Using Leadership Q--a 38-item, self-scoring, gender-neutral test, developed by Shoya Zichy and based upon the work of Carl Jung -- women can identify which of the four profile groups best matches their leadership personalities and then goes on to explore which of the eight subsets, or specific leadership ... more »

This important and timely book concerns the immediate future of business, society and the economy. We are, says Drucker, entering a new economic era with new trends, new markets, new currencies, new principles, new technologies and new institutions. How will managers and management deal with these new ... more »

A lively examination of popular management thinkers, or gurus, and the performance improvement programs and management fashions that they frequently advocate. Building on the work of a growing band of management researchers, this book provides a rhetorical critique of these gurus and the management fashion ... more »

... of the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. It examines legal, moral and political dimensions of free trade. Contributors explore issues such as: * the ethics and rules of competition * the idea of global justice * the problem of international exploitation * the protection of the environment * the regulation ... more »

The time has never been better for investing in real estate, and this book arms the millions of investors who are returning to real estate as an established instrument of wealth creation with surefire strategies for making a killing in the real estate market. Due to the pent-up demand for housing caused ... more »

Label Launch examines, with a no-nonsense straightforward yet fun approach, all aspects of running an indie record label, from maneuvering the legal maze of the industry to the nuts and bolts of recording, distribution, promotions, signing bands, and touring. Label Launch also covers the common pitfalls ... more »

The 1960s were a turning point for post-war economic policy. In this book, politicians, senior officials & well-known economists, discuss the economic and social policy of this period & it... more » more »

Case studies of Singapore, Korea, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Argentina show that in those countries which adjusted unsuccessfully real earnings declined sharply, often with a further negative impact on ou... more » more »

In this unique book, Howard Sherman and William M.Dugger engage in a dialogue on social evolution from Institutionalist and Marxist perspectives, each representing one side. It is their intention to explore the way society develops using the equally radical, but very different approaches of Thorstein ... more »

Bathroom Book - Handango Palm The master of business and self improvement strategies shares his thoughts in this powerful collection. This product listing contains a sample of this powerful collection. more »

This book considers the concepts of organisational learning and the learning organisation and critically examines their take up within the context of four contemporary work organisations in the European automotive sector. more »

What is different about the careers of people like Lou Gerstner, the acclaimed, recently retired chairman and CEO of IBM? Or Senator Elizabeth Dole, Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig, and Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks? Why did they ascend to the top and prosper--why did they have extraordinary ... more »