... examined and used to justify the variety of techniques which can be used to find insights into difficult management problems. Contents include: * paradigm shift and the need for creative thinking in management * blocks to creativity and how to overcome them * defining and redefining problems * Extensive ... more »

This book rejects the claim of neoclassical economics that the global, market-based economy emerging today represents the highest possible stage of economic development. In place of global neoliberalism, the book calls for new policy regimes that promote global equality. Global Economy, Global Justice ... more »

The classic text annotated by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig to update Benjamin Graham's timeless wisdom for today's market conditions. Warren Buffet: By far the best book on investing ever written. Considered the greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham's philosophy ... more »

Behind the scenes with the legendary CEO Jack Welch's innovative leadership strategies revived a lagging GE, transforming it into a powerhouse with a staggering $300 billion-plus market capitalization. In writing Jack Welch and the GE Way, author Robert Slater was given unprecedented access to Welch ... more »

... economies, which are in some stage of transition, following the collapse of communism in the Eastern block. The book is divided into four parts: * theoretical issues in the transition from command to market economies * the events in the fifteen independent countries of the former Soviet Union * Eastern ... more »

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A brilliant, original, and powerful look at corporate change--mergers, reorganizations, transformations--and why it succeeds or fails. The Change Monster is the first book on the central issue that blows so many change efforts out of the water: the human interactions and emotional dynamics of the people ... more »

... Eggs , founding Chick Karin Housley starts right at the beginning and recaps everything the Chicks learned on the way to becoming Dow Jones divas. * What this thing called the market is and how it works; * How to start your own investment club, buy stock in some good companies, and build your own Chick ... more »

Rice: The Primary Commodity de-mystifies the trade, outlines its workings and the problems, which confront it. A.J. Latham outlines the history and cultivation of rice, and the research programmes, which have done so much to revolutionise its production in recent years. Including case studies of the ... more »

In an increasingly aging society, medicine, hygiene and nutrition have reduced the impact of acute and life-threatening illnesses. However, whilst we are living longer, the chance of developing or contracting a chronic illness is increasing. There are a growing number of working adults affected by chronic ... more »

Known to the millions of viewers of the hit reality television show The Apprentice, Carolyn Kepcher attracted enormous media attention for her cool demeanor and her no-holds-barred assessments of the show's candidates in the boardroom each week. In particular, she was not shy about speaking out about ... more »

We are living in an era of excess. The past two decades have witnessed a spectacular and uninterrupted rise in luxury consumption. As the super-rich have set the pace, everyone else has spent in a furiously competitive echo of wastefulness. The good news is this: we can do something about it. We can ... more »