Business, Finance & Law Books
Random House USA Inc Trump The Art of the Deal
Book Synopsis#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ?President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work?a firsthand account of the rise of America?s foremost businessman.?Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.??Chicago Tribune ?I like thinking big. I always have. To me it?s very simple: If you?re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.??Donald J. TrumpHere is Trump in action?how he runs his organization and how he runs his life?as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker?s art. And throughout, Trump talks?really talks?about how he does it. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur?the ultimate read for anyone interested in the man behind the spotlight.
£16.50
Little, Brown Book Group Let Love Rule
Book Synopsis''I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow.''Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humour. ''My life is all about opposites,'' he writes. ''Black and white. Jewish and Christian. The Jackson 5 and Led Zeppelin. I accepted my Gemini soul. I owned it. I adored it. Yins and yangs mingled in various parts of my heart and mind, giving me balance and fueling my curiosity and comfort.''Let Love Rule covers a vast canvas stretching from Manhattan''s Upper East Side, Brooklyn''s Bedford-Stuyvesant, Los Angeles''s Baldwin Hills, Beverly Hills, and finally to France, England and Germany. It''s the story of a wildly creative kid who, despite tough struggles at school and extreme tension at home, finds salvation in music. We see him grow as a musici
£15.00
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Effective Executive
Book SynopsisWhat makes an effective executive?The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to get the right things done. This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be learned: Managing time Choosing what to contribute to the organization Knowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect Setting the right priorities Knitting all of them together with effective decision-making Ranging widely through the annals of business and government, Peter F. Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations.<
£15.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders
Book SynopsisThe key to success in life and business is to become a master at Conversational Intelligence. It's not about how smart you are, but how open you are to learn new and effective powerful conversational rituals that prime the brain for trust, partnership, and mutual success. Conversational Intelligence translates the wealth of new insights coming out of neuroscience from across the globe, and brings the science down to earth so people can understand and apply it in their everyday lives. Author Judith Glaser presents a framework for knowing what kind of conversations trigger the lower, more primitive brain; and what activates higher-level intelligences such as trust, integrity, empathy, and good judgment. Conversational Intelligence makes complex scientific material simple to understand and apply through a wealth of easy to use tools, examples, conversational rituals, and practices for all levels of an organization.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Part I; 1. What We Can Learn from OUr Worst Conversations; 2. When We Lose Trust, We Lose Our Voice; 3. Moving from Distrust to Trust; Part II; 4. Challenges of Navigating the Conversational Highway ; 5. Harvesting Conversational Intelligence Using the Wisdome of Our Five Brains; 6. Bringing Conversations to Life; 7. Priming for Level III Conversations; 8. Conversational Agility: Reframing, Refocusing, Redirecting; 9. A Toolkit for Level III Conversations; Part III; 10. Leading with Trust: Laying the Foundation for Level III Interactions; 11. Teaming Up Through Conversational Intelligence; 12. Changing the Game Through Conversational Intelligence
£27.84
HarperCollins Focus The Leadership Handbook
Book SynopsisThe path toward becoming an effective leader begins with leading the person who matters most--you.
£11.69
Simon & Schuster Ltd Make Yourself Unforgettable How to become the
Book SynopsisThere''s nothing more critical to your success than your ability to stand out as a uniquely qualified, valuable, appealing individual -- someone whom other people really want to work with, work for, know, and help. Make Yourself Unforgettable takes an in-depth look at the 10 essential elements of being unforgettable, and gives you a clear-cut step-by-step guide for developing and embodying them. In this dynamic book, you''ll learn the secrets of the Dale Carnegie Class-Act System: - The six steps to managing communication problems honestly, effectively, and unforgettably. - Four unsuspecting stumbling blocks to completely ethical behavior, and how to avoid them. - A new way to understand and exude confidence. - The five key social skills that identify someone as a class act. - How to neutralize and even prevent fear and anxiety -- in yourself and in the people around you. - Resiliency builders that will hone and strengthen your ability to bounce back from adversity. Once you discover e
£9.49
Harriman House Publishing The Choice Factory
Book SynopsisBefore you can influence decisions, you need to understand what drives them. In The Choice Factory, Richard Shotton sets out to help you learn. From priming to the pratfall effect, charm pricing to the curse of knowledge, the science of behavioural economics has never been easier to apply to marketing.Trade Review"This book is a Haynes Manual for understanding consumer behaviour. You should buy a copy - and then buy another copy to give to one of the 97% of people in marketing who are too young to remember what a bloody Haynes Manual is."- Rory Sutherland, columnist for The Spectator and Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy One. "Most books in this area are academic and dry as dust. If you want to know how research and sociology can impact on real life in the real world, Richard's book will show you - using simple words and examples that real people can understand." - Dave Trott - creative director, author of Predatory Thinking and founder of three creative agencies. "In a cacophony of overstatement, Richard Shotton possesses a melodious and balanced voice. In this short but powerful tome you can learn about how marketing actually does influence consumers. Or, for the more prosaic among us, how to get people to re-use towels, buy wine when German Oompah music is playing and select a broadband supplier by mentioning Charing Cross Station. The book also mentions me (all too briefly) which I also find enticing." - Mark Ritson, columnist for Marketing Week and Professor at Melbourne business school. "At last someone has written a commonsense, practical guide to using behavioural science to sell things. It is backed by lots of research and working examples drawn from the author's own experience and his encyclopedic knowledge of the industry. In short, this is a classic advertising textbook in the making." --Steve Harrison, British copywriter, creative director and author. "Actionable, memorable and powerful... Shotton has taken the jewels of behavioral economics and made them practical." - Seth Godin, author of `All Marketers are Liars'. "Comprehensive, compelling and immensely practical, the Choice Factory brings the building blocks of behaviour change together in one place." - Richard Huntington, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi "A top-class guide for those who want to put BE to work, rather than just illuminate their journey to work." - Mark Earls, author of 'Herd'. "A guide to your own mind, a roadmap of your blind spots, a toolkit for better advertising. The Choice Factory employs robust behavioral science in an approachable manner to demonstrate how you make and influence decisions. Synthesizing a vast body of research, live experiments and numerous examples, he shows that there is a bias for every occasion and how to use them as tools to craft better communications." - Faris Yakob, author of Paid Attention. "The Choice Factory is a delightful anatomy of the biased brain that will help you understand and influence consumer decisions - including your own." - Ian Leslie, author of 'Born Liars' and `Curious'. "Richard delivers a wealth of cases proving the efficacy of working with, rather than against, the grain of human nature. This is catnip for the industry." - Phil Barden, author of 'Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy'. "Richard Shotton's application of behavioural economics is bang on the button. This book is timely, insightful, fascinating and entertaining." - Dominic Mills, ex-editor of Campaign. "If you're a marketer, understanding what really makes people tick - as opposed to what they might tell you - is vital. This book takes us on an elegant, witty and digestible tour of the 25 main principles of behavioural science. Richard Shotton has read widely so that you don t have to, but he gives full credit to his many sources should you wish to pursue any of the topics further. This is a delightful and indispensable read for anyone in marketing, particularly those early in their careers." -Tess Alps, Chair of Thinkbox, the UK's marketing body for commercial broadcasters. "The Choice Factory is every bit as good as I hope I have managed to convey...Any marketers already sold on the value of behavioural science will find plenty here to encourage further optimism and confidence in its use." - John Hildrew, Rouser. "Exceptionally easy to read and, then, to apply the lessons learned, I have seldom read such a useful business book." - Iain Robertson, Business Money magazine. "I would therefore recommend this book to the whole marketing profession as it will enable us all to stand back and consider how we influence consumers to buy products or participate in market research. Well worth the read!" - Alan Wilson, University of Strathclyde.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction The 25 Biases 1. The Fundamental Attribution Error 2, Social Proof 3. Negative Social Proof 4. Distinctiveness 5. Habit 6. The Pain of Payment 7. The Danger of Claimed Data 8. Mood 9. Price Relativity 10. Primacy Effect 11. Expectancy Theory 12. Confirmation Bias 13. Overconfidence 14. Wishful Seeing 15. Media Context 16. The Curse of Knowledge 17. Goodhart's Law 18. The Pratfall Effect 19. Winner's Curse 20. The Power of the Group 21. Veblen goods 22. The Replicability Crisis 23. Variability 24. Cocktail Party Effect 25. Scarcity Ethics Conclusion References Further reading Index
£13.49
Simon & Schuster Where the Money Is: Value Investing in the
