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The Color of Oil : The History, the Money and the Politics of the World's Biggest Business - Thryft
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Michael J. Economides | Round Oak Pub

The Color of Oil : The History, the Money and the Politics of the World's Biggest Business

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The primary colors of oil today are money (lots of it), technology (basic but demanding) and people (special ones). The colors of the rainbow can be seen in the 100+ oil producing countries. There are a dozen large petroleum producing and exporting countries. Yet most have little in their history that links them to wealth, technology and management. Corruption among the elite and governments, mismanagement and the squandering of the petroleum wealth are endemic. Culture is everything, and no other human endeavor makes this as pointedly obvious as the world of petroleum.
Mao in the Boardroom : Guerilla Warfare in the Trenches of Corporate America - Thryft
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Gabriel Stricker | Griffin

Mao in the Boardroom : Guerilla Warfare in the Trenches of Corporate America

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For those interested in unconventional business strategies, this book offers a unique perspective on guerrilla marketing. Gabriel Stricker takes inspiration from Mao Zedong's tactics during the Chinese Civil War and applies them to the boardroom. With interesting anecdotes and practical advice, this book shows how you can disrupt the competition and create a successful business. Users have praised its fresh approach to marketing and management.
Strategic Management: Concepts: Competitiveness And Globalization - Thryft
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Michael A. Hitt, Robert E. Hoskisson, R. Duane Ireland  | South-western College Pub

Strategic Management: Concepts: Competitiveness And Globalization

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This book could be a good option for business students and professionals who are interested in understanding how to formulate and implement strategic plans effectively. It offers a comprehensive approach that combines a resource-based view of the firm with the classic industrial organization model, providing a complete understanding of how businesses use strategic management to achieve sustained competitive advantage. The book also offers more than 30 compelling cases, engaging video cases, and online learning tools that help readers apply strategic management concepts and techniques to real-world situations.
HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials : The Essentials - Thryft
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Harvard Business Review, Thomas H. Davenport, Michael Overdorf  | Harvard Business Review Press

HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials : The Essentials

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This book is highly recommended for those who want to learn from the best of the best in business management. It provides insights on various topics such as creating competitive advantage, leading change, emotional intelligence, managing your career, innovation, analytics, customer loyalty, and identifying unique integrated systems that support your strategy. The book is written by management's most influential experts, making it a valuable reference for anyone looking to accelerate their success in business.
International Management, Global Edition - Thryft
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Helen Deresky | Pearson

International Management, Global Edition

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Decoding Strategy - Thryft
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Patrick A. McNutt | Mcgraw-hill Education (asia)

Decoding Strategy

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OVERVIEWHumans are curious by nature we like to observe people in action and we not only like to play games, but also to win.With its central focus on observing management behaviour to predict likely future actions, this book explores the various ways and means of predicting competitor reaction by examining the actions and reactions of competing firms.The approach adopted in this book is based on the premise that individual behaviour follows a line of action and reaction, thus creating a predictable pattern that resembles a set of moves akin to a game of chess. This pattern is termed a critical time line.Using real-time case studies of global companies in his book, Patrick demonstrates how the pattern embedded in each time line offers a window into the strategic behaviour of companies as competitors in a game. These patterns are an integral part of decoding strategy and winning!TARGET AUDIENCE- MBA students- Business leaders, managers, professionals and executives
Strategy Pure & Simple II: How Winning Companies Dominate Their Competitors - Thryft
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Michel Robert | Mcgraw Hill

Strategy Pure & Simple II: How Winning Companies Dominate Their Competitors

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Strategy Pure & Simple II offers a practical guide for executives seeking to improve their company's strategy formation, implementation, and deployment. The book utilizes real-life examples and interviews with successful CEOs to illustrate its methodology. Readers will appreciate the tested and refined process of strategic thinking presented by the author, Michel Robert.
Corporate-level Strategy : Creating Value in the Multibusiness Company - Thryft
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Michael Goold, Andrew Campbell, Marcus Alexander  | Wiley

