Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Startup Myths and Models

What You Won't Learn in Business School

by Rizwan Virk ...

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed—from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions.This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed—from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions.This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the
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Enabling Next Generation Legacies

35 Questions that Next Generation Members in Enterprising Families Ask

by Peter Jaskiewicz, Sabine B. Rau ...

Answering the most pressing thirty-five questions of Next Generation members in a short and concise, yet competent way—leading academics, practitioners, and enterprising families come together to empower Next Generation legacies.Masterfully detangling the intricate dynamics of the family, ownership, business, and wealth, the authors share best practices, real-life examples, and critical questions ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Answering the most pressing thirty-five questions of Next Generation members in a short and concise, yet competent way—leading academics, practitioners, and enterprising families come together to empower Next Generation legacies.Masterfully detangling the intricate dynamics of the family, ownership, business, and wealth, the authors share best practices, real-life examples, and critical questions
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Productive Tensions

How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation’s Toughest Trade-Offs

by Christopher B. Bingham, Rory M. McDonald ...

Series series Management on the Cutting Edge
How leaders can recast innovation’s toughest trade-offs—efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose—as productive tensions.Why is leading innovation in today’s dynamic business environment so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90 percent of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80 percent of executives consider innovation ... Read more

$17.99 USD

How leaders can recast innovation’s toughest trade-offs—efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose—as productive tensions.Why is leading innovation in today’s dynamic business environment so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90 percent of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80 percent of executives consider innovation
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Acclimated to Africa

Cultural Competence for Westerners

by Debbi DiGennaro ...

Series Book 45 - Publications in Ethnography
Misunderstood: one thing foreigners never want to be! But Africans and Westerners, interpreting the world through different cultural lenses, misunderstand each other with alarming regularity. This is sometimes funny, sometimes scandalous, but always damages credibility. This book is designed to promote cultural competence among Westerners working in Africa and among Africans living in the West. ... Read more

$10.79 USD

Misunderstood: one thing foreigners never want to be! But Africans and Westerners, interpreting the world through different cultural lenses, misunderstand each other with alarming regularity. This is sometimes funny, sometimes scandalous, but always damages credibility. This book is designed to promote cultural competence among Westerners working in Africa and among Africans living in the West.
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The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy

Classic Concepts and New Perspectives

Edited by Carl W. Stern, Michael S. Deimler ...

A collection of the best thinking from one of the most innovative management consulting firms in the worldFor more than forty years, The Boston Consulting Group has been shaping strategic thinking in business. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy offers a broad and up-to-date selection of the firm's best ideas on strategy with fresh ideas, insights, and practical lessons for managers, ... Read more

$23.00 USD

A collection of the best thinking from one of the most innovative management consulting firms in the worldFor more than forty years, The Boston Consulting Group has been shaping strategic thinking in business. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy offers a broad and up-to-date selection of the firm's best ideas on strategy with fresh ideas, insights, and practical lessons for managers,
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Business Model Innovation

Concepts, Analysis, and Cases

by Allan Afuah ...

Rooted in strategic management research, Business Model Innovation explores the concepts, tools, and techniques that enable organizations to gain and/or maintain a competitive advantage in the face of technological innovation, globalization, and an increasingly knowledge-intensive economy.Updated with all-new cases, this second edition of the must-have for those looking to grasp the fundamentals ... Read more

$125.99 USD

Rooted in strategic management research, Business Model Innovation explores the concepts, tools, and techniques that enable organizations to gain and/or maintain a competitive advantage in the face of technological innovation, globalization, and an increasingly knowledge-intensive economy.Updated with all-new cases, this second edition of the must-have for those looking to grasp the fundamentals
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On Trust and AI

A Blueprint for the Intelligent Enterprise

by Alexander Feick ...

AI can't guarantee its own reliability. Trust in its decisions depends on you.Artificial intelligence is moving into core business processes faster than most organizations can govern it. Leaders are being asked to rely on systems that behave intelligently but fail unpredictably-systems that make opaque decisions, accumulate silent privileges, and drift out of alignment long before anyone notices ... Read more

$9.99 USD

AI can't guarantee its own reliability. Trust in its decisions depends on you.Artificial intelligence is moving into core business processes faster than most organizations can govern it. Leaders are being asked to rely on systems that behave intelligently but fail unpredictably-systems that make opaque decisions, accumulate silent privileges, and drift out of alignment long before anyone notices
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AI-Born

The Machine Core

by Mehran Granfar ...

The job title is dying. What comes next will define how we build.We are witnessing a lineage break as profound as the Industrial Revolution - but this time, it's happening at machine speed. A three-person team now orchestrates the productive capacity that once required 30,000 employees. AI agents don't just assist with work; they are the workforce, executing, learning, and adapting faster than any ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The job title is dying. What comes next will define how we build.We are witnessing a lineage break as profound as the Industrial Revolution - but this time, it's happening at machine speed. A three-person team now orchestrates the productive capacity that once required 30,000 employees. AI agents don't just assist with work; they are the workforce, executing, learning, and adapting faster than any
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Good Decisions for Strange Situations

A guide to making the right choices

by Dr Sheheryar Banuri ...

Good decisions are hard to make - agreed? Whether it's deciding what kind of take-away to order, what brand of shampoo to buy, or what to do in a crisis, we've all been in situations where we panic or overthink.And now, more than ever, we are in unfamiliar territory. Our routines and norms have been completely disrupted, replaced by stress and anxiety and making a good decision is harder than ever ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Good decisions are hard to make - agreed? Whether it's deciding what kind of take-away to order, what brand of shampoo to buy, or what to do in a crisis, we've all been in situations where we panic or overthink.And now, more than ever, we are in unfamiliar territory. Our routines and norms have been completely disrupted, replaced by stress and anxiety and making a good decision is harder than ever
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The Value Flywheel Effect

Power the Future and Accelerate Your Organization to the Modern Cloud

by David Anderson ...

It's no secret that technology is moving faster than ever, but current business/IT strategies are not working. To survive the next wave of transformation, the relationship between businesses and technology must evolve. In The Value Flywheel Effect, David Anderson enables leaders to create an adaptive organization built upon embracing strategic thinking, team focus, and reduced time to value to ... Read more

$14.99 USD

It's no secret that technology is moving faster than ever, but current business/IT strategies are not working. To survive the next wave of transformation, the relationship between businesses and technology must evolve. In The Value Flywheel Effect, David Anderson enables leaders to create an adaptive organization built upon embracing strategic thinking, team focus, and reduced time to value to
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Demand Forecasting Best Practices

by Nicolas Vandeput ...

Lead your demand planning process to excellence and deliver real value to your supply chain.In Demand Forecasting Best Practices you’ll learn how to:Lead your team to improve quality while reducing workloadProperly define the objectives and granularity of your demand planningUse intelligent KPIs to track accuracy and biasIdentify areas for process improvementHelp planners and stakeholders add ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Lead your demand planning process to excellence and deliver real value to your supply chain.In Demand Forecasting Best Practices you’ll learn how to:Lead your team to improve quality while reducing workloadProperly define the objectives and granularity of your demand planningUse intelligent KPIs to track accuracy and biasIdentify areas for process improvementHelp planners and stakeholders add
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The AI-Driven Leader's Playbook: 50+ Frameworks and Prompts to Automate Your Decision Making

AI leadership, #1

by Pierce Sterling ...

Series Book 1 - AI leadership
Master the future of management with The AI-Driven Leader's Playbook.In an era where speed and precision define success, staying ahead means integrating artificial intelligence into your core leadership strategy. This essential guide provides over 50 actionable frameworks and ready-to-use prompts specifically designed to help executives, managers, and entrepreneurs automate complex decision-making ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master the future of management with The AI-Driven Leader's Playbook.In an era where speed and precision define success, staying ahead means integrating artificial intelligence into your core leadership strategy. This essential guide provides over 50 actionable frameworks and ready-to-use prompts specifically designed to help executives, managers, and entrepreneurs automate complex decision-making
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The Mini-Book on Use Cases: All You Need but Short

The Simplifying Series

by Alistair Cockburn ...

Series series The Simplifying Series
Get moving fast on use cases.This book opens with a dozen examples ranging from simple to complex, low-level to "kite"-level. By page 38, you've finished the core explanations and are already slicing, refining, and applying the 7 key concepts to improve your writing. It's fast, focused, and designed to get readers productive immediately.A concise, practical introduction to use cases, from the ... Read more

$8.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get moving fast on use cases.This book opens with a dozen examples ranging from simple to complex, low-level to "kite"-level. By page 38, you've finished the core explanations and are already slicing, refining, and applying the 7 key concepts to improve your writing. It's fast, focused, and designed to get readers productive immediately.A concise, practical introduction to use cases, from the
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Positive Leadership

Strategies for Extraordinary Performance

by Kim Cameron ...

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Beyond Success Positive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what Kim Cameron calls “positively deviant performance”—performance far above the norm. Citing a wide range of research in organizational behavior, medical science, and psychology as well as real-world examples, Cameron ... Read more

$15.99 USD

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Beyond Success Positive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what Kim Cameron calls “positively deviant performance”—performance far above the norm. Citing a wide range of research in organizational behavior, medical science, and psychology as well as real-world examples, Cameron
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Hiring Smart!

