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  • Back to the Drawing Board

    Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World

    by Colin B. Carter, Jay W. Lorsch ...
    Business scandals from Enron to WorldCom have escalated concerns about corporate governance into a full-blown crisis. Institutional investors and legislators have dominated the debate and enacted important changes in corporate accounting and other areas. But Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch say that we must now focus on the performance of corporate boards. This timely book argues that boards are ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Why Good People Can't Get Jobs

    The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It

    by Peter Cappelli ...
    Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work.Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren't preparing students for jobs; the government isn't letting in enough high ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

    It Can't Happen to Us--Avoiding Corporate Disaster While Driving Success

    by Richard M. Steinberg ...
    Series Book 570 - Wiley Corporate F&A
    An expert's insider secrets to how successful CEOs and directors shape, lead, and oversee their organizations to achieve corporate goalsGovernance, Risk Management, and Compliance shows senior executives and board members how to ensure that their companies incorporate the necessary processes, organization, and technology to accomplish strategic goals. Examining how and why some major companies ... Read more

    $31.00 USD

  • The End of Fundraising

    Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact

    by Jason Saul ...
    Why does it cost nonprofits on average $20 to raise $100, while it costs companies only $4?Simply put: Nonprofits have no leverage. No one has to make a donation. And since most donors have no direct stake in the organizations they support, they make donations out of the goodness of their hearts. If donors feel like writing a check, they will. If they don't, they won't.The End of Fundraising turns ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Governing for Results

    A Director's Guide to Good Governance

    by Mel D. Gill ...
    BEST SELLERThis BEST SELLIING book provides a comprehensive guide to effective governance for board members and their senior executives. The author offers a new framework for understanding boards and proposes practices that boards can use to fulfill their stewardship responsibilities, strengthen board performance and improve organizational effectiveness. The book discusses the basics of governance ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The IKEA Edge: Building Global Growth and Social Good at the World's Most Iconic Home Store

    by Anders Dahlvig ...
    Praise for The IKEA Edge“A very good book from a talented business leader [that links] values, culture, and the achievement of business and social objectives together. I have read it now three times and learned something from every passage.”—Michael Spence, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2001“With Anders Dahlvig’s recommendations, we could solve many of the world’s ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Mission-Based Management

    Leading Your Not-for-Profit In the 21st Century

    by Peter C. Brinckerhoff ...
    Series Book 231 - Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series
    The only nonprofit management book you must have-in an exciting new editionAs a nonprofit manager, you have to be more effective and more efficient than ever to win funding and support to ensure your organization pursues its mission, meets community needs, and maintains its budget, while juggling the demands of funders, clientele, boards, staff, and community. This Third Edition of Mission-Based ... Read more

    $44.00 USD

  • Boards That Deliver

    Advancing Corporate Governance From Compliance to Competitive Advantage

    by Ram Charan ...
    Series Book 20 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Series
    Finally, a book that brings the vision of truly good governance down to earth. Ram Charan, expert in corporate governance and best-selling author, packs this book with useful tools and techniques to take boards and their companies to a higher level of performance. Charan puts his finger on a growing problem for boards: the disconnect between directors' efforts and their results. The added time and ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • Proactive Purchasing in the Supply Chain: The Key to World-Class Procurement

    The Key to World-Class Procurement

    by Sheila Petcavage, Richard Pinkerton, David N. Burt ...
    Transform purchasing operations from reactive to proactive supply managementWritten for purchasing managers, Proactive Purchasing in the Supply Chain reveals how to use the latest and best procurement practices to help your organization maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of its supply chain. The ability of purchasing to dramatically increase return on investment, reduce costs, improve ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Succeeding at Social Enterprise

    Hard-Won Lessons for Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs

    by Social Enterprise Alliance ...
    From the Social Enterprise Alliance, the organization dedicated to building a robust social enterprise field, comes Succeeding at Social Enterprise. This practical guide is filled with the best practices, tools, guidance, models and successful cases for leaders (and future leaders) of social ventures and enterprises. A groundbreaking work, it brings together the knowledge and experience of social ... Read more

    $34.00 USD

  • Procurement and Supply Chain Management

    Emerging Concepts, Strategies and Challenges

    by Ernest Ochonma Ph.D ...
    This book clearly presents emerging concepts and strategies for managing a modern procurement and supply chain function in both public and private sector organizations in a competent and professional manner. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Owning Up

    The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask

    by Ram Charan ...
    YOUR WORLD AS A DIRECTOR HAS SUDDENLY CHANGED. YOU’VE SEEN MEMBERS OF OTHER boards take the heat when their companies imploded. The managements of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Washington Mutual clearly failed, but so did their boards. Now the board of every company beset with problems is coming under scrutiny.The pressure is on. Your board must own up to its accountability for ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook