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Resources designed to support learners of the 2010 BTEC Level 2 First Business specification*. Covering the full Diploma with all mandatory and a wide selection of optional units for the 2010 specification covered, and packed with in-book features to...

For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are...

Transform your organization using Agile principles with this proven framework The Six Disciplines of Agile Marketing provides a proven framework for applying Agile principles and processes to marketing. Written by celebrated consultant Jim Ewel, this...

Companies are increasingly facing intense pressures to address stakeholder demands from every direction: consumers want socially responsible products; employees want meaningful work; investors now screen on environmental, social, and governance criteria;...

First Published in 1997. The second in the readers' series, Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge In Organisations gives an overview of how knowledge is valued and used in organisations. It gives readers excellent grounding in how best to...

All businesses today face increasing pressure from customers and legislation to improve their sustainability credentials. Moreover, companies' employees and shareholders are demanding the same. Yet, many companies are playing catch-up and urgently need...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892563524Author Chin-ning ChuFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 530gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546225Author Christian StadlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

After two decades of reinvention, Japanese companies are re-emerging as major players in the new digital economy. They have responded to the rise of China and new global competition by moving upstream into critical deep-tech inputs and advanced materials...

All systems break down. Some bounce back, others do not. This is a book about why.RESILIENCE is a book about how the world works. It covers business, economic, geographic and social systems in a thrillingly readable narrative. A wealth of absorbing...

From the cofounder of the longest-running Bitcoin exchange comes a compelling argument for how this digital currency will transform the global economy-and how it can work for you.A financial revolution is materializing before our eyes. The way...

Our organizations are flooded with empty talk. We are constantly "going forward" to lands of "deliverables", stopping off on the "journey" to "drill down" into "best practice". Being an expert at using management speak has become more important in...

The Essentials of Managing Programmes is an indispensable, applied guide to success in realising the benefits associated with delivering business strategy and change.John Bartlett opens with the purpose and application of programme management in the...

Opportunities are limitless and abundant.The problem is, many people can't recognise them.It can feel like opportunity doesn't knock for you, or other people get more opportunities, or you have bad luck and timing.You just need to know where to look. How...

Although its brown vans are on every block and its delivery service reaches more than 200 countries, UPS is among the world's most underestimated and misunderstood companies. For the first time, a UPS "lifer" tells the behind-the-scenes story of how a...

Disruption by digital technologies? That's not a new story. But what is new is the "wise pivot," a replicable strategy for harnessing disruption to survive, grow, and be relevant to the future. It's a strategy for perpetual reinvention across the old,...

What are countries famous for making? For Japan, the answer might be electronic goods. For Germany, automobiles. For France, perhaps a Louis Vuitton bag. But what about Britain?Here, Evan Davis sets himself the task of finding out. Offering a fascinating...

First published in 2012, Startup Communities has become the essential roadmap to building supportive entrepreneurial communities, based on Brad Feld's original "Boulder Thesis. Startup communities continue to pop up around the world, prompting a...

Value-based pricing - pricing a product or service according to its value to the customer rather than its cost - is the most effective and profitable pricing strategy. Value First, Then Price is an innovative collection that proposes a quantitative...

100 lessons from one of Britain's most successful businessmen You must know businesses or leaders that seem to have it all - loyalty and success in equal measure. Do you aspire to the same, but worry that 'nice guys finish last'? In Nice Is Not a...

Stimulating and developing the creative potential of all members of an organisation is widely seen as contributing to performance and results. This prestigious textbook provides a complete overview of the creative problem-solving process and its...

Machiavellians are few in number in IT. The massive pressure on CIOs continues to increase as the opportunities to use technology in business become more prevalent and more competitive. As CIOs often find themselves at the center of business conflict,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933715735Author Albert E N GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 43Imprint Executive BooksPublisher Executive BooksWeight(grams) 23gDimensions(mm) 157mm * 94mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565891418Author J.Donald WaltersFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Crystal Clarity,U.S.Publisher Crystal Clarity,U.S.Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm *...

The power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to this fact. This book explores why and how. Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the...

The power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to this fact. This book explores why and how. Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the...

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST SPECIALIST BUSINESS BOOK AT THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021Have you ever relied on your hand to remember your pin rather than your memory?Or acted out a golf stroke before going for it?Or listened to your gut on a big decision?In this...

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST SPECIALIST BUSINESS BOOK AT THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021Have you ever relied on your hand to remember your pin rather than your memory?Or acted out a golf stroke before going for it?Or listened to your gut on a big decision?In this...

** Business Book Awards 2023 Finalist **If you have an interest in agility but you're not working specifically in IT, this book is for you. It shows how agile principles can be adapted and applied in almost any sector to manage projects more effectively...

Is it possible to make a career out of something you love? Miki Agrawal, entrepreneur, angel investor, and cool-sh*t doer, has figured it out and now shows you how. In Do Cool Sh*t, she shares her adventures in entrepreneurship and life, from learning...

From the man the Wall Street Journal describes as a 'global change guru', more than one hundred of the trends that touch every aspect of our lives. Patrick Dixon looks at how the future will be Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical - a...

From the man the Wall Street Journal describes as a 'global change guru', more than one hundred of the trends that touch every aspect of our lives. Patrick Dixon looks at how the future will be Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical - a...

Business authors Jack and Suzy Welch return, nearly a decade after publishing their international bestseller, Winning, to tackle the most pressing business challenges in the modern world. From creating winning strategies to leading and managing others...

Who better to give advice to aspiring leaders than Donald Trump, America's best-known entrepreneur? Trump's most basic strategies, principles, and thoughts are abridged here for the perfect pocket-sized gift for a budding boss.Donald Trump shares his...

Who better to give advice to aspiring leaders than Donald Trump, America's best-known entrepreneur? Trump's most basic strategies, principles, and thoughts are abridged here for the perfect pocket-sized gift for a budding boss.Donald Trump shares his...

A new framework for helping nonprofit organizations maximize the effectiveness of their boards. Written by noted consultants and researchers attuned to the needs of practitioners, Governance as Leadership redefines nonprofit governance. It provides a...

Do you want to achieve a long-held dream or reach a life-changing goal? That big promotion or fulfilling new job? That business you want to start? That exciting new life in the sun? That amazing idea you long to put into action? Are you held back by...

The UK handmade market is currently riding high as our attitudes to shopping and the products we want to buy are changing. With this change comes a new wave of manufacturers - small, local and talented. If you are a producer of handmade products, or you...

The UK handmade market is currently riding high as our attitudes to shopping and the products we want to buy are changing. With this change comes a new wave of manufacturers - small, local and talented. If you are a producer of handmade products, or you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523088744Author Blair H. SheppardFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers