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A Primer on Macroeconomics, Second Edition, Volume I, 2nd Edition
Author Professor Thomas M. Beveridge
This two-volume text represents a common sense approach to basic macroeconomics.Economics, far from being the dismal science, offers us valuable lessons that can be applied to our everyday experiences. At its heart, economics is the science of choice and a study of....
Release Date 2018/09 -
A Primer on Macroeconomics, Second Edition, Volume II, 2nd Edition
Author Professor Thomas M. Beveridge
This two-volume text represents a common sense approach to basic macroeconomics. Economics, far from being the dismal science, offers us valuable lessons that can be applied to our everyday experiences.At its heart, economics is the science of choice and a study of....
Release Date 2018/09 -
A Primer on Microeconomics, Second Edition, Volume II, 2nd Edition
Author Professor Thomas M. Beveridge
This two-volume text represents a common sense approach to basic microeconomics.Economics, far from being the dismal science, offers us valuable lessons that can be applied to our everyday experiences. At its heart, economics is the scientific study of choice and a....
Release Date 2018/09 -
A Primer on Negotiating Corporate Purchase Contracts
Author Assitant Professor Patrick C. Penfield
This book was written to help buyers develop a road map to negotiation success.In today's world everyone is looking for cost reduction opportunities. The main opportunity to reduce costs is through negotiations with suppliers. Many companies struggle with the 'met....
Release Date 2009/04 -
A Profile of the Global Airline Industry
Author Kent N. Gourdin
The airline industry is one of the most fascinating in the world, with roots going back to the earliest years of the 20th century. Not long after the Wright brothers flew successfully for the first time in 1903, interest in aviation for military and commercial purpo....
Release Date 2015/12 -
A Profile of the Global Auto Industry
Author Peter Warrian , Mike Smitka
This is the first book on the global auto industry viewed through the lens of technology. It starts by tracing how innovation shaped the first century of its history, then it examines the industry’s shifting footprint in Europe and North America, and the rise....
Release Date 2016/12 -
A Profile of the Steel Industry
Author Peter Warrian
Steel companies were at the birth of the modern business corporation. The first billion dollar corporation ever formed was U.S. Steel in 1901. By the mid-twentieth century the steel mill and the automobile plant were the two pillars upon which the twentieth century ....
Release Date 2012/11 -
A Profile of the United States Toy Industry
Author Christopher Byrne
The toy industry is one of the most consistently misunderstood sectors of American business. That's no surprise because on many levels it resists easy definition. It's a commodity business. No, it's a fashion business. No, it's a consumer products business.....
Release Date 2013/10 -
A Project Manager's Book of Forms, 3rd Edition
Author Cynthia Snyder Dionisio
Essential project management forms aligned to the PMBOK® Guide—Sixth EditionA Project Manager's Book of Forms is an essential companion to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Packed with ready-made forms for man....
Release Date 2017/11 -
A Project Manager's Book of Forms: A Companion to the PMBOK Guide, 5th Edition
Author Cynthia Stackpole Snyder
A compendium of ready-made forms for managing every project in line with the latest PMBOK® Guide—Fifth EditionThis valuable companion to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fifth Edition presents a c....
Release Date 2013/02 -
A Real-Time Approach to Process Control, 3rd Edition
Author William Svrcek , Donald Mahoney , Brent Young
With resources at a premium, and ecological concerns paramount, the need for clean, efficient and low-cost processes is one of the most critical challenges facing chemical engineers. The ability to control these processes, optimizing one, two or several variables ha....
Release Date 2014/02 -
A Refresher in Financial Accounting
Author Faisal Sheikh
This fresher guide is designed for students who took accounting in their freshman year but struggled with double-entry bookkeeping or have forgotten it and need a quick revision of key accounting adjustments such as accrued expenses, prepaid expenses, bad deb....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Jeff Sutherland , James O. Coplien
Building a successful product usually involves teams of people, and many choose the Scrum approach to aid in creating products that deliver the highest possible value. Implementing Scrum gives teams a collection of powerful ideas they can assemble to fit their needs and m....
Release Date 2019/08 -
Author John P. Kotter
Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change, John Kotter revealed why change is so hard, and provided an actionable, eight-step process for implementing su....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Author Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
What people get out of social media—and how businesses can get more out of itAlmost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than 1 billion users and account for almost 25 percent of Interne....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Author James L. Fosshage , Frank M. Lachmann , Joseph D. Lichtenberg
Thoroughly grounded in contemporary developmental research, A Spirit of Inquiry: Communication in Psychoanalysis explores the ecological niche of the infant-caregiver dyad and examines the evolutionary leap that permits communication to take place concurrently....
