Business strategy Books
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd Innovate or Die
Book SynopsisOutlines the importance of original thinking to give you the edge on the competition. Drawing on his many years of experience as a marketing manager, the author uses anecdote and example to illustrate new ways to approach business and to succeed at it.
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited Advances in Strategic Management Emdeddedness of Strategy v 13 Advances in Strategic Management Embeddedness of Strategy Vol 13 AB Advances in Strategic Management 13
Book SynopsisIntends to act as a vehicle for the communication of research in strategic management. This title contains papers presenting theoretical and/or empirical analysis of strategic problems, comparative and analytical case studies of issues and application of concepts.
£99.40
Taylor & Francis Ltd Thinking Strategically in Turbulent Times An Inside View of Strategy Making
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£265.16
Crown Success is a Choice Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business
Book SynopsisMAKE RICK PITINO YOUR PERSONAL COACH AND ACHIEVE MORE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.For Rick Pitino, the first coach to bring teams from three different schools to the Final Four, success isn’t about shortcuts. Pitino’s secret-and the reason he has become both a great coach and one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the nation-is his strategy of overachievement. Now, in Success Is a Choice, he takes the same proven methods that have earned him and his teams legendary status and gives you a ten-step plan of attack that will help you become a winner at anything you set your mind to:·Build your self-esteem ·Set demanding goals ·Always be positive ·Establish good habits ·Master the art of communication ·Learn from good role models ·Thrive on pressure ·Be ferociously persistent ·Learn from adversity ·Survive your own success An insp
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Wiley On Leading Change A Leader to Leader Guide 72 Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum
Book SynopsisPart of "The Leader to Leader Guides" which are drawn from the Drucker Foundation's award-winning journal "Leader to Leader".Table of ContentsIntroduction. About the Editors. 1. The Key to Cultural Transformation (Frances Hesselbein). 2. Strategies for Change Leaders (A Conversation Between Peter F. Drucker and Peter M. Senge). 3. Lessons for Change Leaders (Peter M. Senge). 4. Leading Transition: A New Model for Change (William Bridges and Susan Mitchell). 5. The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders (Rosabeth Moss Kanter). 6. Managing Segment Zero (Andrew S. Grove). 7. Management by Commitments (Donald N. Sull). 8. The Age of Connective Leadership (Jean Lipman-Blumen). 9. Sustaining Growth: The Business of Leaders (An Interview with William C. Steere Jr.). 10. Reinventing Management Development (Mark C. Maletz and Jon R. Katzenbach). 11. The New Age of Persuasion (Jay Conger). 12. How to Lower the Risk in CEO Succession (Ram Charan). Index.
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Springer Risk Behaviour and Risk Management in Business Life
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Springer Ahead of the Curve Cases of Innovation in Environmental Management 6 EcoEfficiency in Industry and Science
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£85.49
Springer Toward an Integrative Explanation of Corporate Financial Performance
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Stanford University Press Advances in Organizational Justice
Book SynopsisThis text concerns organizational justice, which is the study of people's perception of fairness in organizations. The volume's contributors, all acknowledged leaders in this burgeoning field, present theoretical positions, clarify existing paradigms, and identify future areas of application.Trade Review“This book brings together the world’s leading scholars in the field of justice and fairness. Rather than just summarizing existing research, this sparkling collection also offers the latest thinking about new and productive directions for future research. It is a ‘must have’ for any scholar or student working on the problems of justice.”—Roderick M. Kramer, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsPreface List of figures and tables 1. Fairness theory: justice as accountability Robert Folger and Russell Cropanzano 2. Fairness heuristic theory: justice judgments as pivotal cognitions in organizational relations E. Allan Lind 3. Interactional (in)justice: the sacred and the profane Robert J. Bies 4. Procedurl and distributive justice are more similar than you think: a monistic perspective and a research agenda Russell Cropanzano and Maureen L. Ambrose 5. Anticipatory injustice: the consequences of expecting injustice in the workplace Debra L. Shapiro and Bradley L. Kirkman 6. When do elements of procedural fairness make a difference? a classification to moderating differences Joel Brockner, Grant Ackerman and Gregory Fairchild 7. Ethnic diversity and the viability of organizations: the role of procedural justice in bridging differences Yuen J. Huo and Tom R. Tyler 8. The seven loose can(n)ons of the organizational justice Jerald Greenberg Index.
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Amacom TurboStrategy 21 Powerful Ways to Transform Your Business and Boost Your Profits Quickly
Book SynopsisBrian Tracy has worked with more than 500 companies throughout the US, Canada, and 22 other countries. He has helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to achieve spectacular results, and now he is helping businesses reach new levels of success with TurboStrategy.
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Amacom Early Warning Using Competitive Intelligence to Anticipate Market Shifts Control Risk and Create Powerful Strategies
Book SynopsisSurprise is rarely a good thing in business. Unexpected developments range in their effects from inconvenient to disastrous. To avoid being blindsided, companies must develop a Competitive Early Warning system, or CEW, which combines strategic planning, competitive intelligence, and management action.\
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Amacom Strategic Staffing A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning
Book SynopsisThe updated edition of this invaluable guide- co-published with the Society for Human Resource Management.
£22.50
Amacom The Power of Strategy Innovation A New Way of Linking Creativity and Strategic Planning to Discover Great Business Opportunities
Book SynopsisCompanies are struggling to remain flexible, future-oriented, and responsive to market changes. Learn the five-step Discovery Process for aligning day-to-day planning with market-centric, discovery-driven innovation that focuses on the future.
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Brookings Institution For the Worlds Profit
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Oxford University Press Real Options
Book SynopsisThis book is about the real options approach to strategic investments, showing how to capitalize on uncertainty through strategic investments, contracts, and use of the financial markets.Trade ReviewReal Options is an exciting, accessible introduction to one of the most useful innovations of modern finance. Filled with lively examples from various industries, the book reveals the strategic power of real options in business planning. * David G. Luenberger, Professor of Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research, Stanford University, and author of Investment Science *Table of ContentsPreface PART I: The Real Options Potential 1: Introduction 2: Uncertainty Creates Opportunities 3: Option Valuation: The Nobel Prize - Winning Breakthrough 4: From Wall Street to Main Street: Options on Real Assets 5: Disciplined Strategy 6: Quick Lessons Part II: The Real Options Solution Process 7: The Four-Step Solution Process 8: Calculating Option Values 9: Adjusting for Leakage in Value Part III: A Portfolio of Applications 10: Valuing a Start-up 11: Investing in a Start-up 12: Exploring for Oil 13: Developing a Drug 14: Investing in Infrastructure 15: Valuing Vacant Land 16: Buying Flexibility 17: Combining Real and Financial Flexibility 18: Investing to Preempt Competitors 19: Writing a License Part IV: Conclusion 20: Changing the Questions We Ask Appendix: A Quick Introduction to Discounted Cash Flow and the Estimation of Volatility Guide to Literature Notes References Index About the Authors
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Double Your Profits
Book SynopsisAn excellent primer for anyone struggling to keep profits ahead of costs. . . . Double Your Profits'' ''take no prisoners'' approach is refreshing. - William Byham, bestselling coauthor of Zapp!One of the nation''s foremost management consultants shares seventy-eight proven ways to cut costs dramatically, send sales through the roof, and double profits in just six months.This timeless profit-boosting guide, considered a top management resource by business powerhouse Jack Welch, presents insights that are notable for their aggressive approach and contrarian perspective. Bob Fifer, former chairman and CEO of Kaiser Associates, shows us how to turn the tables on hardball-playing suppliers and competitors. He also challenges outmoded assumptions and explains why: arbitrary budgets are sometimes the best budgets bosses are frequently underpaid customers can often be persuaded to pay more
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HarperCollins The Death of Competition
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Brefi Group Limited The AIM Directors Handbook The essential guide for directors before and after flotation on the Alternative Investment Market Company Directors Masterclass