Book Synopsis“One of the best books I have read on investing in years. ” —Bill Ackman, founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management From a successful investor and a contributor to Barron’s and Fortune comes a once-in-a-lifetime book that gives modern investors what they need most: a fresh guide to making money in a stock market now dominated by tech stocks.Technological change is reshaping the economy in a way not witnessed since Henry Ford introduced the assembly line. A little more than ten years ago, only two of the ten most valuable publicly traded companies in the world were digital enterprises—today, they comprise eight of the top ten. Investors around the world are struggling to understand the Digital Age and how they can use the stock market to profit from it. Author Adam Seessel understands. Several years ago, he watched his old-school portfolio built using traditional value investing principles decline while the market, driven by “expensive” tech stocks, advanced. Determined to reverse course, he set off in search of a new investment paradigm, one that remained true to the discipline that Ben Graham gave us a century ago while reflecting the new realities of the Digital Age. In this “helpful take on playing the stock market” (Publishers Weekly), Seessel introduces a refreshed value-based framework that any investor, professional or amateur, can use to beat the modern market. Like all sectors, the tech sector follows certain rules. We can study these rules, understand them, and invest accordingly. The world is changing, and we can profit from it. Approaching tech this way, the economy’s current changes and the rapid rise of tech stocks are not reasons to be frightened or disoriented—they’re reasons to be excited. Infused with the same kind of optimism and common sense that inspired Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor and Peter Lynch’s One Up on Wall Street, Where the Money Is ushers in a new era of modern value investing.Trade Review“One of the best books I have read on investing in years. Buying and reading this book will be one of the best investments you will ever make.” —Bill Ackman, founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management “Seessel makes Graham and Dodd proud. He acknowledges value investing’s evolution to a purer form: focusing on mispriced businesses with high-quality, growing cash flows.” —Lisa Shalett, Chief Investment Officer, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management “Seessel puts his finger on a central tension in today’s economy and stock market: the rapid rise of software-driven businesses and the challenge/opportunity they present to many established industries. Just as importantly, he points the way toward how investors can prosper from the transition.” —Tim Stone, former chief financial officer of Amazon Web Services and Ford Motor Company “Where the Money Is should be required reading for anyone investing in the stock market, or wanting to. It honors and updates the intellectual and practical legacy of Ben Graham and Warren Buffett to account for the dramatic economic changes that continue to unfold in the 21st century.” —Joel Greenblatt, founder and managing principal of Gotham Asset Management and author of You Can Be a Stock Market Genius and The Little Book That Beats the Market “A helpful take on playing the stock market . . . Would-be investors struggling to understand a financial landscape in which FAANG has left GE in the dust will want to check this out.” —Publishers Weekly
£17.00
Atlantic Books The Founders: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the
Book Synopsis'A fascinating page-turner... An indispensable guide to modern innovation and entrepreneurship.'Walter Isaacson, no. 1 bestselling author of Steve JobsPerfect for readers of Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and Zero to One by Peter TheilOut of PayPal's ranks have come household names like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin and Reid Hoffman. Since leaving Paypal, they have formed, funded, and advised the leading companies of our era, including Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir, and LinkedIn, among many others. Yet for all their influence, the incredible story of where they started has gone largely untold. In The Founders, award-winning author Jimmy Soni narrates how a once-in-a-generation collaboration turned a scrappy start-up into one of the most successful businesses of all time. Facing bruising competition, internal strife, the emergence of widespread online fraud, and the devastating dot-com bust of the 2000s, their success was anything but certain. But they would go on to change our world forever.Informed by hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to thousands of pages of internal material, The Founders explores how the seeds of so much of what drives the internet today were planted two decades ago.Trade ReviewA fascinating page-turner about the brilliant and competitive innovators who created PayPal and went on to shape our digital world. Deeply reported and bracingly written, this book is an indispensable guide to modern innovation and entrepreneurship. * Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs *The real secrets of Silicon Valley are the tight networks of friendship and business that propel new ideas, companies, and personalities into the world. The most consequential of these networks in recent decades is the one that began at PayPal. Here Jimmy Soni delivers a startup-hustle story for the ages, revealing why their wild entrepreneurial ride did so much to build Silicon Valley's supersized present. * Margaret O’Mara, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America *This book is stunning in its depth and clarity, especially given the complexity of its subject matter: the intertwined early lives of some of the greatest innovators of the twenty-first century. This is the rare book that combines deep research, powerful storytelling, and wit. Anyone who wants to understand how great things get built will benefit from reading it. * Luke Burgis, author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life *Anyone who has used the internet in the last decade will find The Founders a revealing and sometimes shocking look inside today's tech revolution and the very human wizards who have transformed our lives-for good and ill. * Kati Marton, author of The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel *Table of Contents1: Building Blocks 2: The Pitch 3: The Right Questions 4: "What Matters to Me Is Winning" 5: The Beamers 6: Hosed 7: Money Talks 8: If You Build It 9: The Widget Wars 10: Crash 11: The Nut House Coup 12: Buttoned-Up 13: The Sword 14: Ambition's Debt 15: Igor 16: Use the Force 17: Crime in Progress 18: Guerrillas 19: World Domination 20: Blindsided 21: Outlaws 22: And All I Got Was a T-shirt 23: Conclusion: The Floor
£10.44
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Stoic Capitalist
Book SynopsisThe Stoic ideal of a well-lived life has been around since 300BC, but what can we learn from it 2,300 years later?In The Stoic Capitalist, Robert Rosenkranz shows how its teachings can lead to a life of accomplishment, fulfillment, and impact. Stoic principles are applied not just to help you cope but to achieve your most ambitious goals. He offers an astute combination of philosophical, psychological, and business observations, along with practical advice spanning topics as diverse as finance, investments, negotiation, hiring, time management, art collecting, philanthropy, and longevity. He explains how ancient philosophy and its psychological insights can be used to create extraordinary outcomes in your personal and professional life. Each of the short chapters offers ideas you can use to thrive. Along the way, you meet a lively global cast of RAND nuclear strategists, pioneering artists, scientist-entrepreneurs racing to extend the human lifespan, and iconic figures in the Wall St
£21.00
McGraw-Hill Education Ltd Essentials Of Corporate Finance 2025 Release
Book Synopsis
£63.36
McGraw-Hill Education Operations Management In The Supply Chain
Book SynopsisOperations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases
£53.99
Harvard University Press The Future of Money
Book SynopsisNew technologies are shaking the foundations of traditional finance. Leading economist Eswar Prasad foresees the end of cash, as central banks develop their own digital currencies to compete with Bitcoin and Meta’s Diem. Money and finance are on the verge of dramatic transformations that will reshape their roles in the lives of ordinary people.Trade ReviewA strength of [Prasad’s] analysis is his mastery of both technical details and big-picture trade-offs…As it loses physical form, money’s meaning will become ever harder to grasp. This book explores the economic and social effects of that upheaval, giving shape to this most abstract of concepts. * The Economist *An in-depth look at how our wallets are set to evolve. -- Enda Curran * Bloomberg *Prasad aims to pull together some of the threads about bitcoin and such like to set out a big picture on money…Prasad’s helpful discussion of the pressures on, and options available to, central banks was illuminating. I found his framing of the ways in which these new technologies simultaneously make regulation both easier and more difficult interesting. -- David Birch * Financial World *Digital technologies are also transforming the world of finance. Prasad provides an invaluable overview of what this might mean: physical money will disappear; central bank money will compete with the new private versions; financial intermediation will be transformed; and new opportunities will open to the world’s population. -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times *Demystifies the esoteric world of cryptocurrencies…Prasad’s analysis is the best single point of entry for those interested in the nitty-gritty of digital finance. -- Barry Eichengreen * Foreign Affairs *A road map for money managers, market strategists, and others seeking to understand this new world. -- Reshma Kapadia * Barron’s *As money has become free to move around the world, Prasad probes how digital innovation is reshaping it as both a tool and a concept. -- Paola Subacchi * Nature *An ambitious book, covering the diverse landscape of digital money, and one that will remain relevant for years to come. -- Daniel Kuhn * CoinDesk *In The Future of Money Eswar Prasad explains how technology will impact everything financial, from what money will look like to peer-to-peer lending, central banking, and cross-border capital flows. In lucid prose, Prasad explains to the intelligent layperson how exactly Bitcoin works and whether a digital renminbi could challenge the US dollar. If you are looking for an insightful and comprehensive guide to how monetary finance might change, look no further. -- Raghuram G. Rajan, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of IndiaMoney shapes economies, economies shape nations, nations shape history. It follows that the future of money is profoundly important. Here is a definitive report on where we are and where we are going. -- Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard UniversityPrasad’s book is the best on the topic so far. In particular, it provides the most complete description of issues and factors that will shape the future of money. Everyone with limited time wanting to have a deeper understanding of money in the 21st century, should read this book. -- Daniel Heller * Central Banking *Drawing on his extensive policymaking experience and insights as one of the leading macroeconomists, Eswar Prasad in The Future of Money provides a comprehensive account of the economic, social, and technological issues that will determine how we save, invest, buy, and sell in the future. -- Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of EnglandComprehensive…and a vital handbook for anyone looking to understand how finance is changing. -- Gavin Jackson * Financial Times *In The Future of Money Eswar Prasad has produced a single-volume masterpiece with all one needs to know about an amazing upcoming turning point in monetary policy. He shows that if we follow his sensible advice and heed his warnings of over-regulation and fear, Central Bank Digital Currency will be a genuine help to the poor and a gateway to global stability. Encyclopedic and carefully researched, the book is packed with many valuable, easy-to-understand