How to Predict Winners and Losers in the Incredibly Expensive People-Reading Game

by Pierre Mornell ...

Now in Paperback!People are the most valuable asset in today'¬?s fiercely competitive workplace. In HIRING SMART, now available in paperback for the first time, Dr. Mornell delineates 45 simple strategies for "people reading"-observing a candidate'¬?s behavior and predicting what they'¬?ll be like in the workplace-that virtually guarantee hiring the best possible candidate for any job.An ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Now in Paperback!People are the most valuable asset in today'¬?s fiercely competitive workplace. In HIRING SMART, now available in paperback for the first time, Dr. Mornell delineates 45 simple strategies for "people reading"-observing a candidate'¬?s behavior and predicting what they'¬?ll be like in the workplace-that virtually guarantee hiring the best possible candidate for any job.An
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Thinking, Fast and Slow . . . in 30 minutes

The Expert Guide

by Daniel Kahneman ...

Thinking, Fast and Slow ...in 30 minutes is the essential guide to quickly understanding the important lessons on decision-making outlined in the New York Times best seller Thinking, Fast and Slow. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, author Daniel Kahneman gets to the bottom of how to make good decisions and when to trust your intuition. Kahneman wants readers to avoid putting too much weight on acting ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Thinking, Fast and Slow ...in 30 minutes is the essential guide to quickly understanding the important lessons on decision-making outlined in the New York Times best seller Thinking, Fast and Slow. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, author Daniel Kahneman gets to the bottom of how to make good decisions and when to trust your intuition. Kahneman wants readers to avoid putting too much weight on acting
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神經可塑性的專注力練習：世界冠軍球隊都這樣練，180秒終止內耗，改變大腦思考慣性，提升抗壓穩定性，找回真正享受生活的能力

Relentless Solution Focus: Train Your Mind to Conquer Stress, Pressure, and Underperformance

by 傑森‧塞爾克, Jason Selk, 愛倫‧里德, Ellen Reed ...

Translated by 沈聿德 ...

Series Book 629 - 天下財經
**本書為《正向專注力》新裝版真正強大的人，並非不害怕、不沮喪、不失誤，他們只是更快將專注力放在「如何解決問題」。考試、面試、簡報或比賽失常，反覆拖延許久的目標、無法前進的關係…不是你不夠努力，只是你的大腦一直深陷慣性思考。兩屆世界冠軍球隊心智教練，結合神經可塑性科學基礎與實戰訓練經驗，教你在壓力下穩定專注、快速決策，即使在混亂中也能迅速回到正軌。每當事情出錯，我們的大腦很自然會反覆想：為什麼會這樣？接下來會更糟嗎？是不是我不夠好？最讓人內耗的往往不是問題本身，是人類天生會聚焦在擔心各種問題，讓自己壓力更大，卻沒有往前進。這不是因為你脆弱，人類大腦本來就比較容易注意危險，如今卻常常變成壓力、拖延、失眠、焦慮和表現失常的來源。◆***... ... Read more

$9.99 USD

**本書為《正向專注力》新裝版真正強大的人，並非不害怕、不沮喪、不失誤，他們只是更快將專注力放在「如何解決問題」。考試、面試、簡報或比賽失常，反覆拖延許久的目標、無法前進的關係…不是你不夠努力，只是你的大腦一直深陷慣性思考。兩屆世界冠軍球隊心智教練，結合神經可塑性科學基礎與實戰訓練經驗，教你在壓力下穩定專注、快速決策，即使在混亂中也能迅速回到正軌。每當事情出錯，我們的大腦很自然會反覆想：為什麼會這樣？接下來會更糟嗎？是不是我不夠好？最讓人內耗的往往不是問題本身，是人類天生會聚焦在擔心各種問題，讓自己壓力更大，卻沒有往前進。這不是因為你脆弱，人類大腦本來就比較容易注意危險，如今卻常常變成壓力、拖延、失眠、焦慮和表現失常的來源。◆***...
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The Creative Shift

How to Power Up Your Organization by Making Space for New Ideas

by Andrew Robertson ...

**A brass-tacks guide to delivering and successfully executing one groundbreaking idea after another, without interrupting business as usual“An essential book.” —Frederick W. Smith, founder and executive chairman, FedEx CorporationA USA Today Bestseller**How can organizations prioritize innovation and execute new ideas, while also continuing to do what they do best? We want Mercedes to be careful, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

**A brass-tacks guide to delivering and successfully executing one groundbreaking idea after another, without interrupting business as usual“An essential book.” —Frederick W. Smith, founder and executive chairman, FedEx CorporationA USA Today Bestseller**How can organizations prioritize innovation and execute new ideas, while also continuing to do what they do best? We want Mercedes to be careful,
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Feng Shui and your Office

by Aroon Ajmera ...