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Picerjaw & Co Limited Business Plan for Guaranteed Success
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Solutions Books Solutions Focus Working 80 real life lessons for successful organisational change Solutions Focus at Work
Book SynopsisIncludes stories from fourteen organisations all over the world of how Solutions Focus has helped them to change - and shows you many ways to find what works in the workplace. This book illustrates the Solutions Focus approach in action from widescale change to everyday effective management.Trade Review"Filled with the wisdom of profound simplicity. I highly recommend this insightful and practical book." Stephen MR Covey, author of The Speed of Trust "A superb book for anyone interested in how to address change." Mike Brent, Ashridge Business School "An invaluable practical resource" Dr Sabine Demkowski, The Coaching Centre "A 'must read' recommendation... It immediately expands the applications of the brilliant Solutions Focus approach" Paul R Scheele, author of Photoreading and Natural BrillianceTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introducing Solutions Focus Chapter 2: The Power Of One When coaching one man changes an organisation Carey Glass and the Cooperative Group Chapter 3: Engaging people for innovation Bringing strategy to life in Canadian healthcare Minna Graham and the Ontario Medical Association Chapter 4: Turning the tables on quality Solutions Focus meets continuous improvement at Sky TV Trevor Durnford and British Sky Broadcasting Chapter 5: Back To The Future Increasing Sales with Positive Differences Kathrin Bauer, Gunter Lueger and Magazzin Chapter 6: Making sense of information Developing a patient-friendly framework for hospital planning Peter Rohrig and the Cologne Local Health Conference Chapter 7: Small steps and Trojan mice One manager's story of using SF in everyday work Mona Hojab and Peabody Trust Chapter 8: Optimising the Organisation (needs better) Restructuring at Freescale Semiconductor Jenny Clarke and Freescale Semiconductor Chapter 9: Solutions Focus Tackles Complexity Finding a way forwards through the legal and regulatory jungle Kirsten Dierolf and Bayer Cropscience Chapter 10: Creating a future when facing redundancy Solutions Focused outplacement at Lufthansa Cargo Monika Houck and Lufthansa Cargo Chapter 11: Getting a team working together Establishing more effective ways of working for a senior team Peter Szabo, Daniel Meier and EB Zurich Chapter 12: Listening and letting go Transforming a training department Mark McKergow and Chelsea Building Society Chapter 13: Change is in the eye of the beholder Improving job satisfaction in Sweden Bjorn Johansson, Eva Persson and Lund employment office Chapter 14: Project management - surprisingly light and successful How to stage an international conference without an action plan in sight SOL 2005 Interlaken conference team Chapter 15: What went well? Addressing a business disaster with Solutions Focus Hans Zeinhofer and Energie AG Vertrieb GmbH Chapter 16: Solutions Focus Working Eighty lessons for successful organisational change Bibliography Index
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Biz Guru Ltd Fasttrack Bid Management
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The Solutions Focus Positively Speaking The Art of Constructive Conversations with a Solutions Focus
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Neil Mansell Wage Slave to Financial Freedom
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The Gautrey Group Advocates Enemies How to Build Practical Strategies to Influence Your Stakeholders
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Drew London Ltd Building Successful Communities of Practice
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Leadership Strategieds Publishing The Executive Guide to Facilitating Strategy
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Jim Collins Good To Great And The Social Sectors
Book SynopsisBuilding upon the concepts introduced in Good to Great, Jim Collins answers the most commonly asked questions raised by his readers in the social sectors. Using information gathered from interviews with over 100 social sector leaders, Jim Collins shows that his Level 5 Leader and other good-to-great principles can help social sector organizations make the leap to greatness.
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Direct Communication Service, Inc StratPro The Strategic Business Transformation Process
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Wilson Lafferty Arts Principles 50 years of hardlearned lessons in building a worldclass professional services firm
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Michael Hanrahan Publishing The Smart Business Exit
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Chris Termeer Publishing Fundamentals of Investing in Oil and Gas
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Interoctave, Inc. No More Gold Stars
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Harbinger Press The Business Sale Paradox
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Betacodex Press OpenSpace Beta A handbook for organizational transformation in just 90 days 3 Betacodex Publishing
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Ultimate Physio Pty Ltd Build the Ultimate Physio Clinic
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Tyson Franklin Its No SecretTheres Money in Podiatry
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Whitefox Publishing Ltd Crash Course One Year to Become a Great Leader of a Great Company
Table of ContentsWINTER Week 1. The Abuse of PowerPoint 7 Week 2. Let Me Read You a Speech 10 Week 3. Building Best Teams - Part 1 13 Week 4. Having Fun Yet? 17 Week 5. Decommoditising Your Business 20 Week 6. False Economy 25 Week 7. Flatten, Flatten, Flatten 28 Week 8. Clutter 31 For the weekend: Unimpressive Leaders 34 Week 9. I Do Process, He Does Content 38 Week 10. Four Points 42 Week 11. This Speech is on These Note Cards 45 Week 12. Discrimination 49 For the weekend: Jury Service 54 SPRING Week 13. The Great Outdoors 69 Week 14. Cultural and Moral Relativism 75 Week 15. Help: Getting Advice from the Dreaded Consultants 79 Week 16. Peer Groups 84 Week 17. Ethics and the Corporation 89 For the weekend: Growth of Confidence 93 Week 18. Relationships of Mutual Advantage 100 Week 19. Chairing 104 Week 20. Changing Jobs 109 Week 21. Building Best Teams - Part 2 113 For the weekend: Travel 116 Week 22. Materiality - Too Small to Matter 130 Week 23. Offices and Symbolism 133 Week 24. Good and Bad Behaviour in Mergers 137 Week 25. Know Your Boss 140 SUMMER Week 26. Cross Cultural Communication 145 Week 27. What's Your Objective? 148 Week 28. Getting to Know You 151 Week 29. Working through Influence 154 For the weekend: Leadership Learned on the Back of a Horse 159 Week 30. The Fundamentals 172 Week 31. Policies - Less is More 175 Week 32. Managing With and Without Grades 178 Week 33. The Discomfort Index 182 For the weekend: Housing 185 Week 34. Environmental Issues - Being First, Being Proud 195 Week 35. Give and Take 201 Week 36. Syndicates, Breakout Groups, and Other Overused Meeting Techniques 204 Week 37. Shine a Light 207 About the Author, Age 1 - 10 210 AUTUMN Week 38. Cutting Costs is a Never Ending Process 217 Week 39. Getting Advice - The Advisory Council 221 Week 40. My Own Voice 227 Week 41. Competencies and Skills 230 Week 42. One Management System 234 For the weekend: Leap Backward into the Future 236 Week 43. Experience Counts 240 Week 44. Searching for Stars 243 Week 45. The Leader as Teacher 248 Week 46. Balanced Scorecard 250 Week 47. Safety is Core to any Leader 254 For the weekend: Discipline and Focus 258 Week 48. Town Hall 262 Week 49. How Jobs Change with Career Progress 266 Week 50. Pressure and its Consequences 269 Week 51. Risk 272 Week 52. 'Yes, it's Christmas, you can still learn something' - We Keep Our Promises 279 About the Author, Age - 75 to 0 281 Acknowledgements 291
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Spectaris Ltd Swot Analysis
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Robin Waite Limited Take Your Shot How to Grow Your Business Attract More Clients and Make More Money
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Honoree Enterprises Publishing, LLC Tall Order Organize Your Life and Double Your Success in Half the Time
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Hinesight Thinking About the Future
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Deep Strategy 7 Powers
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Liberationist Remote Not Distant
Book SynopsisThe workplace is changing. Will you adapt or fall behind?The future of work isn''t fixed; it''s waiting to be built. Remote, Not Distant offers a tactical blueprint to building a better future for all. --Darren Murph, Head of Remote, GitLabGustavo Razzetti captures the return to the office/remote debate so well and enables us to understand how we can utilize the benefits of remote working without compromising on having a great company culture. A great read! --Liz Rider, Global Head of Leadership and Culture, VolvoRemote Not Distant provides ample evidence and e
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Liberationist Remote Not Distant
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