Business & economics

The 250 Personal Finance Questions Everyone Should Ask

by Peter J. Sander

Money management is more complicated than ever - you have to deal with yo-yo'ing stock markets, rising health care and home prices, taxes, and employment. Everywhere you look, there's more to worry about. Where...

Real Leadership: Helping People and Organizations Face Their Toughest Challenges

by Dean WIlliams

Too many organizations today play follow the leader: the commander articulates a "vision" and people uncritically go along with it. But this style of leadership is ultimately ineffective and even dangerous....

The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy

by Si Kahn & Elizabeth Minnich

Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years, but now it has the power of the Bush administration behind it. Health care, schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisons--all are considered...

Scoring in the Red Zone

by Spencer Tillman

The "Red Zone." The last 20 yards from the opponent's goal line. It's difficult to score there because the defending team can concentrate its efforts. Likewise, the offensive team has less area in which to maneuver....

Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy

by Bruce C. Greenwald & Judd Kahn

Bruce Greenwald, one of the nation?s leading business professors, presents a new and simplified approach to strategy that cuts through much of the fog that has surrounded the subject. Based on his hugely popular...

Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society

by C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski & Betty Sue Flowers

Presence is an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. In wide-ranging conversations held over a year and a half, organizational learning pioneers Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer,...

The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving...

Free and Clear: God's Roadmap to Debt-Free Living

by Howard Dayton

By following scriptural leading and recognizing the importance of financial stewardship in our lives, we can experience a freedom from debt and financial strain that is impossible apart from God.  In this...

CIM Revision Cards: Managing Marketing Performance

by marketing marketing Knowledge

Designed specifically with revision in mind, the CIM Revision Cards provide concise, yet fundamental information to assist students in passing the CIM exams as easily as possible. A clear, carefully structured...

Understanding Change

by Linda Holbeche

Change is now so commonplace that people no longer talk in terms of the "whitewater epoch". Every sector of the economies of the developed world has experienced huge swathes of change in the last decade of the...

Secrets of Special Ops Leadership: Dare the Impossible-- Achieve the Extraordinary

by , William A COHEN

Adapt the techniques of the world's most elite fighting forces to inspire greatness.

How Designers Think

by Bryan Lawson

How Designers Think is based on Bryan Lawson's many observations of designers at work, interviews with designers and their clients and collaborators. This extended work is the culmination of forty years' research...

Travel and Tourism Public Relations

by Dennis Deuschl

The opening chapter explains the recent growth of industry PR, and travel & tourism news coverage which today focuses on the considerable economic benefits of the industry. Additionally, it reviews the leading...

Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment

by David F. Swensen

The bestselling author of Pioneering Portfolio Management, the definitive template for institutional fund management, returns with a book that shows individual investors how to manage their financial assets....

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Growing Your Business With Google

by Dave Taylor

The search engine for success.

Using the Internet to increase the visibility of a small business today is no easy task. It can take a lot of time, energy, and money-especially if you're not a computer expert....

Tourism, Security and Safety

by Yoel Mansfeld & Abraham Pizam

The topic of safety and security in the tourism industry is of vital importance globally. In recent years, and mainly after the 9/11 event, both academics and practitioners have started to look into crisis management...

Bring Your "A" Game

by Robert McGovern

The first 10 years of your career can often be the ""make it or break it"" period. Bring Your ""A"" Game shows you how to define your career plan early on, with sound advice on how to acquire the critical building...

Management Malpractice: How to Cure Unhealthy Management Practices That Disable Your Organization

by Craig R. Hickman

Cynicism and distrust are rampant in today's business environment. Eighty percent of employees want nothing to do with their organizations, or the managers who run them. Great management principles, once the...

Show Me

by Janet Dailey

Showstopper is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by Wall Street Journal reporter G. Pascal Zachary. Driven by the legendary Bruce Cutler, a picked band of software engineers sacrifices...

Search Marketing Strategies

by James Colborn

Search Marketing Strategies focuses on how to make the most from the search engine industry. Concentrating on the strategic element rather than the procedural approach, the author demonstrates how to adapt the...