology Game. The Random Doodles Game. Selling a Zork. The Shifting Game. The Srtcdjgklered Game. Sticky Business. Surrounding: Design Challenge. Surrounding: Workplace Challenge. The Team as Quality Editor. The Tell-Me-a-Story Game. The Tiny Little Nod Game. The Toys-as-Tools Game. The Ultimate Challenge Game. The Waiting Design Game. What D'Ya Know?
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders
Book SynopsisLeaders need to do more than stand up and speak; they need to integrate communications into what they do, address the immediate concerns and issues, and open the door to future dialogue and discovery. This book helps push that door open, so you can bring your organization to the next level.
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McGraw-Hill Education Making Teams Work
Book SynopsisWork teams succeed only when they can eliminate rivalries and focus their different perspectives and skills on solving the problem or challenge at hand. This book shows you how to build such teams, working with individual members as well as the collective team to produce creative, consistent, and decisive results every time.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Candlestick Charting Explained
Book SynopsisMaster this powerful trading system and identify the best tradesInside this book you will discover candlestick charting, one of the most popular tools in technical analysis. Candlestick Charting Explained features updated charts and analysis as well as new material on integrating Western charting analysis with Japanese candlestick analysis, grouping candlesticks into families, detecting and avoiding false signals, and more.Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Candlestick Lines3. Reversal Candle Patterns4. Continuation Patterns5. Sakata’s Method and Candle Formations6. The Philosophy behind Candle Pattern Identification7. Reliability of Pattern Recognition8. Candle Pattern Performance9. Candle Pattern Filtering10. Candlesticks for Traders11. ConclusionsAppendix A: Interview with Takehiro HikitaAppendix B: Derivative Charting MethodsBibliographyIndexSpecial Offer
£51.84
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Flip
Book SynopsisFLIP, the third book in the National Bestselling Millionaire Real Estate Series (More than 500,000 copies sold!)FLIP provides a detailed, step-by-step process to analyze each investment, identify the best improvements, accurately estimate the costs and intelligently oversee the construction. It takes out all the guess work and almost all of the risk.Here's what industry experts are saying about FLIP:"Read this book before you flip that house! FLIP is an indispensable step-by-step guide to flipping houses that you will refer to again and again."-Carlos Ortiz, Executive Producer, "FLIP That House" (TLC's most popular real estate TV show)"At HomeVestors, we're in the business of buying and selling homes for profit and I can attest that there are few, if any, who can rival Rick's and Clay's expertise when it comes to fixing up houses for profit. This book is a must-read for any investor."-Dr. John Hayes, President and CEO Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONOVERVIEWNarrative: The Millionaire Real Estate Investors Club, Part IStage One—FIND: How to Find Houses with Investment Potential1. DEFINE YOUR TARGET2. GENERATE LEADS Chapter 23. QUALIFY LEADS Chapter 3Narrative: The Millionaire Real Estate Investors Club, Part IIStage Two—ANALYZE: How to Make an Offer That Rewards You for Your Risk4. IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS5. DETERMINE SELLING PRICE Chapter 56. ESTIMATE IMPROVEMENT COSTS Chapter 6 Chapter 67. ACCOUNT FOR QUIET COSTS Chapter 7 Chapter 78. SET MINIMUM PROFIT Chapter 8Narrative: The Millionaire Real Estate Investors Club, Part IIIStage Three—BUY: How to Finance, Make an Offer, and Close on an Investment House9. ARRANGE FINANCING Chapter 910. PRESENT THE OFFER11. CLOSE THE PURCHASE Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Chapter 11Narrative: The Millionaire Real Estate Investors Club, Part IVStage Four—FIX: How to Plan and Manage the Construction Process12. PLAN THE WORK Chapter 12 Chapter 1213. ASSIGN THE WORK Chapter 1314. WORK THE PLAN Chapter 14Narrative: The Millionaire Real Estate Investors Club, Part VStage Five—SELL: How to Prepare and Market an Investment House for Sale15. PREPARE TO SELL16. MAKE THE SALE Chapter 16Narrative: The Millionaire Real Estate Investors Club, Part VI17. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Chapter 17AppendixGlossaryIndex
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe John Maynard Keynes
Book SynopsisâœToday, Mr. Minsky's view [of economics] is more relevant than ever.â- The New York TimesâœIndeed, the Minsky moment has become a fashionable catch phrase on Wall Street.â-The Wall Street JournalJohn Maynard Keynes offers a timely reconsideration of the work of the revered economics icon. Hyman Minsky argues that what most economists consider Keynesian economics is at odds with the major points of Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Keynes and Minsky refuse to ignore pervasive uncertainty. Once uncertainty is given center stage, recurring episodes of financial system crises are all but inescapable. As Robert Barbera notes in a new preface, âœBenign economic circumstancesâinvite increasingly aggressive financial market wagers. Innovation in finance is a signature development in a capitalist economy. Once leveraged wagers are in place, small disappointments can have exaggerated consequences.â Thus for Minsky
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Even Happier A Gratitude Journal for Daily Joy
Book SynopsisLearn to be Happier. Week by Week.In this week-by-week guided journal, Tal Ben-Shahar offers a full year'sworth of exercises to inspire happiness every day. Using the groundbreakingprinciples of positive psychology that he taught in his wildly popularcourse at Harvard University and that inspired his worldwide bestsellerHappier, Ben-Shahar has designed a series of tools and techniques toenable us all to find more pleasure and meaning in our lives.52 weeks of new exercises, meditations, and âœtime-insâA journal to record your thoughts, feelings, and personal growthLife-changing insights of philosophers, psychologists, artists,writers, scientists, and successful entrepreneursThis is no ordinary self-help book that you read and toss aside. It's acomplete, user-driven journal filled with proactive challenges, thoughtprovokingquestions, and âœtime-insâ that allow you to pause and reflect.You can engage in these activities every day to stimulate youTable of ContentsIntroductionWeek 1 On Being GratefulWeek 2 RitualsWeek 3 Physical ActivityWeek 4 The Work ParadoxWeek 5 MeaningWeek 6 BenevolenceWeek 7 Learning from Painful ExperiencesWeek 8 Making TimeWeek 9 Enjoying the JourneyWeek 10 Relationships: Knowing and Being KnownWeek 11 Learn to Fail or Fail to LearnWeek 12 Perfectionism and OptimalismWeek 13 The 80/20 RuleWeek 14 Self-PerceptionWeek 15 Permission to Be HumanWeek 16 IntegrityWeek 17 Peak ExperiencesWeek 18 Relationships: GridlockWeek 19 Acts of KindnessWeek 20 Benefit FindingWeek 21 Saying “Thank You”Week 22 RecoveryWeek 23 Relationships: Accentuating the PositiveWeek 24 Cognitive TherapyWeek 25 ParentingWeek 26 Check-In: Looking BackWeek 27 Post-Traumatic GrowthWeek 28 Managing ExpectationsWeek 29 Self-CompassionWeek 30 Aging GracefullyWeek 31 Being RealWeek 32 The UnknownWeek 33 Learning from JealousyWeek 34 Listening to Your Inner VoiceWeek 35 The Law of IdentityWeek 36 Self-AcceptanceWeek 37 Breaking Down AchievementWeek 38 Relationships: Beautiful EnemiesWeek 39 Fixed Mind-Sets and Growth Mind-SetsWeek 40 The Praised GenerationWeek 41 Making DecisionsWeek 42 Psychological SafetyWeek 43 Relationships: In the BedroomWeek 44 Settling for “Good Enough”Week 45 Money and HappinessWeek 46 Self-Concordant GoalsWeek 47 Finding Our CallingWeek 48 Happiness BoostersWeek 49 Depth of HappinessWeek 50 Letting Our Light ShineWeek 51 The Wisdom of PerspectiveWeek 52 Check-In: Looking BackDaily Reminders
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Extraordinary Coach How the Best Leaders Help
Book SynopsisCOACH YOUR BUSINESS TO SUCCESS USINGTHIS âœINTERACTIVEâ APPROACH FROM TWO OF TODAYâSMOST FORWARD-THINKING LEADERSHIP GURUSâœA wonderful and indispensable guide to the practice of coaching. The authors are among the mostseasoned practitioners around . . . and it shows! Whether you are coaching subordinates or clients,you will want to keep this book close at handâfull of detailed guidance.ââJay A. Conger, Kravis Professor of Leadership Studies,Claremont McKenna College, and author of Building Leaders and Learning to LeadâœStinnett and Zenger provide a comprehensive look at the value of coaching inside the organization,complete with a process, tools, and supports for getting started.This book is a great resource and contribution to the field!ââPam McLean, Ph.D., CEO, Hudson Institute of Santa BarbaraâœFinally, and I do mean finally, a book has emerged that is the very best guide to the philosophy,competencies, and discipline requiTable of ContentsToC not available
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games Quick
Book SynopsisMake workplace conflict resolution a game that EVERYBODY wins!Recent studies show that typical managers devote more than a quarter of their time to resolving coworker disputes. The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games offers a wealth of activities and exercises for groups of any size that let you manage your business (instead of managing personalities). Part of the acclaimed, bestselling Big Books series, this guide offers step-by-step directions and customizable tools that empower you to heal rifts arising from ineffective communication, cultural/personality clashes, and other specific problem areasâbefore they affect your organization's bottom line. Let The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games help you to: Build trust Foster morale Improve processes Overcome diversity issues And more Dozens of physical and verbal activities help create a safe environment for teams to explore several common forms of confliTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why Every Employee Needs Conflict Resolution Training;How to Use this Book; Part 1. Communication; Part 2. Diversity; Part 3. Trust; Part 4. Perspective; Part 5. Emotional Intelligence; Part 6. Collaboration
£26.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Art of Bank MA Buying Selling Merging and
Book SynopsisUp-to-date guidance for conducting a successfulM&A for banks and financial institutionsThe simmering economic climate since the financial crisis faces a front of new competition and sweeping regulatory reforms expected to drive the U.S. banking sector into consolidation in the next ten years. Capitalizing on the upcoming opportunities will take strategically focused preparation. The Art of Bank M&A is the unprecedented guide to mastering the merger and acquisition of a bank and any other financial institution.M&A transactions involving financial businesses take place in a framework of regulation, which makes them greatly different from those of commercial companies. The specialized coverage in this one-of-a-kind guide givesyou an insider's interpretation of the DoddâFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, along with the most popular techniques and strategies used to shed and acquire financial entities within the regulation. Straightforward explanTable of ContentsFOREWORD: A NEW WORLD FOR BANK MERGERS BY HEATH P. TARBERTPREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SECTION 1 SETTING Chapter 1 Banking: An Overview Chapter 2 The Bank Regulatory Environment Chapter 3 Special Issues for Bank Holding Companies SECTION 2 FROM STRATEGIES TO STANDARDS Chapter 4 Bank Strategies for Growth and Value Chapter 5 Preliminary Valuation for Deal Pricing Chapter 6 Confirmatory Bank Due Diligence SECTION 3 SYNERGIES Chapter 7 Postmerger Integration for Banks Chapter 8 Bank M&A: Case in Point Chapter 9 Banking on the Future SECTION 4 SPECIAL SITUATIONS Chapter 10 Cross-Border Bank M&A Chapter 11 Distressed and Failed Banks Chapter 12 Investing in Bank Stocks Appendix Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases in Banking, 1799–2013 NOTES INDEX
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