examples. -- John B. Taylor, Stanford UniversityA sober-minded and informative take on an overheated topic. * Publishers Weekly *A sweeping survey of fintech, crypto assets, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). -- John Detrixhe * Quartz *Very interesting and very worthwhile…I’ll be referencing The Future of Money for a long time. -- John Tamny * Forbes *For anyone who really wants to understand how [Bitcoin] works in all its technical splendor, there is no better introduction. -- Benjamin J. Cohen * Project Syndicate *An impressive overview of the many changes digital technologies have already wrought…A sweeping overview of developments in payments, from the specifics of Ant Group’s business to the e-krona project and Venezuela’s Petro…An engaging read. -- Jon Frost * Finance and Development *An eminently readable work that is accessible and smooth. From banks to cryptocurrencies to fintech, he gives a detailed crash course on the present and lays out breadcrumbs to an uncertain future. As Prasad says, only one thing is for sure, cash is on its way out. What the future holds remains to be seen. * The Week (India) *The book makes a significant contribution. It addresses many wider issues associated with digital currencies and digital finance. These issues include the potential effects on financial stability, the monetary transmission system, domestic and international payment systems, financial inclusion and inequality. It is impressive that so many topics are covered in an accessible manner…[An] excellent book. -- Carlo Cocuzzo and Ian Bright * Society of Professional Economists *Covers everything about digital money, finance, and fintech that anyone would need or want to know. -- Alex Lo * South China Morning Post *A wonderful introduction to, and reference for, the fast-changing world of electronic assets…Fun to read, provides lots of fascinating material for money and banking classes…The book is solid, but the future of privately provided e-money is not. -- Robert P. Flood * Journal of Economic Literature *An interesting and insightful exposition on the shifting landscape from traditional paper notes to digital currencies…The Future of Money provides readers with a window into some of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for the financial sector. -- Ronald L. Moy * Enterprising Investor *While written from the perspective of a central bank economist, the book is highly readable and accessible to those without formal training in monetary economics and policy. As it describes projects likely to become reality over the next five to ten years, The Future of Money is relevant for social science scholars interested in technology, digitalization, markets, and organizations. -- Alex Preda * Administrative Science Quarterly *This book offers valuable insights to understand the impact of digital currencies on monetary policy, commercial banks and financial stability. * Journal of Evolutionary Economics *
£17.06
Pearson Education Limited Leadership
Book SynopsisSteve Radcliffe is one of Europe's most successful leadership coaches and the head of Steve Radcliffe Associates. Best known for his Future Engage Deliver leadership model, over the last 20 years he has worked with hundreds of chief executives, directors and their teams, in organisations as diverse as Unilever, First Direct, the National College of School Leadership and the UK's Civil Service, where he contributes to the prestigious High Potential Development Scheme.Trade Review“This is an extraordinarily powerful book, full of deep, inspiring ideas that are simple, practical and make a real difference.” Dame Fiona Reynolds, Director General, The National Trust “Future – Engage – Deliver has to be the simplest, fastest way for anyone to grow as a leader.” Hugh Burkitt, Chief Executive, The Marketing Society Table of Contents1. Future-Engage-Deliver 2. How to turbo-charge your growth 3. Future-Engage-Deliver 4. Future-Engage-Deliver 5. Future-Engage-Deliver 6. The Four Energies 7. Be at Your Best, More of the Time 8. Future-Engage-Deliver and Teams 9. Future-Engage-Deliver and Organisations Conclusion
£12.34
Chelsea Green Publishing Co The Lean Farm: How to Minimize Waste, Increase
Book SynopsisA practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation "Ben Hartman has revolutionized his methods, cut down his work hours dramatically, and shrunk the size of his farm, all while making a better income."—Civil Eats To many people today, using the words “factory” and “farm” in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase their profits, making their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable. By explaining the lean system for identifying and eliminating waste and introducing efficiency in every aspect of the farm operation, The Lean Farm makes the case that small-scale farming can be an attractive career option for young people who are interested in growing food for their community. Working smarter, not harder, also prevents the kind of burnout that start-up farmers often encounter in the face of long, hard, backbreaking labor. Lean principles grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, but they are now being followed on progressive farms around the world. Using examples from his own family’s one-acre community-supported farm in Indiana, Hartman clearly instructs other small farmers in how to incorporate lean practices in each step of their production chain, from starting a farm and harvesting crops to training employees and selling goods. Inside The Lean Farm you'll discover how to apply lean practices like: Every Tool In Its Place Ten Types of Farm Waste Establish Pull, Don't Push Limits of Lean Lean for More Profit and much more! While the intended audience for this book is small-scale farmers who are part of the growing local food movement, Hartman’s prescriptions for high-value, low-cost production apply to farms and businesses of almost any size or scale that hope to harness the power of lean in their production processes. Ben Hartman was named a "Grist 50! Fixer" "The Lean Farm should be dissected, digested, and discussed—then applied—on every single farm: big or small, wholesale or retail, livestock or produce. It would make all farms more profitable, productive, and pleasurable.”—Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface FarmTrade ReviewBooklist- "The concept of ‘lean' manufacturing originally began during the 1980s in Japanese auto factories, such as those owned by Toyota, and it embraces a work ethic of eliminating as much waste as possible to give consumers the best value for their purchase. Using his own Clay Bottom Farm in Indiana as a proving ground, Hartman adapted this lean philosophy to support a thriving business, growing and selling enough specialty produce to support himself and his wife by harvesting only a single acre of land. In this lucidly written, well-organized guidebook, Hartman lays out the fundamentals of lean farming for any grower hoping to follow his example, from limiting materials and transportation needs to more efficiently using staff member talents. Along with many useful charts and photos, Hartman includes 10 case studies from his own farm, illustrating how trimming away unneeded practices led to big production gains. Although Hartman’s target audience here is organic, small-scale growers, anyone involved in a larger agribusiness owned operation will find his advice remarkably useful and ultimately very profitable.” “Ben Hartman is diversified farming's Dean of Lean. He walks the talk, sharing insights on how lean principles helped his farm and how they can help yours. ‘Lean’ is the epitome of efficiency, an essential ingredient of any successful farm.”--Richard Wiswall, author of The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook“With lean principles, what’s good for the farm is even better for the farmer. As we invite new farmers back to the land, into vacant lots, and onto rooftops, we have to give them the tools for success and the ability to sustain. ‘Lean farming’ won’t leave you trying to turn a farm into an automotive factory, but you will get a whiff of what it means when the rubber hits the road.”--Philip Ackerman-Leist, author of Rebuilding the Foodshed “Farming is not just a business, but it's still a business, and Hartman's application of Toyota's efficiency principles to the farm is nothing short of profound. As I read this fantastic book, my mind literally skipped from procedure to place on our farm with new ideas on how to create efficiencies. The Lean Farm should be dissected, digested, and discussed--then applied--on every single farm: big or small, wholesale or retail, livestock or produce. It would make all farms more profitable, productive, and pleasurable.”--Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm, author of You Can Farm and Folks, This Ain't Normal“Anyone who thinks lean is only for a factory should read this book. Ben Hartman, with simple but eloquent prose and delightful figures and photos, demonstrates how all aspects of lean can apply to farming, a process of growing and selling living things. The mysterious uniqueness of farming under constantly changing conditions became clear as Ben learned to understand his customers and his value streams to increase value and eliminate waste. And lean reinforced, rather then replaced, the strong social values of the Hartman farm.”--Jeffrey Liker, author of The Toyota Way“Farmers are good at farming—it is what they enjoy doing! At the same time, planning, organizing, and working out everything most efficiently is often not done as easily. The Lean Farm will help us all easily increase flow, production, and income. It is a treasure trove of possibilities without the need for increased investment!”--John Jeavons, author of How to Grow More Vegetables, executive director of Ecology Action, and developer of sustainable, biologically intensive mini-farming“If you want to see, right now, what food farming will look like in the coming years, this is the book for you. Using the kind of super-efficiency that new-age manufacturing has perfected, author Ben Hartman describes, in great detail and with superb illustrations, how he and his wife reduced their farm size from three acres to one and still make a decent living on it.”--Gene Logsdon, author, The Contrary Farmer"We give every new employee a copy of Ben’s writing to study. Adopting lean principles has been critical for bringing organization, focus, and harmony to our 100-acre fully diversified vegetable farm. ‘A place for every thing, and every thing in its place’ is a refrain we repeat over and over."--Pete Johnson, organic farmer and owner of Pete’s Greens, Craftsbury, Vermont“Clay Bottom Farm is a gem of a place in northern Indiana, where we are repeatedly told that you need a thousand acres to make a living as a farmer. Ben Hartman and his wife Rachel disprove this ‘conventional wisdom’ every day by managing a thriving farm business, not on a thousand acres, but on just one. In The Lean Farm, Ben explains how their elegant approach can be applied by anyone. His writing, like his farm, is clean, well organized, and easy to follow—but his ideas are revolutionary. The Lean Farm is one of the most original and innovative books on food and farming to come out in the last decade.”--Steve Hallett, Professor of Horticulture, Purdue University, and author of Life without Oil and The Efficiency Trap
£22.95
Harriman House Publishing The Art of Execution
Book SynopsisIt was only intended to make money, but it turned out to be the perfect experiment for discovering the true secrets of investing.