Corporate-level Strategy : Creating Value in the Multibusiness Company

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This book is a must-read for students and practitioners. It challenges the traditional belief that corporate parenting can't create value, introducing the concept of parenting advantage. It provides a compelling framework for determining the corporate parent's impact on the business and offers practical advice for adding value to multibusiness companies. It is insightful, valuable, and an excellent guide for anyone looking to understand how to create and maintain corporate-level strategy.
Strategy Synthesis : Blending Conflicting Perspectives to Create Competitive Advantage - Thryft
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Bob de Wit, Ron Meyer  | Cengage Learning Business Press

Strategy Synthesis : Blending Conflicting Perspectives to Create Competitive Advantage

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This book could be a good read for business students, entrepreneurs, and managers who want to learn about creating a competitive advantage using different perspectives. It provides a comprehensive guide on how to blend conflicting views to develop a successful business strategy. The short case studies included in each chapter offer practical examples that demonstrate how to apply the strategies discussed in real-world scenarios. Overall, this book provides a unique and practical approach to strategy development that readers can apply to their own businesses.
40 Chances : Finding Hope in a Hungry World - Thryft
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Howard G. Buffett | Simon & Schuster Export

40 Chances : Finding Hope in a Hungry World

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If you had the resources to accomplish something great in the world, what would you do?Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006, when he announced he was leaving the bulk of his fortune to philanthropy. Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on earth nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. And Howard has given himself a deadline: 40 years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge. Each of us has about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life. This is a lesson Howard learned through his passion for farming. All farmers can expect to have about 40 growing seasons, giving them just 40 chances to improve on every harvest. This applies to all of us, however, because we all have about 40 productive years to do the best job we can, whatever our passions may be. "40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World" is a new book that captures Howard s journey. Beginning with his love for farming, we join him around the world as he seeks out new approaches to ease the suffering of so many. It is told in a unique format: 40 stories that will provide readers a compelling look at Howard s lessons learned, ranging from his own backyard to some of the most difficult and dangerous places on Earth.
The Stakeholder Strategy: Profiting from Collaborative Business Relationships - Thryft
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Ann Svendsen | Berrett-koehler Publishers

The Stakeholder Strategy: Profiting from Collaborative Business Relationships

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The Stakeholder Strategy can be a great read for business leaders and managers who want to learn practical ways to establish and maintain positive stakeholder relationships. The book offers an integrated framework and practical tools for developing collaborative relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, and communities. It uses easy-to-grasp concepts from everyday life and features case study examples from companies in North America and Europe. The Stakeholder Strategy can help readers create a collaboration-friendly organization by establishing a social mission, ethical guidelines, assessing corporate readiness, and making changes in communication, information, and reward systems.
Strategic Management - Competitiveness And Globalization : Concepts And Cases - Thryft
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Robert Morgan, Patrick Reinmoeller, Henk Volberda  | Cengage Learning Business Press

Strategic Management - Competitiveness And Globalization : Concepts And Cases

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This book is highly recommended for business students, entrepreneurs, and managers looking for practical guidance on creating a competitive advantage. The unique model of blending industrial organization with a resource-based view offers key insights on how to build a sustained competitive advantage. The case studies provide real-world examples and are engaging and exemplary, making the book a valuable resource for those seeking to apply strategic management principles in real-world situations.
The Reflective Practitioner : How Professionals Think In Action - Thryft
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Donald A. Schön | Basic Books

The Reflective Practitioner : How Professionals Think In Action

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"The Reflective Practitioner" would be a great read for professionals in various fields who want to better understand their problem-solving processes and improve their creativity in their work. Schoen's book provides insights into how experienced professionals use improvisation and reflection-in-action to tackle challenges. The book encourages readers to question the formulas from their graduate school education and rely more on the practical expertise they have gained from their work. Schoen's perspective is thought-provoking and relevant to anyone seeking to enhance their problem-solving skills.
The McKinsey Way - Thryft
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Ethan M. Rasiel | Mcgraw-hill

The McKinsey Way

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THE MCKINSEY WAY can be a great read for anyone who wants to get an in-depth understanding of how one of the world's best consulting firm works. The book provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at McKinsey & Company's approach to problem-solving, team-building, and management. In addition, Ethan Rasiel's writing style is engaging and witty, making it a fun read. The book serves as a toolkit of problem-solving techniques without peer, and it empowers every business decision-maker to become a better strategic player in any organization.
The Strategy Process : Concepts, Context and Cases: United States Edition - Thryft
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James Brian Quinn, Henry Mintzberg  | Pearson College Div

The Strategy Process : Concepts, Context and Cases: United States Edition

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This collection of readings, edited by Henry Mintzberg, is combined with cases from James Brian Quinn. Together they present an up-to-date look at how actual companies act strategically and the research driving them. Includes the most exciting new organization and strategy concepts to emerge in the last few years: Core Competency Strategies, Strategic Outsourcing, Managing with the new digital technologies, Managing Hypercompetition; addresses global dimensions of today's major strategy issues; cases provide a balanced mix of service industries, global competition, high technology concepts, new organizational forms, and management of software systems; examines the cross functional aspects of strategic management from sources such as: Organizational Behavior, Operations Management, Power and Politics, and Organizational Design.
Commercial Management : Theory and Practice - Thryft
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David Lowe | Wiley-blackwell

Commercial Management : Theory and Practice

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Commercial Management: theory and practice defines the role of commercial management within project-oriented organisations, providing a framework for and helping to develop a critical understanding of the factors that influence commercial management practice. It also identifies generic aspects of this practice and provides a theoretical foundation to these activities, by reference to existing and emergent theories and concepts, as well as to relevant management best practice. The book is structured into four parts: Part 1 Introduction – Commercial Management in Project Environments explores the nature of commercial practice within project-oriented organisations at the buyer-seller interface. It presents a Commercial Management framework, which illustrates the multiple interactions and connections between the purchaser‘s procurement cycle and a supplier‘s bidding and implementation cycles. Additionally, it outlines the principle activities undertaken by the commercial function, identifies the skills and abilities that support these activities and reviews the theories and concepts that underpin commercial practice. Finally, it identifies areas of commonality of practice with other functions found within project-oriented organisations, plus sources of potential conflict and misunderstanding. Part 2 – Elements of Commercial Theory and Practice covers commercial leadership; exploring strategy; risk and uncertainty management; financial decision-making; and key legal issues. Part 3 – Approaches to Commercial Practice addresses best practice management; and commercial and contracting strategies and tactics. Finally, Part 4 – Case Studies offers two extended case studies: Football Stadia (the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff; the Emirates Stadium, Islington; and Wembley Stadium, London); and Heathrow Terminal 5. The book provides a one-stop-shop to the many topics that underpin commercial management practice from both a demand (buy-side) and a supply (sell-side) perspective. It will help develop an understanding of the issues influencing commercial management: leadership, strategy, risk, financial, legal, best practice management and commercial and contracting strategy and tactics. This book’s companion website is at and offers invaluable resources for both students and lecturers: • PowerPoint slides for lecturers on each chapter • Sample exam questions for students to practice • Weblinks to key journals and relevant professional bodies
Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns - Thryft
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Curtis Johnson, Michael Horn, Clayton M. Christensen  | Mcgraw Hill

Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

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"Provocatively titled, Disrupting Class is just what America's K-12 education system needs--a well thought-through proposal for using technology to better serve students and bring our schools into the 21st Century. Unlike so many education 'reforms,' this is not small-bore stuff. For that reason alone, it's likely to be resisted by defenders of the status quo, even though it's necessary and right for our kids. We owe it to them to make sure this book isn't merely a terrific read; it must become a blueprint for educational transformation."―Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education "A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education."―Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great “Just as iTunes revolutionized the music industry, technology has the potential to transform education in America so that every one of the nation’s 50 million students receives a high quality education. Disrupting Class is a must-read, as it shows us how we can blaze that trail toward transformation.”―Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida According to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically-we need to rethink our understanding of intelligence, reevaluate our educational system, and reinvigorate our commitment to learning. In other words, we need "disruptive innovation." Now, in his long-awaited new book, Clayton M. Christensen and coauthors Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson take one of the most important issues of our time-education-and apply Christensen's now-famous theories of "disruptive" change using a wide range of real-life examples. Whether you're a school administrator, government official, business leader, parent, teacher, or entrepreneur, you'll discover surprising new ideas, outside-the-box strategies, and straight-A success stories. You'll learn how:
Beyond Performance Management - Why, When, And How To Use 40 Tools And Best Practices For Superior Business Performance - Thryft
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Steve Player, Jeremy Hope  | Harvard Business Review Press

Beyond Performance Management - Why, When, And How To Use 40 Tools And Best Practices For Superior Business Performance

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Recommendation: This book is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their company's performance. It provides a comprehensive review of forty management tools and practices, guiding you in selecting the ones that will benefit your organization the most. With its practical advice and resources, Beyond Performance Management will help you cut through the noise and focus on what really works. Get ready to take your business to the next level.
The Peter Principle - Thryft
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Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull  | Souvenir Press Ltd

The Peter Principle

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Recommendation: - The Peter Principle is the perfect read for anyone who has ever experienced the frustration of workplace politics and questionable promotions. With its witty humor and insightful observations, this book sheds light on the all-too-common phenomenon of incompetence rising to the top. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, this book will make you laugh, nod in agreement, and maybe even rethink your own approach to success. Don't miss out on this hilarious and eye-opening journey into the quirks of organizational dynamics.
Strategic Pragmatism : The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board - Thryft
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Lester Carl Thurow, Edgar H. Schein  | Mit Pr

Strategic Pragmatism : The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board

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Strategic Pragmatism offers a unique insight into the cultural history of the key institution that made Singapore's economic miracle possible. By examining the individual relationships and structure of the Economic Development Board (EDB), the author provides valuable lessons in good management and effective leadership. This book is recommended for anyone interested in cross-cultural understanding and the anatomy of Asian organizations.
Power Talk: Insights From Asia's Leading Entrepreneurs - Thryft
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Karen Lam | Ws Professional

Power Talk: Insights From Asia's Leading Entrepreneurs

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"Karen’s interviewees were a veritable who’s who in Asia … Entrepreneurs who reflect the diversity of Asia, the different routes and paths to success, but who are bound together by common themes on life, family and values. This is what Power Talk has managed to capture, and in essence, what Channel NewsAsia was meant to do … I would recommend it to anyone who wants to understand entrepreneurship in Asia." Debra Soon Chief Customer Officer, Mediacorp Pte Ltd What drives success in Asia? How did the pioneers do what they did, how are they planning their succession? What are their views on life and family? After six seasons of Channel News Asia's Power List Asia, with 73 episodes high-powered guests, over 26,000 manhours of pre- and post-production and 130,000 airmiles, comes Power Talk. Distilling the very best and most memorable conversations with various head honchos, Karen Lam sits down (not on television this time) to compile the best business ideas, personal philosophies, attitudes and intriguing stories into common themes of leadership and entrepreneurship in Asia. Featuring more than 20 Powerlisters and a range of topics such as crisis management, brand building, expanding westward and succession planning, Power Talk is a must-read for any Asian entrepreneur on the cusp of that next league.
A Fish in Your Ear : The New Discipline of Project Portfolio Management - Thryft
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Michael Menard | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

A Fish in Your Ear : The New Discipline of Project Portfolio Management

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A Fish in Your Ear provides a fresh perspective on the importance of project selection and how it can impact business success. Readers will benefit from the book's practical approach to clarifying and selecting project portfolios. The author's witty language makes an otherwise dull topic engaging. A must-read for decision-making teams who want to optimize their project choices.
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Ethan M. Rasiel, Paul N. Friga  | Mcgraw Hill

McKinsey Mind

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The groundbreaking follow-up to the international bestseller­­a hands-on guide to putting McKinsey techniques to work in your organization McKinsey & Company is the most respected and most secretive consulting firm in the world, and business readers just can't seem to get enough of all things McKinsey. Now, hot on the heels of his acclaimed international bestseller The McKinsey Way , Ethan Rasiel brings readers a powerful new guide to putting McKinsey concepts and skills into action­­ The McKinsey Mind . While the first book used case studies and anecdotes from former and current McKinseyites to describe how "the firm" solves the thorniest business problems of their A-list clients, The McKinsey Mind goes a giant step further. It explains, step-by-step, how to use McKinsey tools, techniques and strategies to solve an array of core business problems and to make any business venture more successful. Designed to work as a stand-alone guide or together with The McKinsey Way , The McKinsey Mind follows the same critically acclaimed style and format as its predecessor. In this book authors Rasiel and Friga expand upon the lessons found in The McKinsey Way with real-world examples, parables, and easy-to-do exercises designed to get readers up and running.
When Giants Learn to Dance : Managing the Challenges of Strategy, Management and Careers in the 1990's - Thryft
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Rosebeth Moss Tanter | Simon & Schuster (trade Division)

When Giants Learn to Dance : Managing the Challenges of Strategy, Management and Careers in the 1990's

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When Giants Learn to Dance is a must-read for managers seeking to stay ahead of the curve in the fast-changing business world. Kanter's book explores innovative management strategies and the challenges of the post-entrepreneurial era. The book's most distinctive feature is Kanter's emphasis on the importance of adapting to change and embracing innovation to succeed. Users will appreciate Kanter's thorough research and actionable insights that can be applied in real-world business scenarios.
See You at the Top - Thryft
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Zig Ziglar | Butterworth-heinemann Ltd

See You at the Top

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Recommendation: See You at the Top is an excellent choice for those seeking to learn practical and effective methods for success. Zig Ziglar offers step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow and will help readers transform their mindset, behaviors, and thinking patterns. The book also stresses the importance of character, integrity, and faith, making it an essential read for anyone looking to build a meaningful and successful life.
The Labor Relations Process - A Partnership Approach To Creating Strategic Competitive Advantage - Thryft
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The Labor Relations Process - A Partnership Approach To Creating Strategic Competitive Advantage

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This book provides a comprehensive approach for managing labor relations and creating strategic advantage through partnerships. It focuses on the importance of collaboration between management and employees, as well as the key issues and challenges that arise during the labor management process. Reviewers have praised the book's practical insights and its ability to help organizations improve their labor relations and competitiveness.
Innovation : How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World - Thryft
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Kim Chandler McDonald | Kogan Page

Innovation : How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World

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Recommendation: Innovation showcases the stories and mindsets of over 100 successful pioneers who have revolutionized their respective fields. It offers insight on how they've done it and why innovation is critical for both individuals and businesses. This book is perfect for anyone looking to become more innovative and succeed in the digital economy.
Heroes And Villains Of Finance - The 50 Most Colourful Characters In The History Of Finance - Thryft
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A. Baldwin | Wiley

Heroes And Villains Of Finance - The 50 Most Colourful Characters In The History Of Finance

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This book provides an engaging way to learn about key players and events that have shaped the financial world we live in today. In particular, readers interested in biographies and history will enjoy learning about the lives of individuals such as Charles Ponzi and Deng Xiaoping, and their lasting impact on finance and society.
Working with Emotional Intelligence - Thryft
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Daniel Goleman | Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.

Working with Emotional Intelligence

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WORKING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Co-Opetition: a Win/Win Mindset - Thryft
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Barry J. Nalebuff, Adam M. Brandenburger  | Doubleday Business

