Management

As our great economic machine grinds relentlessly forward into a future of declining fossil fuel supplies, climate change and ecosystem failure, governments are at long last beginning to question the very structure of the global economy. In this fresh,...

As our great economic machine grinds relentlessly forward into a future of declining fossil fuel supplies, climate change and ecosystem failure, governments are at long last beginning to question the very structure of the global economy. In this fresh,...

Process Design: Making It Work helps process consultants, managers, facilitators, coaches, organizational development consultants - and anyone else who works with groups - to set up and deliver dynamic, creative process designs. Filled with illustrative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446576222Author Tony HsiehFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm)...

How do firms compete? How do firms earn above normal returns? What's needed to sustain superior performance long term? An increasingly powerful answer to these fundamental questions of business strategy lies in the concept of dynamic capabilities. These...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451610260Author Tony SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

Boards of directors are at the apex of organisational decision-making and so are central in ensuring effective corporate governance. But boards are under increasing scrutiny due to the continuing prevalence of scandals and failures. Boards have been...

A practical, skill-building approach to teaching leadership, LEADERSHIP provides an ideal balance of essential theory and real-world applications.About the AuthorAndrew J. DuBrin is professor emeritus of management in the E. Philip Saunders College of...

We live in a dynamic economic and commerical world, surrounded by objects of remarkable complexity and power. In many industries, changes in products and technologies have brought with them new kinds of firms and forms of organization. We are discovering...

Business education and executive development has been one of the most fascinating industries in the world and the fastest growing segment of higher education over the past decades. Today, it is experiencing change on a scale unprecedented since the...

n/aBook InformationISBN 9780367696306Author Petter GottschalkFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Understand the dynamics of all different types of teams Beyond Team Building: How to Build High Performing Teams and the Culture to Support Them represents the latest in thinking about creating effective teams. The authors present a new "Five C"...

Learn the agile philosophy of lean processes, incremental delivery, deep client participation, decentralized authority, and just-in-time planning to bring speed, creativity, empowerment and increased productivity to product development. This book is your...

Local culture has long been recognised as a critically important factor in shaping management styles in different Asian countries. This book provides a comprehensive overview of culture and management in major East and Southeast Asian economies. Each...

Does your business, like many of today's leading companies, make these dangerous competitive mistakes? Take actions as if competitors did not exist * Collect extensive competitor data but fail to convert it into insights about competitors' current and...

Build high-performing teams with an evidence-based framework that delivers results Committed is a practical handbook for building great teams. Based on research from Wharton's Executive Development Program (EDP), this concise guide identifies the common...

Originally published in 1992, this book examines the development of employers' human resource management and industrial relations policies in Britain. It adopts a broad historical perspective, beginning with the inheritance from the nineteenth century...

Case studies and strategies for more effective multi-generational management Clash of the Generations explores this new and increasingly common workplace phenomenon, and provides strategies to help managers navigate this ever more complex maze...

As in previous editions of this popular text on cross-cultural management, students will find here an invaluable guide to key management theories, linked to practical examples from all round the world. The book's key distinctive feature remains its truly...

The coaching/mentoring approach is probably the most effective way of helping others to achieve optimum performance in the workplace. Dr MacLennan's book covers the entire subject from basic skills to designing and implementing a tailor-made coaching...

Building on the success of the Second Edition with 19 new chapters, Managing Innovation and Change showcases the best work of thinkers writing in this area and provides a coherent picture of key ideas and concepts to have emerged from this exciting field...

Conversation-powered leadership How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the "magic"--the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement--that drove and animated their organization...

We use money to solve our everyday problems, and it generally works well. Despite its economic benefits, however, money has a psychological downside: it trains us to think about negotiations narrow-mindedly, leading us to negotiate badly. Suggesting that...

This bestselling resource has been extensively revised, reorganised and updated for the NEW AS Level Business Studies specification that start teaching from September 2008. The 4th edition of these market-leading texts from this respected and trusted...

Human creativity has been one of the fundamental drivers of civilization and progress - solving immense problems, creating opportunities and overcoming enemies like no other force. Often it has baffled its sceptics by finding new and better resources,...

Ethical leadership does not simply emerge from a code of conduct, a good school, or a host of good intentions. It is an individual choice, or rather a series of choices that emerges from the complex interaction of personal values with social imperatives...

Master performance coach Achim Nowak teaches readers how to create profound interpersonal connections for explosive business success! Technology has transformed the way we communicate. We send and receive more and more emails every day. We text. We tweet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544429Author Gary A. KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780730324782Author Anna-Lucia MackayFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia...

In The Discipline of Teams, Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith explore the often counter-intuitive features that make up high-performing teams--such as selecting team members for skill, not compatibility--and explain how managers can set specific goals to...

For those bold enough to lead in this age of austerity, the challenges are immense. Seismic shifts have taken place in the public and third sectors. Political, economic, technological, and social change are driving profound transformation of...

In publications such as BusinessWeek and Fast Company, the media have celebrated Whirlpool's transformation into a leading-edge innovator and Nancy Tennant Snyder's role as chief innovation officer. Ten years after this remarkable transformation,...

This new agenda for the managerial mind will change the way you think and do business. Eugene Sadler-Smith, a leading intuition researcher and educator in business and management, argues that human beings have one brain but two minds - analytical and...

Now revised and updated throughout, with special emphasis on online customer service and retail websites.Social psychologists and law enforcement officials agree: If a window in a building is broken and left in its ruined state, the rest of the windows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591843917Author Richard S. TedlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

While most managers are primarily concerned with being able to make decisions quickly, manage meetings efficiently and drive innovation, there is often little time for reflection in a business world where opinions must be formed and decisions taken on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937120064Author Ichak Adizes Ph.D.Format PaperbackPage Count 484Imprint Adizes InstitutePublisher Adizes InstituteWeight(grams) 673g

This remarkable book combines simplicity of treatment with depth of coverage and is written in a refreshingly original style. Dispelling the mystique which so often surrounds the subject, and without indulging in complex mathematics, the author explains...

This remarkable book combines simplicity of treatment with depth of coverage and is written in a refreshingly original style. Dispelling the mystique which so often surrounds the subject, and without indulging in complex mathematics, the author explains...

The Third Edition of the field-defining book Originated by Reg Revans in the 1940s, the Action Learning Model was refined and then reintroduced by lead author Michael Marquardt to organizations globally as a powerful tool for improving organizational...