£16.99
Pan Macmillan Insight: How to succeed by seeing yourself
Book SynopsisNominated as one of the 2019 Thinkers50 Radar groupResearch shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century – the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. Unfortunately, we are remarkably poor judges of ourselves and how we come across, and it’s rare to get candid, objective feedback from colleagues, employees, and even friends and family. We can ALL learn to be more self-aware.Integrating hundreds of studies with her own research and work in the Fortune 500 world, organizational psychologist Dr Tasha Eurich shatters conventional assumptions about what it takes to truly know ourselves – like why introspection isn’t a bullet train to insight, how experience is the enemy of self-knowledge, and just how far others will go to avoid telling us the truth about ourselves. Through stories of people who’ve made dramatic self-awareness gains, she offers surprising secrets, techniques and strategies to help readers do the same – and therefore improve their work performance, career satisfaction, leadership potential, relationships, and more.At a time when self-awareness matters more than ever, Insight is the essential playbook for surviving and thriving in an unaware world.Trade ReviewFascinating science about self insight . . . Buy a copy for yourself and buy another to leave, anonymously, on your boss's desk. -- Chip Heath, bestselling co-author of Switch and DecisiveUsing her own experiences and the results of a great deal of research, Eurich brings focus to how we might reach real insight – the kind that transforms us and our relationships with those we work with. -- Ed Catmull, president of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and New York Times bestselling author of Creativity, IncAs an executive coach for almost four decades, I have seen firsthand how important it is for leaders to be self-aware. Tasha Eurich’s Insight lives up to its title, offering effective tools for leaders to gain this critical perspective. -- Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach, business educator and New York Times-bestselling author, ranked the number one leadership thinker in the world by Thinkers50Groundbreaking and thought-provoking book . . . It’s the book I wish I’d had when starting out in business and the book I’d recommend to anyone who wants to cultivate the kind of self-knowledge that is the bedrock of personal and professional success. Very insightful indeed! -- Alan Mulally, retired CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and the Ford Motor CompanyA fascinating read. * Guardian *Tasha Eurich suggests groundbreaking strategies and tips for seeing ourselves clearly. This book is a powerful resource for anyone seeking to live a happier, more successful life. -- Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness ProjectTable of ContentsChapter - 1: The Meta-Skill of the Twenty-First Century Unit - 1: Part One: Roadblocks And Building Blocks Chapter - 2: The Anatomy of Self-Awareness: The Seven Pillars of Insight Chapter - 3: Blindspots: The Invisible Inner Roadblocks to Insight Chapter - 4: The Cult of Self: The Sinister Societal Roadblock to Insight Unit - 2: Part Two: Internal Self-Awareness-Myths And Truths Chapter - 5: Thinking Isn't Knowing: The Four Follies of Introspection Chapter - 6: Internal Self-Awareness Tools That Really Work Unit - 3: Part Three: External Self-Awareness-Myths And Truths Chapter - 7: The Truth We Rarely Hear: From Mirror to Prism Chapter - 8: Receiving, Reflecting On, and Responding to Difficult or Surprising Feedback Chapter - 9: How Leaders Build Self-Aware Teams and Organizations Chapter - 10: Surviving and Thriving in a Delusional World Section - i: Appendices Acknowledgements - ii: Acknowledgements Section - iii: Notes Index - iv: Index
£11.69
Penguin Putnam Inc The Diary of a CEO
Book SynopsisA galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepreneurs and the host of the No. 1 podcast The Diary of a CEOThis is a must-read for anyone dreaming of doing something audacious. Jay ShettyValuable lessons about the importance of following a different and unconventional path to power.” Robert GreeneAt the very heart of all the success and failure I've been exposed to - both my own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews I’ve conducted on my chart-topping podcast - are a set of principles that ensure excellence.These fundamental laws underpinned my meteoric rise, and they will fuel yours too, whether you want to build something great or become someone great. The laws are rooted in psychology and behavioral science, in my own experiences, and those of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, entertainers, artists, writers, and at
£24.00
Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc How Big Things Get Done
Book Synopsis“Why do big projects go wrong so often, and are there any lessons you can use when renovating your kitchen? Bent Flyvbjerg is the ‘megaproject’ expert and Dan Gardner brings the storytelling skills to How Big Things Get Done, with examples ranging from a Jimi Hendrix studio to the Sydney Opera House.”—Financial Times “Entertaining . . . There are lessons here for managers of all stripes.”—The EconomistA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, CEO Magazine, MorningstarFinalist for the Porchlight Business Book Award, the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, and the Inc. Non-Obvious Book AwardNothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-
£20.25
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Corporate Finance for Lawyers
Book SynopsisCorporate Finance for Lawyers explores the intricate relationship between law and corporate finance. Utilising the ‘Financial Mindmap’ throughout, chapters depict financial concepts by using colours and visualisations in a clear and intuitive manner.Trade Review‘Using an easy to follow financial tool the authors explain how key elements of corporate finance including leverage finance, company valuations, secured lending and non-interest bearing finance work and interrelate, how returns are achieved and what terms like enterprise value and working capital really mean. They do so in an innovative way drawing together finance theory and the reality of practice to produce what is likely to be a key foundation text not just for corporate lawyers but all those working in the world of M&A and finance.’ -- Chris Hale, Chair Emeritus, Private Equity and Financial Sponsors‘This work presents a great utility in how it addresses issues affecting businesses from legal, economic, financial and accounting perspectives from the moment of setting up to when a business experiences financial difficulties. The treatment is holistic, the materials from impeccable sources and the arguments firmly grounded in the authors' many years of experience. Without doubt, it is an important and timely text.’ -- Paul Omar, De Montfort Leicester Law School, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to law and corporate finance Rolef de Weijs 2. Does leverage create value? Rolef de Weijs 3. Corporate finance and company valuation: why cash became king Joost de Vries and Rolef de Weijs 4. Discounted cash flow valuation and indirect cash flow analyses: retracing the cash Joost de Vries 5. Secured credit and its use: distinguishing between productive and non-productive credit Rolef de Weijs 6 Hybrid finance by means of shareholder loans Rolef de Weijs 7. Financing through shareholder guarantees Aart Jonkers 8 Reorganisation procedures Aart Jonkers and Rolef de Weijs Index
£37.95
Hay House Inc The High Performance Planner
Book SynopsisThis best-selling combination planner and journal from Brendon Burchard the world's #1 high performance coach and #1 New York Times bestselling author of High Performance Habits will help you strategize your life and increase your performance.This productivity planner is the ultimate tool to help you achieve your goals and become the best version of yourself! It includes writing prompts, self-assessments, and calendars all backed by science and Brendon's 20-plus years of coaching the highest performers in business, athletics, entertainment, and beyond. The High Performance Planner is a 2-in-1 day planner and journal based on the world''s largest study of how high performers increase productivity, set goals, prioritize projects, outperform their peers, and create the positive mindset and habits needed to win the day. Through morning mindset journal prompts, daily goal boxes, evening scorecards, weekly habit assessme
£17.99
WW Norton & Co The Alignment Problem
Book Synopsis"If you’re going to read one book on artificial intelligence, this is the one." —Stephen Marche, New York Times A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them.Trade Review"The disconnect between intention and results—between what mathematician Norbert Wiener described as 'the purpose put into the machine' and 'the purpose we really desire'—defines the essence of 'the alignment problem.' Brian Christian, an accomplished technology writer, offers a nuanced and captivating exploration of this white-hot topic, giving us along the way a survey of the state of machine learning and of the challenges it faces." -- David A. Shaywitz - Wall Street Journal"A fascinating, provocative, and insightful tour of all the ways that AI goes wrong and all the ways people are trying to fix it. Essential reading if you want to understand where our world is heading." -- Stuart Russell, professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Human Compatible"A new field has emerged that responds to and scrutinizes the vast technological shifts represented by our modern, virtual, algorithmically defined world. In The Alignment Problem, Brian Christian masterfully surveys the ‘AI fairness’ community, introducing us to some of its main characters; some of its historical roots in science, philosophy, and activism; and crucially, many of its philosophical quandaries and limitations." -- Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction"This is the book on artificial intelligence we need right now. Brian Christian takes us on a technically fluent (yet widely accessible) journey through the most important questions facing AI and humanity. It is thought-provoking and vital reading for anyone interested in our future." -- Mike Krieger, cofounder of Instagram"An abundantly researched and captivating book that explores the road humanity has taken to create a successor for itself—a road that’s rich with surprising discoveries, unexpected obstacles, ingenious solutions and, increasingly, hard questions about the soul of our species." -- Jaan Tallinn, cofounder of Skype and the Future of Life Institute"The Alignment Problem should be required reading for anyone influencing policy where algorithms are in play—which is everywhere. But unlike much required reading, the book is a delight to read, a playful romp through personalities and relatable snippets of science history that put the choices of our present moment into context." -- Jennifer Pahlka, founder of Code for America and former deputy CTO of the United States"A deeply enjoyable and meticulously researched account of how computer scientists and philosophers are defining the biggest question of our time: how will we create intelligent machines that will improve our lives rather than complicate or even destroy them? There’s no better book than The Alignment Problem at spelling out the issues of governing AI safely." -- James Barrat, best-selling author of Our Final Invention"Brian Christian is a fine writer and has produced a fascinating book. AI seems destined to become, for good or ill, increasingly prominent in our lives. We should be grateful for this balanced and hype-free perspective on its scope and limits." -- Martin Rees, emeritus professor of cosmology and astrophysics, University of Cambridge"An intriguing exploration of AI, which is advancing faster than—well, than we are." -- Kirkus Reviews
£15.42
Adams Media Corporation Investing 101
Book SynopsisA crash course in managing personal wealth and building a profitable portfolio—from stocks and bonds to IPOs and more!Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of investing into tedious discourse that would put even Warren Buffett to sleep. Investing 101 cuts out the boring explanations, and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you learn how to build a portfolio and expand your savings. From value investing to short selling to risk tolerance, this primer is packed with hundreds of entertaining tidbits and concepts that you won''t be able to get anywhere else. So whether you''re looking to master the major principles of investing, or just want to learn more about stocks and bonds, Investing 101 has all the answers--even the ones you didn''t know you were looking for.Trade Review“A well-written soup to nuts introduction to investing.” —The Simple Dollar“Written in a wonderful hands-on way that will click.” —Investopedia"Investing 101 has all the answers–even the ones you didn’t know you were looking for." —Fin Masters
£10.44
Pearson Education Limited International Financial Reporting
Book SynopsisAlan Melville, FCA, BSc, Cert. Ed. is a best-selling author. Previously a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, he has many years of experience teaching accounting and financial reporting.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of international standards Part 1 Introduction to Financial Reporting The regulatory framework The IASB conceptual framework Presentation of financial statements Accounting policies, estimates and errors Part 2 Financial Reporting in Practice Property, plant and equipment Intangible assets Impairment of assets Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations Leases Inventories Financial instruments Provisions and events after the reporting period Revenue from contracts with customers Employee benefits Taxation in financial statements Statement of cash flows Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies Part 3 Consolidated Financial Statements Groups of companies (1) Groups of companies (2) Associates and joint arrangements Related parties and changes in foreign exchange rates Part 4 Analysis of Financial Statements Ratio analysis Earnings per share Segmental analysis Part 5 Small and Medium-sized Entities The IFRS for SMEs® Standard Part 6 Answers Answers to exercises Index
£63.99
Canbury Press Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All
Book SynopsisMCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ 'An underground hit' – Best Politics Books, Financial Times 'Jon has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied' – Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate 'A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' – Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship Description Citizens opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive as individuals, organisations, and nations. Over the past decade, Jon Alexander’s consultancy, the New Citizenship Project, has helped revitalise some of Britain’s biggest organisations including the Co-op, the Guardian and the National Trust. Here, with the New York Times bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, he shows how history is about to enter age of the Citizen. Because when our institutions treat people as creative, empowered creatures rather than consumers, everything changes. Unleashing the power of everyone equips us to face the challenges of economic insecurity, climate crisis, public health threats, and polarisation. Citizens is an upbeat handbook, full of insights, clear examples to follow, and inspiring case studies, from the slums of Kenya to the backstreets of Birmingham – and a foreword by Brian Eno. It is the perfect pick-me-up for leaders, founders, elected officials – and citizens everywhere. Organise and seize the future! Reviews 'Society is like an out of control house party – eating, drinking and consuming everything. Jon is the organiser of the campfire gathering behind the party. It’s calm and welcoming and you won’t want to leave. In Citizens, Jon and Ariane show how to leave the burning house of the Consumer Story and join the campfire that is the Citizen Story.' – Stephen Greene, CEO of RockCorps and founding Chair of National Citizen Service UK 'The belief that every single one of us has both the potential and the desire to make the world better drives me every day, in everything I do. In Citizens, Jon shows how taking that belief as a starting point really could transform our world. This is a truly powerful book, in every sense of the word.' - Josh Babarinde, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur 'Every great transformation requires a new story. A story that reveals new possibilities and points toward an optimistic alternative to the current situation. Citizens presents just such a story and if we respond to its challenge we may just manage to navigate our way out of the mess we have created for ourselves.' – Tim Brown, Chair of IDEO and author of Change By Design 'Jon is working with a set of ideas and tools that have the potential to change politics forever. In fact, they could change everything forever.' – Ian Kearns, Founder and Trustee, European Leadership Network 'Citizens is a powerful and intriguing contribution to the search for a genuinely sustainable future. I am particularly interested in how the Citizen Story might help businesses to engage more fully with their employees and customers to accelerate sustainability and might also help businesses to become more transparent and accountable.' – David Grayson, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University School of Management and co-author of The Sustainable Business Handbook 'The shift from consumer to citizen is a truly big idea. If you’re in a position of strategic influence, I strongly recommend you engage with this and consciously explore what it might mean for your organisation.' – Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, Former Director General, National Trust, and Trustee, BBC 'There is such a thing as an idea whose time has come. This is that idea.' – James Perry, Board Member, B Lab Global, and Founding Partner, Snowball Investment Management About the Authors JON ALEXANDER began his career with success in advertising, winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year before making a dramatic change. Driven by a deep need to understand the impact on society of 3,000 commercial messages a day, he gathered three Masters degrees, exploring consumerism and its alternatives from every angle. In 2014, he co-founded the New Citizenship Project to bring the resulting ideas into contact with reality. In Citizens, he is ready to share them with the world. ARIANE CONRAD has built a career turning big ideas into books that change the world. Known as the Book Doula, she has co-written several New York Times bestsellers. BRIAN ENO is an artist, philosopher and Citizen who has played a critical part in British culture since the early 1970s. He is a deep believer in the power of ideas and the possibility of a better world, beliefs which manifest both in his audio and visual art, and in his deep engagement with social, political and environmental issues.Trade Review'The answer to many of the global challenges we face today.' McKinsey Global Consultancy, Top 5 Recommended Read 'Jon Alexander's New Citizenship Project speaks to action in the real world but has an immensely solid base in ideas as expressed in words, the meanings and applications of which he first teases out and then rams home with elan and gusto in this bravely inspiring book.' Paul Cartledge, Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge University'It is an inspiring idea... the text of this book should be taught in every civics class everywhere'. Sunday Independent, Ireland'His lively book – which has become something of an underground hit – highlights new forms of active citizenship.' Financial Times, Top 5 Political Books‘Citizens is a breath of fresh air amidst deep concern about the future of democracy. It offers a powerful vision for the transformation of our institutions.’ Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director, Stanford University Cyber Policy Center, and author, Democracy.com'The shift from consumer to citizen is a truly big idea. If you’re in a position of strategic influence, I strongly recommend you engage with this and consciously explore what it might mean for your organisation.' Dame Fiona Reynolds, former Director General, National Trust'In this engaging book, Jon lays out his full vision for how this mindset shift can transform not just business, but NGOs and governments too.' Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance, London Business School'Citizens is a powerful provocation for our times... Highly recommended.' Nichola Raihani, Professor of Evolution and Behaviour, University College London, and author, The Social Instinct'The wonderful thing is that he not only gives us hope but more importantly he lights a pathway to make this new paradigm a reality through the years of deep work, thinking and action that have formed the basis of his book.' Jason Stockwood, Vice Chairman, Simply Business, and Chairman, Grimsby Town Football Club'This is a truly powerful book, in every sense of the word.' Josh Babarinde, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur'Every great transformation requires a new story. A story that reveals new possibilities and points toward an optimistic alternative to the current situation. Citizens presents just such a story.' Tim Brown, Chair of IDEO and author of Change By Design'Jon is working with a set of ideas and tools that have the potential to change politics forever. In fact, they could change everything forever.' Ian Kearns, Founder and Trustee, European Leadership Network'Citizens is a powerful and intriguing contribution to the search for a genuinely sustainable future.' David Grayson, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University School of Management and co-author of The Sustainable Business Handbook'There is such a thing as an idea whose time has come. This is that idea.' James Perry, Board Member, B Lab Global, and Founding Partner, Snowball Investment Management'I've never been more convinced he has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied, fundamentally needed and genuinely offers a chance of change. Get on board for his new work, now. I am.' Sam Conniff, Author, Be More Pirate'Citizens is so exciting and full of energy from the beginning that I wanted to read the whole thing immediately. A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century.' Ece Temelkuran, Author, How to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship -- Review QuotesTable of ContentsForeword. Brian Eno sets out the value of Citizens in framing a new, optimistic cooperative story for our age, as opposed to the two other options: authoritarian states such as China and "Siliconia" - "a Consumer state with centralised power and deep surveillance". Mentions Citizen Story 1. Opening. Jon Alexander sets out the need to 'step into' the Citizen Story so that we can deal with the many challenges of our age: economic insecurity, ecological emergency, public health threats, political polarisation, and more. Mentions citizens, economic insecurity, ecological emergency 2. Citizens Everywhere. How humans are bound together through interdependence and reciprocity, and in turn have a deep bond with nature, which conventional big business cannot understand. Picks apart the self-dependence and utilitarian philosophy of tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Mark Zuckerberg 3. Citizens By Nature. Central to the Citizen Story is a belief in ourselves and in human nature as creative, capable, and caring, rather than lazy, self-interested, and competitive within a zero-sum framework. Any redesign of institutions will fail if we haven’t embraced this fundamental belief 4. We're All Consumers Now. The launch of the consumer age, by way of Apple's advert for its new Macintosh at the US SuperBowl in 1984. Mentions Apple Macintosh, Ridley Scott, consumer demand, Consumer Story, George Orwell 1984, Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson, IKEA, Walmart, Virgin Galactic 5. Once We Were Subjects. Before the Consumer, there was another story: the Subject, as in ‘subjects of the king.’ In this story, the Great Man – the Chief, Pope, King, Boss, Father – knows best. The rest of us are innocents, ignorant of important matters. Mentions King Sargon of Akkad and Mesopotamia 6. Citizen NGOs. The Consumer Story is falling apart, but the truth alone is not enough to ensure it passes to the Citizen Story. We must act too, to seize control of our futures, and to ensure that we actually have a future. Case studies include the National Trust in the UK 7. Citizen Business. How businesses can harness the power of the Citizen Story to make their workings more popular and inclusive, and to drive forward societal change. Case studies include the brewery BrewDog in Stonehaven, Scotland. Mentions Martin Dickie, Tesco, craft beer, Equity Punks 8. Citizen Government. Taiwan has pioneered the application of citizen government, in stark comparison to Communist China, which offers a vision of an alternative, authoritarian future. Mentions Taiwan, Taipei, Economic Power Up Plan, Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi, Arab Spring, Sunflower Revolution 9. Closing. A new Citizen movement is building. Examples include Paris approving a standing Citizens' Assembly and Chile's Citizen-driven Constitutional Convention. Mentions Delian Aspourhov, Restor, Founders Fund, Varda Space Industries, Francis Suarez, Elon Musk, Balaji Srinavasaran Writing Citizens. The book has been a collaborative process involving several different sets of people and organisations, including not least the New Citizenship Project team References. The author thanks, among others, Jo Hunter, Emma Ashru Jones, Tendai Chetse, Anna Maria Hosford, National Trust, Helen Meech, Fallon advertising agency, Iris Schönherr, Ariane Conrad, OuiShare Fest, Food Ethics Council, Chris Seeley Index. A full index of terms used in the book, such as participatory democracy, Certified B Corporations, citizens assemblies, and sortition
£11.69
Pan Macmillan Meltdown
Book SynopsisDuncan Mavin is a seasoned international financial journalist, having started his career as a chartered accountant in the City and in Toronto. He has been a reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, and was the Journal's Financial Editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has also been Managing Editor for Barron's Group and a reporter for Canada's National Post, and he's the bestselling author of "Britain's version of Bad Blood", the Lex Greensill exposé Pyramid of Lies. He lives with his family in the UK, and is a long-suffering fan of Sunderland football club.
£15.29
Simon & Schuster Ltd Cultures of Growth
Book Synopsis‘Required reading for anyone who has wondered how to create a culture that supports innovation, risk-taking, integrity and inclusion. I simply loved this book!’ ANGELA DUCKWORTH, bestselling author of Grit In her multi-million-copy bestseller Mindset Carol Dweck coined the terms ‘fixed’ and ‘growth’ mindset, transforming our view of individual success. In a fixed mindset, talent and intelligence are viewed as predetermined traits, while in a growth mindset, talent and intelligence can be nurtured, In Cultures of Growth, award-winning social psychologist Mary C. Murphy argues that mindset transcends individuals. Drawing on compelling examples from her work with Fortune 500 companies, startups and schools, she shows how we can all create a growth mindset culture. Murphy’s original decade-long research reveals that organisations and teams more g
£15.29
Cengage Learning EMEA Organization Theory Design
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart 1 Introduction to Organizations 1 What are organizations? 2 Perspectives on organizations Part 2 Organizational Purpose and Structural Design 3 Strategy, organization design and effectiveness 4 Fundamentals of organization structure Part 3 Open System Design Elements 5 The external environment 6 Interorganizational relationships 7 Designing organizations for the international environment Part 4 Internal Design Elements 8 Manufacturing and Service technologies 9 Information technology and control 10 Organization size, life cycle and decline Part 5 Managing Dynamic Processes 11 Organizational culture and ethical values 12 Innovation and change 13 Decision-making processes 14 Conflict, power and politics Integrative Cases 1.0 Luxurious Goat Milk Products: Working with Local Culture ��� RojaAHP 2.0 ���Box-ticking��� in Organizations: Lessons of the Nimrod Disaster 3.0 Onward to the Customer of One; from Debt Collectors to Customer Service Agents at New Zealand���s Inland Revenue 4.0 Changing the Culture at Trans-Gen PLC: What���s Wrong with Senior Management? 5.0 Blood on the Gatepost: Family Conflicts in the New Zealand Farming Industry
£59.99
McGraw-Hill Management Control Systems, 2e
Book SynopsisThe fully updated, second edition of Management Control Systems supports students to develop an investigative approach to implementing planning and control systems for strategic success. With strong links between theory and modern real-world practices, the new edition reflects developments in global management and business, plus contemporary design and use of management control systems. Students have access to a wealth of diverse analytical cases, balanced with current content and international examples.Key features of this new edition include:•Fully revised to incorporate current methods in management control •New chapters on Managers, Human behaviour and Organizations, Risk Management and The controllers - past, present, future.•New coverage of topics such as Risk management, Sustainability, Globalisation and Ethics.”.•New end-of-chapter and additional cases that cover chapter topics and provide questions and discussion topics for students to put their knowledge to practice. •Full coverage of current management control systems roles and responsibilities, including controllers, BU-controllers and the CFO•Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide a structure for students to progress their knowledge from.•Now available with Connect®, including access to a Testbank and 10 case studies that are assignable and autogradable.Available with McGraw Hill Education’s Connect®, the well-established online learning platform, which features resources to help faculty and institutions improve student outcomes and course delivery efficiency. Are you a student? Gain easy online access to homework, tests and quizzes with immediate feedback on your progress as well as access to practice materials.Are you an instructor? You can create auto-graded assignments, tests and quizzes. Detailed visual reporting allows you to easily monitor student progress. Explore the updated instructor resources that include an instructor’s manual, solutions manual, PowerPoints, glossary and appendices. Frank G.H. Hartmann is a Professor of Accounting at the Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University. Kalle Kraus is Professor in Accounting at the Stockholm School of Economics.Göran Nilsson is a Senior Lecturer in Management Control at Uppsala University.Robert N. Anthony was the Ross Graham Walker Professor Emeritus of Management Control at Harvard Business School. Vijay Govindarajan is the Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling author.Table of ContentsPart 1: Management control systems: managing organizational performanceChapter 1: Introduction to Management Control SystemsChapter 2: Mission, Goals and StrategiesChapter 3: Managers, Human Behaviour and OrganizationsPart 2: Management Control Systems: Applying Organizational ArchitectureChapter 4: Responsibility CentresChapter 5: Control with Transfer Prices and Shared Service CentresChapter 6: Organizational Structure and Cross-Functional IntegrationChapter 7: Management Control Systems and Inter-Organizational RelationshipsPart 3: Management Control Systems: The Performance Management ProcessChapter 8: Budgeting and ForecastingChapter 9: Financial and Non-Financial Performance Measurement SystemsChapter 10: Monetary Incentive Systems and MotivationChapter 11: Risk Management SystemsPart 4: Management Control Systems: Summary and OutlookChapter 12: Control and Controllership: Past, Present, Future
£58.89
New World Library Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change
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£15.29
Harriman House Publishing Investing for Growth
Book SynopsisBuy good companies. Don?t overpay. Do nothing. Some people love to make successful investing seem more complicated than it really is. In this anthology of essays and letters written between 2010?20, leading fund manager Terry Smith delights in debunking the many myths of investing ? and making the case for simply buying the best companies in the world. These are businesses that generate serious amounts of cash and know what to do with it. The result is a powerful compounding of returns that is almost impossible to beat. Even better, they aren?t going anywhere. Most have survived the Great Depression and two world wars. With his trademark razor-sharp wit, Smith not only reveals what these high-quality companies really look like and where to find them (as well as how to discover impostors), but also:-why you should avoid companies that abuse the English language-how most share buybacks actually destroy value-what investors can learn from the Tour de France-why ETFs are much riskier than most realise-how ESG investors often end up with investments that are far from green or ethical-his ten golden rules for investment-and much, much more.Backed up by the analytical rigour that made his name with the cult classic, Accounting for Growth (1992), the result is a hugely enjoyable and eye-opening tour through some of the most important topics in the world of investing ? as well as a treasure trove of practical insights on how to make your money work for you. No investor?s bookshelf is complete without it.