Aroon Ajmera, author of the international best seller Feng Shui & your Home shows you how to create an office environment that is supportive, congenial and successful.'This book provides an excellent mix of common sense, Feng Shui basics and humorous cartoons to bring to life the text. If only all offices practised Feng Shui principles! The principles of Feng Shui and the common sense advice given ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Aroon Ajmera, author of the international best seller Feng Shui & your Home shows you how to create an office environment that is supportive, congenial and successful.'This book provides an excellent mix of common sense, Feng Shui basics and humorous cartoons to bring to life the text. If only all offices practised Feng Shui principles! The principles of Feng Shui and the common sense advice given
... Read more
Design Thinking in Business and IT

Overview, Techniques and Example Workshop

by Florian Heuer ...

You might've talked about innovation with your IT department or software development agency lately and the words "design thinking” were surely mentioned. So what is it? Just another piece of business jargon to add to your arsenal or a useful tool? Or maybe even an overestimated hype? Nowadays every organization or business runs into a myriad of problems as business models become increasingly more ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

You might've talked about innovation with your IT department or software development agency lately and the words "design thinking” were surely mentioned. So what is it? Just another piece of business jargon to add to your arsenal or a useful tool? Or maybe even an overestimated hype? Nowadays every organization or business runs into a myriad of problems as business models become increasingly more
... Read more
aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition

by Christina Nishiyama, Dory Willer, William H. Truesdell, William D. Kelly ...

This highly effective self-study system offers complete coverage of every subject on the aPHR® examTake the Human Resources Certification Institute’s 2022 aPHR exam with complete confidence using this integrated study guide. Written by a team of HR experts, aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition features information about the aPHR exam, ... Read more

$38.99 USD

This highly effective self-study system offers complete coverage of every subject on the aPHR® examTake the Human Resources Certification Institute’s 2022 aPHR exam with complete confidence using this integrated study guide. Written by a team of HR experts, aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition features information about the aPHR exam,
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Tarzan Economics

Eight Principles for Pivoting Through Disruption

by Will Page ...

Taking the lessons learned from his years studying the rise and fall of the modern music industry, Spotify's Chief Economist has crafted “a compelling and generous read” (Scott Galloway) that provides the tools to recognize and adapt to disruption in any industry.As the chief economist at Spotify, Will Page has had the best seat in the house for witnessing—and harnessing—the power of disruptive ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Taking the lessons learned from his years studying the rise and fall of the modern music industry, Spotify's Chief Economist has crafted “a compelling and generous read” (Scott Galloway) that provides the tools to recognize and adapt to disruption in any industry.As the chief economist at Spotify, Will Page has had the best seat in the house for witnessing—and harnessing—the power of disruptive
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6 Koraka+ 6 alata za uspešan servis

by Nikolaos Sliousaregko ...

Ova knjiga je namenjena svima onima koji žele da započnu svoju karijeru na polju ugostiteljstva, a da pritom nemaju posebnog ili nikakvog iskustva kao konobari, kao i svima onima koji već rade i već se susreću sa teškoćama u svakodnevnom radu i u postizanju rezultata.Istovremeno, knjiga je namenjena i vlasnicima ugostiteljskih objekata. Predstavljajući jedan integrisani alat kod prvih koraka obuke ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ova knjiga je namenjena svima onima koji žele da započnu svoju karijeru na polju ugostiteljstva, a da pritom nemaju posebnog ili nikakvog iskustva kao konobari, kao i svima onima koji već rade i već se susreću sa teškoćama u svakodnevnom radu i u postizanju rezultata.Istovremeno, knjiga je namenjena i vlasnicima ugostiteljskih objekata. Predstavljajući jedan integrisani alat kod prvih koraka obuke
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Designing Efficient BPM Applications

A Process-Based Guide for Beginners

by Christine McKinty, Antoine Mottier ...

Looking for efficiency gains in your business? If you’re a business analyst, this practical guide will show you how to design effective business process management (BPM) applications. Every business uses business processes—these everyday tasks help you gain and retain customers, stay profitable, and keep your operations infrastructure functioning.BPM specialists Christine McKinty and Antoine ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Looking for efficiency gains in your business? If you’re a business analyst, this practical guide will show you how to design effective business process management (BPM) applications. Every business uses business processes—these everyday tasks help you gain and retain customers, stay profitable, and keep your operations infrastructure functioning.BPM specialists Christine McKinty and Antoine
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