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

Political Risk

How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity

by Condoleezza Rice, Amy B. Zegart ...

From New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Stanford University professor Amy B. Zegart comes an examination of the rapidly evolving state of political risk, and how to navigate it.The world is changing fast. Political risk-the probability that a political action could significantly impact a company's business-is affecting more businesses in more ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

From New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Stanford University professor Amy B. Zegart comes an examination of the rapidly evolving state of political risk, and how to navigate it.The world is changing fast. Political risk-the probability that a political action could significantly impact a company's business-is affecting more businesses in more
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Online and Effective: 9 Ways To Get More Done Online

by J.R. Adams ...

Do you have too much time on your hands? Or perhaps you know people who say they have too much time? Personally, I don’t know any. It is possible that there are some people out there who claim to have too much time and nothing to do with it, but I’m betting that you’re not one of them.Time is our most precious commodity, so before you read this book, which I invite you to do, let me tell you what ... Read more

$1.36 CAD

Do you have too much time on your hands? Or perhaps you know people who say they have too much time? Personally, I don’t know any. It is possible that there are some people out there who claim to have too much time and nothing to do with it, but I’m betting that you’re not one of them.Time is our most precious commodity, so before you read this book, which I invite you to do, let me tell you what
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Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization

With Python Codes for the Travelling Salesman Problem

by Éric D. Taillard ...

Series series Graduate Texts in Operations Research
This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a ... Read more

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This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a
... Read more
Better, Not Perfect

A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness

by Max H. Bazerman ...

*** Distinguished Winner for the Responsible Research in Management Award ***Negotiation and decision-making expert Max Bazerman explores how we can make more ethical choices by aspiring to be better, not perfect.Every day, you make hundreds of decisions. They’re largely personal, but these choices have an ethical twinge as well; they value certain principles and ends over others. Bazerman argues ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

*** Distinguished Winner for the Responsible Research in Management Award ***Negotiation and decision-making expert Max Bazerman explores how we can make more ethical choices by aspiring to be better, not perfect.Every day, you make hundreds of decisions. They’re largely personal, but these choices have an ethical twinge as well; they value certain principles and ends over others. Bazerman argues
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The Law of Respect

Lesson 7 from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

by John C. Maxwell ...

The odds were stacked against her in just about every possible way, but thousands and thousands of people called her their leader. Why? Because they could not escape the power of the Law of Respect. ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

The odds were stacked against her in just about every possible way, but thousands and thousands of people called her their leader. Why? Because they could not escape the power of the Law of Respect.
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STOICISME, La clé du bonheur

Comment gérer ses émotions, maîtriser ses pensées impulsives et vaincre la négativité ?

by Donald Russo ...

Il y a des milliers d'années, un commerçant grec, ayant tout perdu, a décidé d'adopter une nouvelle manière de penser surpuissante : le stoïcisme. Sans le vouloir, il inventa alors l'outil le plus puissant pour faire face aux situations difficiles de la vie avec sérénité et toujours surmonter les problèmes quotidiens avec un esprit clair et rationnel. Sachez qu’il y a certaines situations que ... Read more

$11.19 CAD

Il y a des milliers d'années, un commerçant grec, ayant tout perdu, a décidé d'adopter une nouvelle manière de penser surpuissante : le stoïcisme. Sans le vouloir, il inventa alors l'outil le plus puissant pour faire face aux situations difficiles de la vie avec sérénité et toujours surmonter les problèmes quotidiens avec un esprit clair et rationnel. Sachez qu’il y a certaines situations que
... Read more
Disrupt!

100 Lessons in Business Innovation

by James Bidwell ...

Learn how to disrupt. Learn how to innovate.Compiled by Springwise, the global innovation discovery engine, ***Disrupt!***explains and highlights the best, most disruptive and most useful innovation ideas of the 21st century.The book shares which themes underpin their success and which ideas can best be used to drive creativity in your workplace, office or industry.This attractively designed book ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Learn how to disrupt. Learn how to innovate.Compiled by Springwise, the global innovation discovery engine, ***Disrupt!***explains and highlights the best, most disruptive and most useful innovation ideas of the 21st century.The book shares which themes underpin their success and which ideas can best be used to drive creativity in your workplace, office or industry.This attractively designed book
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How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer

Learn the Secrets of Influence, Motivation and Persuasion to become an In-Demand Business Asset

by Kristy Grant-Hart ...

How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer teaches compliance profesionals the secrets of influence, persuasion and motivation so they can become in-demand business assets. This book is a powerful guide to help practitioners move from the check-the-box mentality of a paper program to become a dynamic business leader. Roy Snell, the CEO of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics raved, ... Read more

$18.43 CAD

How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer teaches compliance profesionals the secrets of influence, persuasion and motivation so they can become in-demand business assets. This book is a powerful guide to help practitioners move from the check-the-box mentality of a paper program to become a dynamic business leader. Roy Snell, the CEO of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics raved,
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Essentials of Game Theory

A Concise Multidisciplinary Introduction

by Kevin Leyton-Brown, Yoav Shoham ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Game theory is the mathematical study of interaction among independent, self-interested agents. The audience for game theory has grown dramatically in recent years, and now spans disciplines as diverse as political science, biology, psychology, economics, linguistics, sociology, and computer science, among others. What has been missing is a relatively short introduction to the field covering the ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Game theory is the mathematical study of interaction among independent, self-interested agents. The audience for game theory has grown dramatically in recent years, and now spans disciplines as diverse as political science, biology, psychology, economics, linguistics, sociology, and computer science, among others. What has been missing is a relatively short introduction to the field covering the
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Corporate Ethics for Turbulent Markets

Executive Response to Market Challenges

by Oswald A. J. Mascarenhas, SJ ...