£999.99
Pearson Education Limited Marketing An Introduction Global Edition
Book SynopsisAbout our authors Gary Armstrong is Crist W. Blackwell Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees in business from Wayne State University in Detroit, and he received his PhD in marketing from Northwestern University. Dr. Armstrong has contributed numerous articles to leading business journals. As a consultant and researcher, he has worked with many companies on marketing research, sales management, and marketing strategy. But Professor Armstrong's first love has always been teaching. His long-held Blackwell Distinguished Professorship is the only permanent endowed professorship for distinguished undergraduate teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been very active in the teaching and administration of Kenan-Flagler's undergraduate program. His administrative posts have included Chair of Marketing, AssTable of ContentsPART 1: DEFINING MARKETING AND THE MARKETING PROCESS Marketing: Creating Customer Value and Engagement Company and Marketing Strategy: Partnering to Build Customer Engagement, Value, and Relationships PART 2: UNDERSTANDING THE MARKETPLACE AND CUSTOMER VALUE Analyzing the Marketing Environment Managing Marketing Information to Gain Customer Insights Understanding Consumer and Business Buyer Behavior PART 3: DESIGNING A CUSTOMER VALUE-DRIVEN MARKETING STRATEGY AND MIX Customer Value-Driven Marketing Strategy: Creating Value for Target Customers Product, Services, and Brands: Building Customer Value Developing New Products and Managing the Product Life Cycle Pricing: Understanding and Capturing Customer Value Marketing Channels: Delivering Customer Value Retailing and Wholesaling Engaging Customers and Communicating Customer Value: Advertising and Public Relations Personal Selling and Sales Promotion Digital Marketing PART 4: EXTENDING MARKETING The Global Marketplace Sustainable Marketing: Social Responsibility and Ethics APPENDICES Company Cases Marketing Plan Marketing by the Numbers Careers in Marketing
£63.64
HarperCollins Focus Quantum Marketing
Book SynopsisRaja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing Officer of Mastercard, shares breakthrough, frontier strategies to navigate the challenges that result from today’s unprecedented disruption.As technology has continually evolved in the last several decades, marketing has had to change with it, evolving through four significant stages that build on the strategies and tools of the previous era. What happens next in the fifth stage, or Fifth Paradigm, will not be an evolution, but a revolution.Almost everything about how marketing is done today, including the very notion of a brand itself, will require a complete re-imagination.As Chief Marketing Officer of Mastercard, one of the world’s most recognizable and decorated brands, Raja Rajamannar shares the forward-thinking ways all businesses must rethink their entire marketing landscape to remain relevant and be successful.In Quantum Marketing, readers will:Understand the Trade Review'For any marketer or business leader, Raja does a great job at preparing us for the future of marketing. A must-read for anyone who wants to be a contemporary leader.' * Pedro Earp, CMO, Anheuser-Busch InBev *'Quantum Marketing brilliantly describes the tremendous challenges facing future CMOs and how to fundamentally rethink marketing principles and frameworks. A must-read for marketers and business leaders who want to drive growth and thrive in the future.' * Ravi Dhar, Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management *'Quantum Marketing is a book full of optimism and hope, with practical examples of how to integrate critical elements of brand building with the data and analytic rigor necessary to drive business growth.' * Leanne Cutts, Group CMO, HSBC *'Raja connects the dots for today's quantum marketers looking to unlock brand impact and outcomes in the fifth paradigm because, simply put, what got you here won't get you there.' * Wendy Clark, Global CEO, Dentsu International *'Raja not only presents the critical facets of marketing in the most elegant, eloquent, and clarifying language, but he also helps the reader to truly understand how to harness the powerful force of marketing and its impact for brands and society.' * Bob Liodice, CEO, ANA *'Raja offers not only a fascinating view into the fifth paradigm of marketing, but also how to play deftly in it and win. This is an outstanding book and it will prove to be a landmark in the world of marketing!' * Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Consumer Banking & Payments, Barclays *'Raja offers a very different, fresh, and audacious look into the future of marketing. This must-read book makes you realize that it is indeed time to reset the button and take the quantum leap forward.' * Stephan Loerke, CEO, WFA *'Raja provides a clear roadmap for marketers to leapfrog into the future. He peels back the hype and gives pragmatic guidance. An excellent read!' * Zena Arnold Srivatsa, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, Kimberley Clark *'Raja thoughtfully took a hard and objective look at our industry and our work, and he did so with honesty and macro self-awareness. He effectively brings marketing of the past into the future.' * Leslie Berland, CMO, Twitter *'Raja offers an innovative view of the new Quantum Marketer mindset, which is both daunting and exhilarating. A must-read for anyone willing to compete for and succeed in a top marketing job today.' * Greg Welch, Senior Partner, Spencer Stuart *
£17.00
Little, Brown Book Group The No Asshole Rule
Book SynopsisWhen the Harvard Business Review asked Robert Sutton for suggestions for its annual list of Breakthrough Ideas, he told them that the best business practice he knew of was ''the no asshole rule''. Sutton''s piece became one of the most popular articles ever to appear in the HBR. Spurred on by the fear and despair that people expressed, the tricks they used to survive with dignity in asshole-infested places, the revenge stories that made him laugh out loud and the other small wins that they celebrated against mean-spirited people, Sutton was persuaded to write THE NO ASSHOLE RULE.He believes passionately that civilised workplaces are not a naive dream, that they do exist, do bolster performance and that widespread contempt can be erased and replaced with mutual respect when a team or organisation is managed right. There is a huge temptation by executives and those in positions of authority to overlook this trait especially when exhibited by so-called producers, but Sutton shows how overall productivity suffers when the workplace is subjected to this kind of stress.Trade ReviewEntertaining and important ... This book is a blow for humanity as well as management * OBSERVER *This meticulously researched book . . . puts into plain language an undeniable fact: the modern workplace is beset with a**holes . . . Sure to generate discussion around watercoolers * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *The definitive guide to understanding, counteracting, and not becoming an a**hole. I am qualified to make this judgment because (a) I've been an a**hole a few times and (b) been a victim of a**holes more than a few times * Guy Kawasaki *A wry and useful look at the patterns of bullying in the workplace * IRISH TIMES *
£9.99
Institute of Economic Affairs The Road to Serfdom
Book SynopsisSocialism has particular appeal to intellectuals - the teachers, journalists and other commentators who pass comment on public policy without any special expertise on economic matters. This work explains the enduring appeal of socialist ideas.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Quiet Leadership
Book SynopsisQuiet leaders are masters at bringing out the best performance in others. They improve the thinking of people around them - improving the way their brains process information - without telling anyone what to do. This book provides a brain-based approach that helps executives and managers improve their own and their colleagues' performance.Trade Review"This highly practical guide includes exercises for each major concept, giving readers a chance to practice what they've learned." -- Library Journal "Quiet Leadership will help you improve other people's thinking, which is the best place to begin improving other people's performance." -- Marshall Goldsmith, founder of Marshall Goldsmith Partners; named one of the 50 greatest thinkers who have impacted the field of management by the American Management Association. "Essential reading for any leader who has ever wondered 'Why don't people do what I tell them to do?.'" -- Elisa Mallis, Human Performance Consultant, Accenture, London A quick and useful guide to a softer management style that draws on recent discoveries in the field of neuroscience -- Continental Magazine
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HarperCollins Publishers Nazi Billionaires
Book SynopsisLucid and damning an absorbing and infuriating tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAINA groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II and how the world allowed them to get away with it.In 1946, Günther Quandt patriarch of Germany's most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his arch-rival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning with this dark past remains incomplete at best. Many of them continue to control swaths of the world economy, owning iconic brands whose products blanket the globe. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz and still control Porsche, Volkswagen and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight until now.In this landmark work, investigative journalist David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany's wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave labourers and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler's army as Europe burnt around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how the wider world's political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes, covering up a bloodstain that defiles the German and global economy to this day.Trade Review‘It is impossible to fault de Jong’s fierce indignation in his book. He must be right to urge that the descendants of Hitler’s tycoons should admit their ancestors’ criminality’Max Hastings, Sunday Times ‘Fascinating … de Jong tells the story with the brisk clarity of the good financial journalist he is and lets the fact speak for themselves. It leaves you awestruck at the power of greed’Daily Telegraph ‘The author cleverly weaves his astonishing facts and figures into human stories … Its fascinating detail and engaging style make Nazi Billionaires a forceful book, revealing to a wide audience a vital aspect of Germany’s ongoing discussion with itself’Spectator ‘Lucid, and damning, Nazi Billionaires unearths decades of family secrets and exposes the tainted origins of several of the world's most significant dynastic fortunes. As adept in the archive as he is on the page, de Jong draws on a vast wealth of historical evidence to tell an absorbing – and infuriating – tale of complicity, coverup, and denial, and to unearth the sordid war crimes behind some of today's most vaunted consumer brands’Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author of Empire of Pain ‘Eloquent, thorough, and profound, David de Jong’s brilliant debut illuminates a dark chapter of the past while also shining a stark and uncanny light onto our present, and, perhaps, our near future – showing how an insidious mix of capitalism and fascism can destroy democracy and countless lives. An absolute must-read’Norman Ohler, bestselling author of Blitzed ‘As riveting as it is disturbing. At times, it felt like reading the anti-Schindler's List: instead of secretly helping the Jews, Germany's most powerful tycoons brutally exploited their suffering for personal profit’Bradley Hope, bestselling co-author of Billion Dollar Whale
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Ebury Publishing Unreasonable Hospitality
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Headline Publishing Group The Little Book of Versace: The Story of the
Book Synopsis'Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress...' - Gianni VersaceFrom Elizabeth Hurley's safety pin dress to Jennifer Lopez's plunging green gown, Versace has always been a brand at the cutting edge of fashion. With a foot firmly placed in pop culture, Versace is beloved by fashionistas and celebrities alike, providing iconic moments like Lil Nas X's gold armour at the 2021 Met Gala, many of Elton John's eclectic tour outfits and the gown worn by Lady Diana in her posthumous tribute in Harper's Bazaar.Exquisitely illustrated and expertly written, this book explores the story of the brand, from its creation in 1978 by Gianni Versace to its iconic status today. Featuring images of red-carpet moments, key pieces and stunning catwalk shows, this is a fabulous collection of all things Versace.