Co-Opetition: a Win/Win Mindset

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The game of business changes constantly. So should your business strategy.When a business strategy is so new in design, a new word must be coined to capture its value. Such is the case with co-opetition, a method that goes beyond the old rules of competition and cooperation to combine the advantages of both. Co-opetition is a pioneering, high-profit means of leveraging business relationships.The Harvard Business School's Adam M. Brandenburger and the Yale School of Management's Barry J. Nalebuff, scholars and consultants, have developed a five-part business strategy that shows how to do more than play the game of business. It shows how you can change the game of business for maximum benefit.Though often compared to games like chess and poker, business is different. To win at chess or poker, someone has to lose. In business, long-term profitability doesn't require others to fail. And in business, people are free to change the rules, the players, the boundaries, the game itself. Intel, Nintendo, American Express, NutraSweet, American Airlines and dozens of other companies have been using the strategies of co-opetition to change the game of business to their benefit. By telling stories of these companies, and formulating strategies based on the science of game theory, Brandenburger and Nalebuff have created a book that's insightful and instructive for managers eager to move their companies into a new mindset.Co-opetition will revolutionize the way you play the game of business.
The Handbook of International Corporate Governance : A Definitive Guide - Thryft
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Institute of Directors | Kogan Page

The Handbook of International Corporate Governance : A Definitive Guide

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This book would be a valuable read for business owners and managers with international responsibilities. It provides comprehensive coverage of laws, codes, and corporate governance practices for multiple jurisdictions, helping readers understand the legal landscape they operate in and the expectations of various stakeholders. Additionally, the commentary from prominent organizations gives readers a real-world perspective on corporate governance.
Seeing What's Next - Using The Theories Of Innovation To Predict Industry Change - Thryft
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Erik A. Roth, Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony  | Harvard Business Review Press

Seeing What's Next - Using The Theories Of Innovation To Predict Industry Change

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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 Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth present a groundbreaking framework for predicting outcomes in the evolution of any industry. Based on proven theories outlined in Christensen's landmark books The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution, Seeing What's Next offers a practical, three-part model that helps decision-makers spot the signals of industry change, determine the outcome of competitive battles, and assess whether a firm's actions will ensure or threaten future success. Through in-depth case studies of industries from aviation to health care, the authors illustrate the predictive power of innovation theory in action.
The Strategy Paradox - Why Committing To Success Leads To Failure, And What To Do About It - Thryft
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Michael E. Raynor | Crown Business

The Strategy Paradox - Why Committing To Success Leads To Failure, And What To Do About It

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A compelling vision. Bold leadership. Decisive action. Unfortunately, these prerequisites of success are almost always the ingredients of failure, too. In fact, most managers seeking to maximize their chances for glory are often unwittingly setting themselves up for ruin. The sad truth is that most companies have left their futures almost entirely to chance, and don’t even realize it. The reason? Managers feel they must make choices with far-reaching consequences today, but must base those choices on assumptions about a future they cannot predict. It is this collision between commitment and uncertainty that creates THE STRATEGY PARADOX.This paradox sets up a ubiquitous but little-understood tradeoff. Because managers feel they must base their strategies on assumptions about an unknown future, the more ambitious of them hope their guesses will be right – or that they can somehow adapt to the turbulence that will arise. In fact, only a small number of lucky daredevils prosper, while many more unfortunate, but no less capable managers find themselves at the helms of sinking ships. Realizing this, even if only intuitively, most managers shy away from the bold commitments that success seems to demand, choosing instead timid, unremarkable strategies, sacrificing any chance at greatness for a better chance at mere survival.Michael E. Raynor, coauthor of the bestselling The Innovator's Solution, explains how leaders can break this tradeoff and achieve results historically reserved for the fortunate few even as they reduce the risks they must accept in the pursuit of success. In the cutthroat world of competitive strategy, this is as close as you can come to getting something for nothing.Drawing on leading-edge scholarship and extensive original research, Raynor’s revolutionary principle of Requisite Uncertainty yields a clutch of critical, counter-intuitive findings. Among -- The Board should not evaluate the CEO based on the company’s performance, but instead on the firm’s strategic risk profile-- The CEO should not drive results, but manage uncertainty-- Business unit leaders should not focus on execution, but on making strategic choices-- Line managers should not worry about strategic risk, but devote themselves to delivering on commitmentsWith detailed case studies of success and failure at Sony, Microsoft, Vivendi Universal, Johnson & Johnson, AT&T and other major companies in industries from financial services to energy, Raynor presents a concrete framework for strategic action that allows companies to seize today’s opportunities while simultaneously preparing for tomorrow’s promise.
Total Quality Management : A Cross Functional Perspective - Thryft
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Ashok Rao, Ismael Dambolena, Lawrence P. Carr  | Wiley

