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

Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything

A Theory of Human Misunderstanding

by Bobby Duffy ...

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the
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Shitty Sales Leaders

And How to Not Be One

by Adam Apps ...

Most sales leaders struggle to motivate their teams and deliver sustainable results. Great sales leaders make it look easy while others never figure it out. Ineffective sales leaders may resort to desperate tactics that damage careers, wreck team cultures, and scare great people away from leadership opportunities.In Shitty Sales Leaders: And How to Not Be One, sales veteran Adam Apps shares an ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Most sales leaders struggle to motivate their teams and deliver sustainable results. Great sales leaders make it look easy while others never figure it out. Ineffective sales leaders may resort to desperate tactics that damage careers, wreck team cultures, and scare great people away from leadership opportunities.In Shitty Sales Leaders: And How to Not Be One, sales veteran Adam Apps shares an
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Las leyes secretas de los directivos

by Stuart Wyatt ...

40 verdades esenciales para los jefes, verdades esenciales sobre el arte de dirigir a las personas.«Existe un proverbio inglés según el cual no existen los malos alumnos, sino los malos profesores. Estoy convencido de que eso también sirve para las empresas. No existen malos empleados, sino malos jefes.»Dr. T.S. Lin, 1918-2006, CEO durante treinta años de Tatung Company«En este libro se ... Read more

$3.99 USD

40 verdades esenciales para los jefes, verdades esenciales sobre el arte de dirigir a las personas.«Existe un proverbio inglés según el cual no existen los malos alumnos, sino los malos profesores. Estoy convencido de que eso también sirve para las empresas. No existen malos empleados, sino malos jefes.»Dr. T.S. Lin, 1918-2006, CEO durante treinta años de Tatung Company«En este libro se
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Public Relations Ethics

How To Practice PR Without Losing Your Soul

by Dick Martin, Donald K. Wright ...

This book represents a practical guide to ethical decision-making tailored specifically to the needs of those who practice and study public relations. It traces the development of ethical theory from ancient Greece through the works of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to modern day public relations executives including Harold Burson, Robert Dilenschneider, and Richard Edelman.This book helps readers ... Read more

$8.99 USD

This book represents a practical guide to ethical decision-making tailored specifically to the needs of those who practice and study public relations. It traces the development of ethical theory from ancient Greece through the works of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to modern day public relations executives including Harold Burson, Robert Dilenschneider, and Richard Edelman.This book helps readers
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The Handbook of Action Learning

The Go-To Source for Individual, Organizational and Social Development

by John Edmonstone ...

Action learning is one of the most prominent individual and organisational development approaches used in all parts of the world, including in over 70 member states of the United Nations. From its early beginnings in the 1970s, it has been adopted in private, public and third-sector organisations and has produced several variations. Used for leadership and management development, to support ... Read more

$36.99 USD

Action learning is one of the most prominent individual and organisational development approaches used in all parts of the world, including in over 70 member states of the United Nations. From its early beginnings in the 1970s, it has been adopted in private, public and third-sector organisations and has produced several variations. Used for leadership and management development, to support
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The Leader's Greatest Return Workbook

Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders

by John C. Maxwell ...

What is the greatest return on a leader’s time?After leaders have invested in their own leadership growth, what is the best way to accomplish their vision and grow their organizations and teams? Develop leaders! The more leaders an organization has and the better equipped they are to lead, the more successful the organization and all of its leaders.In this new workbook, based on the title of the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

What is the greatest return on a leader’s time?After leaders have invested in their own leadership growth, what is the best way to accomplish their vision and grow their organizations and teams? Develop leaders! The more leaders an organization has and the better equipped they are to lead, the more successful the organization and all of its leaders.In this new workbook, based on the title of the
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Bricks Matter

The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

by Lora M. Cecere, Charles W. Chase ...

Series series Wiley and SAS Business Series
Get proven guidance to build a market-driven supply chain management systemSupply chain management processes have gradually shifted from a supply-driven focus to a demand-driven one in order to better synchronize demand and supply signals. Bricks Matter shows you how you can identify market risks and opportunities and translate these into winning tactics. Business cases highlight how business ... Read more

$30.00 USD

Get proven guidance to build a market-driven supply chain management systemSupply chain management processes have gradually shifted from a supply-driven focus to a demand-driven one in order to better synchronize demand and supply signals. Bricks Matter shows you how you can identify market risks and opportunities and translate these into winning tactics. Business cases highlight how business
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Inflection Points

How to Work and Live with Purpose

by Matt Spielman ...

