Decision-Making & Problem Solving

This book is about the behaviour of systems. Systems are important, for we interact with them all the time, and many of the actions we take are influenced by a system - for example, the system of performance measures in an organisation influences, often...

Knowledge management is crucial to organizational learning, innovation and success within organizations. The Second Edition of the successful knowledge management reader provides a core source of key theoretical thinkers in the field and presents the...

2022 PORCHLIGHT LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY BOOK OF THE YEARA 2023 THINKERS50 BEST NEW MANAGEMENT BOOKA transformational book for trying times, Dare to Un-Lead will challenge the way you think and feel about the role of leadership in your life.What is revered...

High-value talent management must be relevant to today's workplace Misplaced Talent takes a hard look at the cluttered field of Talent Management, and offers a clear guide to making better people decisions in any organization. Deliberately challenging...

Is Apple conscious? Could a cyber-human system sense a potential terrorist attack? Or make diagnosing a rare and little-known disease routine? Computers are not replacing us: they are enhancing us. Different intelligences are joining together to...

The growing body of research on business models draws upon a range of sub-disciplines, including strategic management, entrepreneurship, organization studies and management accounting.Business Models: A Research Overview provides a research map for...

How to overcome barriers to the long-term investments that are essential for solving the world's biggest problemsThere has never been a greater need for long-term investments to tackle the world's most difficult problems, such as climate change and...

This book (intended for beginning analysts, students, and the people training them) bridges general business problem solving and mathematics for improved effectiveness in work and life. Full of tools for solving real-world problems, this new edition is...

The United States is supposed to offer economic opportunity to everyone. It shouldn't take a worldwide pandemic and nationwide protests to bring economic and racial inequality to the forefront of problems we desperately need to solve. But now that the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591842699Author Dan RoamFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 437gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 200mm * 20mm

If you read nothing else on strategy, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review.Defining--and executing--the best strategy for your company is fraught with challenge. Do you have the right strategy to lead your company into the future?...

You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group, but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened,...

Every business on the planet is trying to maximize the value created by its customers Learn how to do it, step by step, in this newly revised Fourth Edition of Managing Customer Experience and Relationships: A Strategic Framework. Written by Don Peppers...

What distinguishes great leaders? Exceptional leaders capture passion. They lead for real: from the heart, smart and focused on the future, and with a commitment to being their very best. As Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis have shown in their...

The well-ordered, fully aligned view of organization and management practice, with its unfailingly positive results, bears little relationship to the world that managers and others experience every day. This straight-line, 'do this and you'll get that'...

How has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally...

As established markets become less profitable, companies increasingly need to find ways to create and capture new markets. Despite much investment and commitment, most firms struggle to do this. What, exactly, is getting in their way? World-renowned...

Creativity has long been thought of as an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if this most common belief about how creativity works is wrong? In this revised and expanded...

"This is a terrific book and the best I have read on the subject. Scott covers the economics and management issues in professional services with great authority and insight." Peter Doyle, Professor of Marketing, Warwick Business School "What I find...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637742778Author Joshua KerievskyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Matt Holt BooksPublisher BenBella BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Creative Problem Solving Total Systems Intervention Robert L. Flood and Michael C. Jackson Department of Management Systems and Sciences, University of Hull, UK In the modern world organisations are faced with innumerable and multifaceted issues which...

An enlightening insight into how creative and innovative leaders and their teams can find success, even in the most difficult circumstances. One of the biggest challenges of business leadership is recognising new opportunities and implementing them...

Do your company and employees have the necessary "IQ" not only to withstand a crisis but also come through it with strength and confidence?Like many companies over the last few years, yours has probably done a great deal to reassess its physical,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062301314Author Tina SeeligFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 270g

From profiles and interviews with the world's leading venture capitalists and high-profile coaches of business founders, A Dozen Lessons distills a set of bedrock methods for approaching business questions and creating value. The veteran business writer...

Thinking about getting up and telling the world what you stand for is daunting. Actually doing it is terrifying but the rewards are incredible. Imagine spending every waking hour doing what you love... Authentic shows how to do just that. In Authentic,...

In this whip-smart, entertaining, and entirely unconventional economics primer, he brings together over one hundred puzzles and brainteasers that illustrate the subject's key concepts and pitfalls. From warm-up exercises to get your brain working, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544510255Author Jeff KavanaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Publishing In A BoxPublisher Publishing In A BoxWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2007.Book InformationISBN 9781400063512Author Nassim Nicholas TalebFormat HardbackPage Count...

If you aren't working with a strategy, you're wasting your time.Strategy isn't just a set of plans handed down from the C-suite. To grow as a leader, you need to understand your company's strategy and align your thinking, projects, and team with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976941606Author Jacques R IslandFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Quest PublishingPublisher Quest PublishingWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Jurgen Salenbacher examines the work of leading theorists in business culture before explaining how our success in exploring change rests on our ability to think creatively. Branding practises, he suggests, can help us, but we also need to cultivate...

A Financial Times book of the monthIt has never been more important for business leaders to look to the future. Yet, when we are living through some of the most uncertain times we have ever faced, it can feel daunting to know where to start. In...

Many contemporary societal issues have grown to be too complex to solve with traditional approaches. It is no wonder that design practices increasingly appeal to public organisations as a new and promising approach. But, before we can make the...

This book has served me so well in my new job. I can't tell you how many times I have pulled the book off the shelf to get some direction in creating my own questions. It has been a great asset in helping me have meaningful and directed conversations at...

Master data analysis, modeling and the effective use of spreadsheets with the popular BUSINESS ANALYTICS: DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING, 7E. The quantitative methods approach in this edition helps you maximize your success with a proven...

Written by an expert team and praised for its refreshing approach, this essential text offers a critical, holistic understanding of strategy theory and practice. The fourth edition has been fully updated to include: * Coverage of contemporary issues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739167400Author John BichenoFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Picsie BooksPublisher Picsie Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784529260Author Dawn EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 495gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm

Systems Concepts in Action: A Practitioner's Toolkit explores the application of systems ideas to investigate, evaluate, and intervene in complex and messy situations. The text serves as a field guide, with each chapter representing a method for...