£12.59
Carpenter's Son Publishing Hard Times Create Strong Men: Why the World
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Throughout history, being a man has meant different things. Maybe being a man was about being a good hunter, or a good soldier, a good businessman or maybe good with women. Hard Times Creates Strong Men examines what it means to be a man in the modern world relative to money, sex, religion and politics. This book examines what worked and what doesn’t work based on proven history instead of feelings. This book is raw, real and politically incorrect, it will threaten and challenge your ideas of what does it mean to be a man and how to better serve your purpose. As the cycles of history prove over and over again: Hard Times Create Strong Men Strong Men Create Good Times Good Times Create Weak Men Weak Men Create Hard times
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McGraw-Hill Education The Expansion Sale Four MustWin Conversations to
Book SynopsisProven customer engagement approaches for winning in the most important moments driving profitability and growthâcustomer retention and expansion Industry analysts report that up 70-80% of business growth comes from existing customers. So why are you still investing mainly in attracting new customers? And, leaving renewals and upsells to chance? Or, worse yet, using a one-size-fits-all approach to acquisition as you do for expansions?The Expansion Sale provides everything you need to seize the competitive edge in the customer-success space. Authors Erik Peterson and Tim Riesterer explain how the buying psychology of existing customers differs from that of new customers, and show how to adapt your commercial engagement strategies accordingly. They provide clear, easy-to-apply messaging frameworks for creating and delivering winning conversations in the four must-win commercial moments of customer success: ensuring renewals, communiTable of ContentsResearch Note ForewordNick Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Gainsight Acknowledgments Introduction PART IDEVELOPING THE EXPANSION MESSAGE1 Acquisition Does Not Equal Expansion 2 Expansion Messaging—Mission Critical,but Missing in Action 3 Why Stay and the Psychology Behind Renewals 4 Cracking the Code on thePrice Increase Conversation 5 Why Pay More—A Framework for ImprovingYour Price Increase Conversations 6 Messaging for the Upsell—The Why EvolveConversation 7 The Winning Why Evolve Message Framework 8 “Sorry” Shouldn’t Be the Hardest Word—Apology Science and the Expansion Sale 9 The Winning Why Forgive Message Framework PART IIDELIVERING THE EXPANSION MESSAGE10 The Right Message at the Right Time—MasteringSituational Fluency 11 Delivering the Message—Essential Skillsfor the Expansion Seller 12 Navigating the Conversation—Advanced Skillsfor the Expansion Seller 13 Expansion Messaging as a Commercial Strategy 14 Parting Thoughts Appendix: Real-World Examples Index About the Authors
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Harriman House Publishing How Not to Invest
Book SynopsisThis book was designed to reduce mistakes.Your mistakes with money.Tiny errors, epic fails and everything in between.You can do thousands of things right, but make just a few of the errors we discuss, and you destroy much of your portfolio.If you could learn how to avoid the unforced errors investors make all the time, you would make your life so much richer and less stressful.The counterintuitive truth is avoiding errors is much more important than scoring wins.How Not To Invest shows you a few simple tools and models that will help you avoid the most common mistakes people make with their money. Learn these, and you are ahead of 98% of your peers.Make fewer errors, end up with more money.We all make mistakes. The goal with this book is to help you make fewer of them, and to have the mistakes you do make be less expensive.
£14.24
HarperCollins India Crushing It
Book SynopsisCrushing It illuminates some little-known nuances and provides innovative tips and clever tweaks proven to enhance more common tried-and-true strategies.Crushing It! is a state-of-the-art guide to building your own path to professional and financial success, but itâs not about getting rich. Itâs a blueprint to living life on your own terms.
£11.24
O'Reilly Media Tidy First
Book SynopsisIn this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.
£25.59
Pearson Education Limited Management Control Systems
Book SynopsisKenneth A. Merchant is the Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy, Emeritus at the University of Southern California. He is well-known internationally in the field of management accounting. Wim A. Van der Stede is the CIMA Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. An author and teacher, he brings a European perspective and a wealth of experience to this book.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Section I: The Control Function of Management Chapter 1: Management and Control Section II: Management Control Alternatives and Their Effects Chapter 2: Result Controls Chapter 3: Action, Personnel and Cultural Controls Chapter 4: Control System Tightness Chapter 5: Control System Costs Chapter 6: Designing and Evaluating Management Control Systems Section III: Financial Result Control Systems Chapter 7: Financial Responsibility Centers Chapter 8: Planning and Budgeting Chapter 9: Incentive Systems Section IV: Performance Measurement Issues and Their Effects Chapter 10: Financial Performance Measures and Their Effects Chapter 11: Remedies to the Myopia Problem Chapter 12: Using Financial Result Controls in the Presence of Uncontrollable Factors Section V: Objectives Beyond Profit Maximization Chapter 13: Management Control Implications Stemming from the Broader Goal of Stakeholder Welfare Maximization Chapter 14: Management Control in Not-for-profit Organizations Section VI: Corporate Governance, Important Control-Related Roles, and Ethics Chapter 15: Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors Chapter 16: Controllers and Auditors Chapter 17: Management Control-Related Ethical Issues Index
£69.34
Quercus Publishing I'm Afraid Debbie from Marketing Has Left for the
Book SynopsisHow to Use Behavioural Design to Create Change in the Real WorldIn this ground-breaking book, author Morten Münster presents a set of rules that individuals and companies can follow to bring about necessary change.Using behavioural design and an accessible four-step method, he shows how people can be persuaded to do one thing instead of another and thereby achieve success.By examining an array of examples drawn from business, government, various public groups and institutions he demonstrates how the rules can be learned and applied in different contexts.
£11.69
McGraw-Hill Education Applied Statistics in Business and Economics 2024
Book SynopsisThe 2024 release of Applied Statistics in Business and Economics offers a complete yet student-friendly application-based approach necessary for student success in the classroom and beyond. This title continues to focus on Excel and business applications, with new Integrated Excel exercises and concept videos, while also taking into account that the analytics world is using more sophisticated tools with the addition of an optional section on R for each chapter to expose students to the application of R to solve statistical problems. This title also includes updated and applicable Analytics in Action briefings and Mini Cases in each chapter to help students tie concepts to real-world situations found in today's business environment, further promoting career-readiness.
£51.29
Simon & Schuster Ltd Invention
Book SynopsisDyson has become a byword for great design, brilliant invention and global success. Now, James Dyson, the entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life of Learning through Failure.'By continually challenging ourselves, investing in the future and experimenting, we can continue to make the future. We must never stop. Never, for one second become comfortable.' James Dyson In this spirited autobiography, James Dyson interweaves his own life story with a wider exploration of the importance of invention. On the way, the reader encounters challenging and inspirational characters, radical inventions, adventurous engineering, cultural fads, political gamesmanship, legal battles and much else besides.Invention: A Life of Learning through Failure is a 21st century call to arms: creative invention through the research, design and manufa
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