Discover your purpose with the Game Plan SystemIn Inflection Points: How to Work and Live with Purpose, renowned executive coach and speaker Matt Spielman delivers an energizing and hands-on existential navigational tool that walks you through how to identify what really matters in life and how to achieve it. Using a powerful life transformation system called the “Game Plan System”—or GPS —you ... Read more

$15.00 USD

Discover your purpose with the Game Plan SystemIn Inflection Points: How to Work and Live with Purpose, renowned executive coach and speaker Matt Spielman delivers an energizing and hands-on existential navigational tool that walks you through how to identify what really matters in life and how to achieve it. Using a powerful life transformation system called the “Game Plan System”—or GPS —you
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How to build a value stream mapping (VSM)

Step by step methodology, detailed explanations, examples, tips and tricks

by Mickaël Réquillard ...

Lean management appeared in the 1950s and is now deployed not only in production activities but also in a multitude of functions. Its main objective is to eliminate all process waste in order to improve process performance and meet the right customer needs by allocating company resources wisely.A multitude of continuous improvement tools are available to achieve this goal, including VSM (Value ... Read more

$11.64 USD

Lean management appeared in the 1950s and is now deployed not only in production activities but also in a multitude of functions. Its main objective is to eliminate all process waste in order to improve process performance and meet the right customer needs by allocating company resources wisely.A multitude of continuous improvement tools are available to achieve this goal, including VSM (Value
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Getting Out of Debt For Dummies

by Steven Bucci ...

Get out and stay out of debt the smart and easy wayThis is a clear and simple guide to getting out from under credit card debt, student loan debt, and all other forms of owing people money. With simple changes and smart decisions, you can start today and enjoy financial stability moving forward. This book covers everything you need to know to take the sting out of those monthly repayments, ... Read more

$12.00 USD

Get out and stay out of debt the smart and easy wayThis is a clear and simple guide to getting out from under credit card debt, student loan debt, and all other forms of owing people money. With simple changes and smart decisions, you can start today and enjoy financial stability moving forward. This book covers everything you need to know to take the sting out of those monthly repayments,
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Learning Under Pressure

Setting a Baseline for Stewarding Places Through Change

by Brian Applegarth ...

Learning Under Pressure is a reflective nonfiction work about how people, organizations, and places learn while navigating conditions that are still taking shape.Drawing from years of work across destination systems, emerging industries, and evolving civic environments, Brian Applegarth examines how pressure influences attention, decision-making, identity formation, and organizational behavior ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Learning Under Pressure is a reflective nonfiction work about how people, organizations, and places learn while navigating conditions that are still taking shape.Drawing from years of work across destination systems, emerging industries, and evolving civic environments, Brian Applegarth examines how pressure influences attention, decision-making, identity formation, and organizational behavior
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Playing to Wiin

Nintendo and the Video Game Industry's Greatest Comeback

by Daniel Sloan ...

How Nintendo reclaimed its spot at the top of one of the world's most competitive industriesNintendo was once the dominant force in home video gaming--until Sony and Microsoft pummeled them with powerful new consoles. As those two giants battled each other for market share, Nintendo looked dead and buried. Then, true to its secretive, low-profile approach, Nintendo roared back into the market with ... Read more

$16.99 USD

How Nintendo reclaimed its spot at the top of one of the world's most competitive industriesNintendo was once the dominant force in home video gaming--until Sony and Microsoft pummeled them with powerful new consoles. As those two giants battled each other for market share, Nintendo looked dead and buried. Then, true to its secretive, low-profile approach, Nintendo roared back into the market with
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Managerial Decision Making Leadership

The Essential Pocket Strategy Book

by Caroline Wang ...

The modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges every single day. Their ability to make critical decisions, often under pressure, can directly determine the future success of the company and their career. It is therefore surprising that so few managers take the time to learn the art of decision making. In this groundbreaking book from Caroline Wang, readers will learn that quality ... Read more

$22.00 USD

The modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges every single day. Their ability to make critical decisions, often under pressure, can directly determine the future success of the company and their career. It is therefore surprising that so few managers take the time to learn the art of decision making. In this groundbreaking book from Caroline Wang, readers will learn that quality
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Framing Decisions

Decision-Making that Accounts for Irrationality, People and Constraints

by J. Davidson Frame ...

The economic crisis of 2008–2009 was a transformational event: it demonstrated that smart people aren't as smart as they and the public think. The crisis arose because a lot of highly educated people in high-impact positions— political power brokers, business leaders, and large segments of the general public—made a lot of bad decisions despite unprecedented access to data, highly sophisticated ... Read more

$40.00 USD

The economic crisis of 2008–2009 was a transformational event: it demonstrated that smart people aren't as smart as they and the public think. The crisis arose because a lot of highly educated people in high-impact positions— political power brokers, business leaders, and large segments of the general public—made a lot of bad decisions despite unprecedented access to data, highly sophisticated
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IT (Information Technology) Portfolio Management Step-by-Step

Unlocking the Business Value of Technology

by Bryan Maizlish, Robert Handler ...

Praise for IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step"Bryan Maizlish and Robert Handler bring their deep experience in IT 'value realization' to one of the most absent of all IT management practices--portfolio management. They capture the essence of universally proven investment practices and apply them to the most difficult of challenges--returning high strategic and dollar payoffs from an enterprise's ... Read more

$33.00 USD

Praise for IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step"Bryan Maizlish and Robert Handler bring their deep experience in IT 'value realization' to one of the most absent of all IT management practices--portfolio management. They capture the essence of universally proven investment practices and apply them to the most difficult of challenges--returning high strategic and dollar payoffs from an enterprise's
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Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy?

Coping with Uncertainty in Development Aid Relations

by Susanna Alexius, Janet Vähämäki ...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Complex coordination across time, space, and cultures involves a great deal of uncertainty. This uncertainty may be accepted and handled with judgment and pragmatism, but more often in contemporary modern society, it is treated as a technical problem to be ‘solved’. This is a book about the paradoxical implications ... Read more

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Complex coordination across time, space, and cultures involves a great deal of uncertainty. This uncertainty may be accepted and handled with judgment and pragmatism, but more often in contemporary modern society, it is treated as a technical problem to be ‘solved’. This is a book about the paradoxical implications
... Read more
MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

The Definitive Guide for Professionals

by David Clay Whybark, F. Robert Jacobs, William Lee Berry, Thomas E. Vollmann ...

Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management is both the classic field handbook for manufacturing professionals in virtually any industry and the standard preparatory text for APICS certification courses. This essential reference has been totally revised and updated to give professionals the knowledge they need. ... Read more

$74.89 USD

Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management is both the classic field handbook for manufacturing professionals in virtually any industry and the standard preparatory text for APICS certification courses. This essential reference has been totally revised and updated to give professionals the knowledge they need.
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Stop Procrastination: Improve Your Health, Wealth and Happiness, 9 Steps to Cure Procrastination

by Geoffrey L. Lefavi ...

Tired of putting things off until the last minute? "Stop Procrastination: Improve Your Health, Wealth and Happiness, 9 Steps to Cure Procrastination" is the ultimate guide to overcoming procrastination and achieving your goals. With step-by-step instructions and real-world examples, this book will help you break free from the cycle of delay and unlock your true potential. Whether you're struggling ... Read more

$3.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tired of putting things off until the last minute? "Stop Procrastination: Improve Your Health, Wealth and Happiness, 9 Steps to Cure Procrastination" is the ultimate guide to overcoming procrastination and achieving your goals. With step-by-step instructions and real-world examples, this book will help you break free from the cycle of delay and unlock your true potential. Whether you're struggling
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Streamlined Process Improvement

by H. James Harrington ...

“The Business Process Improvement methodology established by Dr. H. James Harrington and his group brings revolutionary improvement not only in quality of products and services, but also in the business processes.”—Professor Yoshio KondoThe Book That Goes Beyond Six Sigma and Lean . . . The Next Evolutionary Step in Business Process Management“Don’t design for Six Sigma—design for maximum ... Read more

$37.99 USD

“The Business Process Improvement methodology established by Dr. H. James Harrington and his group brings revolutionary improvement not only in quality of products and services, but also in the business processes.”—Professor Yoshio KondoThe Book That Goes Beyond Six Sigma and Lean . . . The Next Evolutionary Step in Business Process Management“Don’t design for Six Sigma—design for maximum
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Technical Training Management

Commercial skills aligned to the provision of successful training outcomes

by CEdMA Europe ...

With technical skills in ever increasing demand and software updates coming thick and fast, the need for technical training is rising rapidly.This book is the essential guide to establishing, managing, growing and controlling a technical training business within a national or global organisation, providing you with the commercial understanding and industry knowledge you need to succeed. ... Read more

$36.49 USD

With technical skills in ever increasing demand and software updates coming thick and fast, the need for technical training is rising rapidly.This book is the essential guide to establishing, managing, growing and controlling a technical training business within a national or global organisation, providing you with the commercial understanding and industry knowledge you need to succeed.
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How to Create an E-book

Project Team

by Future Managers ...