Total Quality Management : A Cross Functional Perspective

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The emphasis of Quality is pervading every facet of business, and managers are required to know and apply TQM principles. This book explores the strategic role of quality global competition, the roles of management in attaining quality excellence, the structures and systems needed to support a total quality strategy, and the main statistical and analytical tools for achieving quality improvement and control.
Business Adventures : Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street: The New York Times bestseller Bill Gates calls 'the best business book I've ever read' - Thryft
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John Brooks | John Murray Learning

Business Adventures : Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street: The New York Times bestseller Bill Gates calls 'the best business book I've ever read'

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Hailed as a business classic by the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and widely acknowledged as a forerunner to the writing of Michael Lewis, BUSINESS ADVENTURES is an insightful and gripping look at corporate and financial life in America.'The best business book I've ever read.' Bill Gates, Wall Street Journal'The Michael Lewis of his day.' New York TimesWhat do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of fame or notoriety. These notable and fascinating accounts are as relevant today to understanding the intricacies of corporate life as they were when the events happened.Stories about Wall Street are infused with drama and adventure and reveal the machinations and volatile nature of the world of finance. John Brooks's insightful reportage is so full of personality and critical detail that whether he is looking at the astounding market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well-known brokerage firm, or the bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense that history really does repeat itself.This business classic written by longtime New Yorker contributor John Brooks is an insightful and engaging look into corporate and financial life in America.
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Paul Willman | Oxford University Press

Understanding Management : The Social Science Foundations

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Management is a fragmented and interdisciplinary area of study, with a lot of academic branches. Willman argues this tree is narrower at its roots, and these roots lie primarily in social science. Key to the purpose of the book is to present management theory as applied social science.Developed out of a core management course at Master's level, this book introduces the field to students who may have little prior knowledge of management. Willman interprets 'management' broadly to embrace the sub-disciplines of strategy, finance, accounting, marketing, organisational behaviour and operations management. The text aims to show how they arose and how they relate, thus engaging the reader in a little history.The book is integrative, in that it seeks to find common concerns in disparate literatures. It is also critical in that it seeks to comparatively evaluate contributions to the management field both in terms of theoretical contribution and practical impact. It is intended to be accessible to a range of readers, presenting technical materials in an informal way. Finally, it is introductory in that it assumes no previous knowledge of the academic management field.
Benchmarking: Taking Your Organisation towards Best Practice - Thryft
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Benchmarking: Taking Your Organisation towards Best Practice

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Sybille Sachs, James E. Post, Lee E. Preston  | Stanford Business Books

Redefining the Corporation : Stakeholder Management and Organizational Wealth

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This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how modern corporations operate beyond just wealth creation. The case studies of Cummins Engine Company, Motorola, and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group provide a real-world perspective on how corporations can prioritize humanistic values and continuous learning while still achieving success. By adopting a stakeholder-centric approach, this book argues that corporations can create lasting benefits for all their stakeholders, from customers and suppliers to social and political actors.
American Business - Thryft
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C. Jackson Grayson | Free Press

American Business

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"American Business: A Two-Minute Warning" is a wake-up call to all Americans and a call to action to improve productivity in order to stay competitive in the global economy. The authors explain the dire consequences of falling behind, but also provide practical solutions and recommendations for improvement. This book is recommended for anyone interested in the state of the American economy and what can be done to improve it.
Loose - The Future Of Business Is Letting Go - Thryft
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Loose - The Future Of Business Is Letting Go

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Loose could be the right book for users who want to explore and learn about new management styles that are being adopted by global corporations and governments. The book makes a compelling case for 'letting go' as the future of business. It provides examples and case studies to show how companies can be managed in a more open and flexible way. Users who are interested in how to build brands, engage with customers, market products and services, and transform their businesses in light of changing times will benefit from reading this book.

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