Release Date 2013/06 -
A Stakeholder Approach to Issues Management
Author Robert Boutilier
The book will appeal to corporate managers who must manage issues and controversies involving outside groups and organizations The book shows practitioners how to ground their strategic advice on the kind of empirical research that reveals the socio-political dynami....
Release Date 2011/12 -
A Standard for Enterprise Project Management
Author Michael S. Zambruski
From enterprise vision and mission to business requirements to project initiation and management to operations, this practical guide explains each of the basic elements needed for project success and integrates them into a balanced life-cycle continuum. It includes....
Release Date 2008/07 -
A Strategic and Tactical Approach to Global Business Ethics
Author Lawrence A. Beer
Ethics is a compendium of moral interpretations steeped in a multitude of religious and philosophical applications. It is subject to various cultural intrusions as well as independent personal interpretation. The study of international business and all related mana....
Release Date 2010/04 -
A Strategic and Tactical Approach to Global Business Ethics, Second Edition
Author Lawrence Beer
The inclusion of ethically driven elements into the strategic planning process of multinational corporations (MNCs) is an emerging consideration in the modern era of globalization. Firms pursuing cross-border activities in any capacity, and to whatev....
Release Date 2015/01 -
A Strategic-Oriented Implementation of Projects
Author Project Management Institute
While it is broadly accepted that projects are the building blocks in implementing organizational strategic objectives, many books fail to address one critical question: how do you translate a strategic objective into a manageable project task? Lavishly illustrated....
Release Date 2013/06 -
A Structured Approach to Strategic Decisions
Author Christiana von Hippel , Andrew Torrance , Olivier Sibony , Dan Lovallo , Daniel Kahn
Many decisions about strategy require that senior executives make evaluative judgments on the basis of extensive, complex information. A disciplined, sequential approach can mitigate common errors and improve the quality of both one-off and recurrent decisions in a....
Release Date 2019/04 -
A Supply Chain Management Guide to Business Continuity
Author Betty A. KILDOW
A well-monitored supply chain is any business’s key to productivity and profit. But each link in that chain is its own entity, subject to its own ups, downs, and business realities. If one falters, every other link—and the entire chain—becomes....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Author Ph.D. Gini Graham Scott
All managers get saddled with "problem" employees from time to time; what sets great managers apart is how they deal with them. Drawing from real-life stories, this helpful and humorous guide provides readers with practical advice for handling a wide range of diffic....
Release Date 2006/12 -
Author Stewart Liff , Paul Gustavson
Workplace teams are supposed to harness employees' talents to tackle challenges. But the reality often falls short... Now imagine having a team where everyone steps up and performs all of the leadership tasks. Imagine a team that is constantly sharing knowledge and....
Release Date 2014/03 -
A Technical Approach To Trend Analysis: Practical Trade Timing for Enhanced Profits
Author Michael C. Thomsett
This is the only modern, action-oriented and practical guide to trend analysis and prediction for the professional trader. Unlike outdated competitive guides, it fully reflects today’s markets and charting sciences.Writing for traders with basic knowledge of trends ....
Release Date 2015/07 -
A Time of Change in Hospitality Leadership
Author Chris Sheppardson
This book is an introduction to the challenge of modern leadership.Leadership has changed from the traditional perspective to be one which is far broader based, with more expected and asked. Leaders today need to consider their stakeholders, their employees, the communiti....
Release Date 2020/10 -
Author Larry Pasavento
Look to the stars for a whole new approach to market cycle forecastingA Trader's Guide to Financial Astrology is the definitive guide to trading market cycles based on astrological data. Written by a highly-respected technical analyst, this book makes the connectio....
Release Date 2015/01 -
A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters
Author Mike Parkinson
Learn the Secrets Needed to Master PowerPoint for Training As a successful facilitator, you know the importance of the resources in your professional toolkit. How you engage your audience and improve learning can be affected by how well you use them. But mastery o....
Release Date 2018/10 -
A User's Manual to the PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition
Author Cynthia Stackpole Snyder
The must-have manual to understand and use the latest edition of the Fifth EditionThe professional standard in the field of project management, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide—Fifth Edition) published by the Project Management Insti....
Release Date 2013/02