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This advanced practical textbook deals with the issue of risk analysis, measurement and management in the shipping industry. It identifies and analyses the sources of risk in the shipping business and explores in detail the "traditional" and "modern"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884272090Author Efrat Goldratt-AshlagFormat PaperbackImprint North River PressPublisher North River PressWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 139mm *...

Can business activities and decisions be virtuous?This is the first business ethics textbook to take a virtue ethics approach. It explains how virtue ethics compares with alternative approaches to business ethics, such as utilitarianism and deontology,...

Do you dream of a less stressful life? Break out of the system, embrace your purpose and shape your own journey to success and fulfilment.We're not designed for a one-size-fits-all education or lifestyle-so why not choose a path where you can make your...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446672177Author Jean M KummerowFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Oxford Psychologists PressPublisher Oxford Psychologists PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244734428Author John ListerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Lulu Press IncPublisher Lulu Press Inc

We live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in suburbs. Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne. Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris, Prague, Singapore, and Beijing. Nearly...

From being the most dominant club in Scottish football history, Rangers F.C., one of the most famous and powerful names in British sport, was sold to venture capitalist Craig Whyte in 2011 . . . for GBP1. When Whyte walked through the gates at Ibrox,...

"Help me transform while performing!" Transforming While Performing is a book for decision-makers, entrepreneurs, innovators and change drivers that realise the old methods of building plans and strategies for the future no longer suffice.This book is a...

Sachdev's, Digital Marketing 1e is targeted primarily for undergraduate courses with flexibility to support certificate and graduate programs. Twelve chapters with three foundational chapters covering general topics of digital marketing and seven...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947276062Author Karen DollFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Doll Consulting Services, LLCPublisher Doll Consulting Services, LLCWeight(grams)...

John Kotter of the Harvard Business School is one of a number of experts who believe that organisations are over managed and under led, at least partially because people do not appreciate the differences between management and leadership. We start this...

In January 2010, author, academic and social entrepreneur Dr Wayne Visser set off on a nine-month, 20-country "quest" to talk to entrepreneurs, business leaders and innovators and learn about how companies in all parts of the world can and are helping to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671318178Author Bill DoddsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Running Press,U.S.Publisher Running PressWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 110mm * 153mm *...

For buyers of a business or anyone involved in any phase of the due diligence process, Gordon Bing provides a unique, comprehensive, one-volume source of information and guidance. His book will help investors research, evaluate, and understand an...

Per Wimmer is equally known as a global financier, philanthropist, adventurer and explorer. Today, Per owns and runs his own investment bank, Wimmer Financial, which he founded in 2007. He has also supported numerous charities financially with a...

Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert...

Since it was first published in 1964, Elements of Shipping has become established as a market leader. Now in its ninth edition, Branch's Elements of Shipping, renamed in memory of Alan Branch, has been updated throughout and revised to take in the many...

Public relations is operating in an increasingly challenging and complex environment. Pressures from outside the organisation include new accountabilities, empowered stakeholders, increased public cynicism and a new communication landscape. Internally,...

'This book distills the learning from practical experience and academic research...and represents a significant contribution to the challenges we face in transforming government and public services in an environment of ever-tighter finances' " John...

What if we had a government prepared to implement the policies that could radically change 21st-century Britain and improve people's lives? In everyday language, Rethinking Britain presents a range of ideas from some of the country's most influential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874777727Author John R. O'NeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,US

This book provides a clear understanding of the different business strategies and models across all markets of the fashion industry.Providing a holistic and practical approach to strategic fashion management and marketing, the book covers brand image,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400239719Author Annette SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint AmacomPublisher HarperCollins FocusWeight(grams) 235gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm *...

The promise of economic growth which has dominated society for so long has reached an impasse. In his classic analysis, Fred Hirsch argued that the causes of this were essentially social rather than physical. Affluence brings its own problems. As...

We live in a leadership-obsessed society. The result is that we assume nearly any social or economic ill can be mended through better leadership. Sometimes, this commitment to leadership is followed by hero worshipping, wishful thinking and misplaced...

Makes sense of the many approaches to motivation in a clear, practical framework that's easy to apply. Draws on a broad range of techniques that the author has created during 30 years' experience of coaching and training leaders.Filled with activities,...

Non-profit organizations (NPOs) across the world are facing criticism alongside approbation. In order for NPOs to effectively support their causes, they require public trust. The editors of this book have persuaded PR experts from the UK and around the...

Artists are creative workers who drive growth in the creative and cultural industries. Managing artistic talent is a unique challenge, and this concise book introduces and analyses its key characteristics.Artist Management: Agility in the Creative and...

Port Economics, Management and Policy provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the global economy and support regional and local development.Structured in eight sections plus an...

The book provides a tool kit for managers tasked with raising performance and sustaining motivation. Organisations are being judged by the way in which they accommodate the needs of the individual in work and life-style terms. In this context, the...

In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or intellectual monopolies. The book's unique perspective focuses on how private ownership and control of knowledge and data have become a major source of rent and power...

Just how risky is the movie industry? Is screenwriter William Goldman's claim that "nobody knows anything" really true? Can a star and a big opening change a movie's risks and return? Do studio executives really earn their huge paychecks? These and many...

Engage in sales-the modern way Sales Engagement is how you engage and interact with your potential buyer to create connection, grab attention, and generate enough interest to create a buying opportunity. Sales Engagement details the modern way to build...

Health and Safety: Risk Management is the clearest and most comprehensive book on risk management available today. This newly revised fifth edition takes into account new developments in legislation, standards and good practice. ISO 45001, the...

**THE BESTSELLING BUSINESS CLASSIC, NOW EXPANDED FOR ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY**It's a rainy day in Seattle, and on the third floor of First Guarantee Financial, people have stopped believing they can make a difference. To new manager Mary Jane Ramirez, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996344777Author Ginger Lapid-BogdaFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Enneagram in BusinessPublisher Enneagram in BusinessWeight(grams) 376g

Business is one of the major power centres in modern society. The state seeks to check and channel that power so as to serve broader public policy objectives. However, if the way in which business is governed is ineffective or over burdensome, it may...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523088805Author Mary-Frances WintersFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Are you hungry to increase productivity in your workplace? Do you want to solve problems and enhance working relationships?A creative director with more than 25 years' experience, Patrick Collister introduces new ways to get the creative juices flowing...