This project scope statement serves as a baseline document to create an e-book which can be accessed publicly to helps stakeholders an e-book on specific topics. An e-book includes the creation of RACI chart, project deliverables and work breakdown structure and team needs to submit all assignments as per the scheduled dates. All the project work should occur within the framework and any changes ... Read more

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This project scope statement serves as a baseline document to create an e-book which can be accessed publicly to helps stakeholders an e-book on specific topics. An e-book includes the creation of RACI chart, project deliverables and work breakdown structure and team needs to submit all assignments as per the scheduled dates. All the project work should occur within the framework and any changes
... Read more
The Invisible Brand: Marketing in the Age of Automation, Big Data, and Machine Learning

by William Ammerman ...

Marketers are harnessing the enormous power of AI to drive unprecedented resultsThe world of marketing is undergoing major change. Sophisticated algorithms can test billions of marketing messages and measure results, and shift the weight of campaigns—all in real time. What’s next? A complete transformation of marketing as we know it, where machines themselves design and implement customized ... Read more

$18.19 USD

Marketers are harnessing the enormous power of AI to drive unprecedented resultsThe world of marketing is undergoing major change. Sophisticated algorithms can test billions of marketing messages and measure results, and shift the weight of campaigns—all in real time. What’s next? A complete transformation of marketing as we know it, where machines themselves design and implement customized
... Read more
HBR Guide to AI Basics for Managers

by Harvard Business Review ...

Series series HBR Guide
AI is ready for business. Are you ready for AI?From financial modeling and product design to performance management and hiring decisions, AI and machine learning are becoming everyday tools for managers at businesses of all sizes. But AI systems come with benefits and downsides—and if you can't make sense of them, you're not going to make the right decisions.Whether you need to get up to speed ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

AI is ready for business. Are you ready for AI?From financial modeling and product design to performance management and hiring decisions, AI and machine learning are becoming everyday tools for managers at businesses of all sizes. But AI systems come with benefits and downsides—and if you can't make sense of them, you're not going to make the right decisions.Whether you need to get up to speed
... Read more
愈忙愈要會表達：讓自己受重用、點子被採用的解說藝術

The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence

by 羅斯．阿特金斯, Ros Atkins, 王曉伯 ...

★ 亞馬遜分類榜、禮物書榜Top 1暢銷書 ★BBC主播從面試碰壁到成為表達專家的逆襲本事與其強索對方的注意力，不如讓訊息本身有吸引力。7步驟，從蒐集、編排資訊……到流暢表達，把你的想法說成一個好故事。❝ 有理也要說得清，任何人都能受益的表達藝術 ❞．求職者清楚說明自己為何勝任這份工作，更有機會獲得錄用。．公司清楚解說產品優點，產品獲得市場青睞的機率會大增。．針對新提案做出具有說服力的簡報，被採用的機率就變高。．老師清楚解說複雜的方程式，學生更有可能理解與喜愛數學。．學生能夠爬梳資訊，清楚說明當中的重要性與關聯性，對成績有所助益。原本握有推薦函、具有優勢的面試，卻因自己不善表達而失利；後來進入新聞業，因為工作需要不斷精進自己的解說能力。羅斯．阿特金斯如今是BBC主播，負責播報與解說全球重大事件，更被譽為英國首屈一指的表達大師，他傾囊相授30年來在組織資訊... ... Read more

$9.97 USD

★ 亞馬遜分類榜、禮物書榜Top 1暢銷書 ★BBC主播從面試碰壁到成為表達專家的逆襲本事與其強索對方的注意力，不如讓訊息本身有吸引力。7步驟，從蒐集、編排資訊……到流暢表達，把你的想法說成一個好故事。❝ 有理也要說得清，任何人都能受益的表達藝術 ❞．求職者清楚說明自己為何勝任這份工作，更有機會獲得錄用。．公司清楚解說產品優點，產品獲得市場青睞的機率會大增。．針對新提案做出具有說服力的簡報，被採用的機率就變高。．老師清楚解說複雜的方程式，學生更有可能理解與喜愛數學。．學生能夠爬梳資訊，清楚說明當中的重要性與關聯性，對成績有所助益。原本握有推薦函、具有優勢的面試，卻因自己不善表達而失利；後來進入新聞業，因為工作需要不斷精進自己的解說能力。羅斯．阿特金斯如今是BBC主播，負責播報與解說全球重大事件，更被譽為英國首屈一指的表達大師，他傾囊相授30年來在組織資訊...
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