Retail Product Management provides the opportunity to acquire a deeper knowledge of a key area of retailing management - managing the product range. It is an important text for anyone studying retail management or buying and merchandising as part of a degree course. Challenging, yet approachable to students ... more »

... need to stop the recruitment revolving door in their companies and to hire the right people the first time, every time, by showing managers how to: * Identify the four proven factors that predict an employee's success in sales * Outline a proven system for finding, developing, and retaining great salespeople ... more »

Origins: The Markets and Major Indexes. Economics Basics: Terms, Definitions, Trends, and Policies. Beginnings: What Affects Markets and Prices. Trading: Buying and Selling Stocks. Studying: How to Interpret Prices and Understand Financial News. Analysis: Tools and Theories. Goals and Guidelines: Setting ... more »

... , real-time recommendations to the printed page. Traders will derive instant benefit from Yu's straightforward, website-driven analyses including: * Vital and detailed information on the different stock markets * Techniques to profit from IPOs and Internet stocks * A day in the life of a successful electronic ... more »

More than any other, the direct access trader depends on a keen knowledge of technical analysis--charts, oscillators, price, and volume--to determine optimal entry and exit points. Technical Analysis introduces basic charts, screens, and analysis, and covers popular analytic systems including price, ... more »

... contribution to the literature of Human Resource Management (HRM). It's interdisciplinary approach addresses key issues and debates such as: * the influences of new technology, language, power, culture and gender upon the 'construction' of knowledge * the impact of globalisation * working knowledge ... more »

This is an insider's report on how Oracle became the first software company to move all of its essential operations onto the Internet. Filled with the insights and experiences of Oracle executives, this book provides a detailed blueprint any company can effectively restructure itself to successfully ... more »

... 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 »

If more business books were as useful, concise, and just plain fun to read as THE MCKINSEY WAY, the business world would be a better place. --Julie Bick, best-selling author of ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN BUSINESS I LEARNED AT MICROSOFT. Enlivened by witty anecdotes, THE MCKINSEY WAY contains valuable ... more »

While more than a quarter of its traditional competitors were going out of business, John Hancock, under the direction of marketing wizard David D'Alessandro, transformed itself from a sleepy old life insurer into a leading financial services giant, with a sustained 20% annual rate of growth. In Brand ... more »

Product Info This innovative text provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theory and practice of quality in the context of 20th century management thinking. more »

Product Info A thorough analysis of networks and organizational interactions between black and Korean entrepreneurs in the ethnic beauty aids industry. more »