Series series Corporate Ethics for Turbulent Markets
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Corporate executives immersed in the turbulent markets of today face a world not of clear cut moral dilemmas such as right or wrong, or good or evil, but instead must confront large corporate grey areas of lesser good, lesser evil, less true, less unfair, and less unjust. ... Read more

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Corporate executives immersed in the turbulent markets of today face a world not of clear cut moral dilemmas such as right or wrong, or good or evil, but instead must confront large corporate grey areas of lesser good, lesser evil, less true, less unfair, and less unjust.
... Read more
The Regenerative Business

Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes

by Carol Sanford ...

"The work that Carol Sanford describes in The Regenerative Business profoundly changed my life, and I'm confident it will change yours too." - Jeffrey Hollender, Founding CEO, Seventh GenerationWhat if leaders stripped away all preconceptions about how business operates, allowing the organization to go back to its core and build itself back up to become something new-something so responsive, so ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

"The work that Carol Sanford describes in The Regenerative Business profoundly changed my life, and I'm confident it will change yours too." - Jeffrey Hollender, Founding CEO, Seventh GenerationWhat if leaders stripped away all preconceptions about how business operates, allowing the organization to go back to its core and build itself back up to become something new-something so responsive, so
... Read more
Agile Practices for Waterfall Projects

Shifting Processes for Competitive Advantage

by Barbee Davis ...

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide
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Human Resources Management: Dealing with Challenge and Conflict

by Cultural Human Resources Council ...

Series series Cultural Human Resources Management Tools
Challenge and conflict are common in cultural organizations, given multiple demands for severely limited resources, underpaid and overworked employees, disagreements over administrative and artistic priorities and the potential strains of board/management relations. We rarely stop to examine exactly how we handle conflict. The reason it is important to look closely at how you manage conflict in ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Challenge and conflict are common in cultural organizations, given multiple demands for severely limited resources, underpaid and overworked employees, disagreements over administrative and artistic priorities and the potential strains of board/management relations. We rarely stop to examine exactly how we handle conflict. The reason it is important to look closely at how you manage conflict in
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Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times

by Stephen Covey ...

The one certainty in any business is uncertainty. You can always be sure of change. Still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of ever-changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance from business and yourself in both good times and bad. 1. Excellent Execution: Winning companies have clear goals and ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

The one certainty in any business is uncertainty. You can always be sure of change. Still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of ever-changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance from business and yourself in both good times and bad. 1. Excellent Execution: Winning companies have clear goals and
... Read more
Leadership

by Michael Heath ...

Series series Collins Business Secrets
The leadership secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Leadership.Includes how to:• Understand and develop your leadership style• Identify strategic goals for your department• Motivate and manage teams of all sizes• Build a culture of results and responsibility• Lead the way out of a crisis ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

The leadership secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Leadership.Includes how to:• Understand and develop your leadership style• Identify strategic goals for your department• Motivate and manage teams of all sizes• Build a culture of results and responsibility• Lead the way out of a crisis
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Big Bets

How Large-Scale Change Really Happens

by Rajiv Shah ...

“Encouraging…Uplifting...Meeting apparently insurmountable goals requires thinking big…this will inspire.” —Publishers Weekly“Raj Shah has written a practical guide to making the world a better place. He knows what he’s talking about, because he’s done it himself. Anyone who wants to make a change in the world, or their own lives, will benefit from this book.” —Bill Gates, Cochair, Bill & Melinda ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

“Encouraging…Uplifting...Meeting apparently insurmountable goals requires thinking big…this will inspire.” —Publishers Weekly“Raj Shah has written a practical guide to making the world a better place. He knows what he’s talking about, because he’s done it himself. Anyone who wants to make a change in the world, or their own lives, will benefit from this book.” —Bill Gates, Cochair, Bill & Melinda
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The Effective Change Manager: The Change Management Body of Knowledge

by The Change Management Institute ...

'The Effective Change Manager' is designed for change management practitioners, employers, authors, academics and anyone with an interest in the evolving professional discipline of change management. The first edition, 'The Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK(c))', drew on the experience of more than six hundred change management professionals in thirty countries. This second edition has ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

'The Effective Change Manager' is designed for change management practitioners, employers, authors, academics and anyone with an interest in the evolving professional discipline of change management. The first edition, 'The Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK(c))', drew on the experience of more than six hundred change management professionals in thirty countries. This second edition has
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Crafting Engineering Strategy

How Thoughtful Decisions Solve Complex Problems

by Will Larson ...

Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and organizational complexity through structured, intentional strategy ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and organizational complexity through structured, intentional strategy
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Marketing Genius

by Peter Fisk ...

The little black book of marketing is here. Marketing guru Peter Fisk's inspirational manual of marketing shows you how to inject marketing genius into your business to stand out from the crowd and deliver exceptional results. Marketing Genius is about achieving genius in your business and its markets, through your everyday decisions and actions. It combines the deep intelligence and radical ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

The little black book of marketing is here. Marketing guru Peter Fisk's inspirational manual of marketing shows you how to inject marketing genius into your business to stand out from the crowd and deliver exceptional results. Marketing Genius is about achieving genius in your business and its markets, through your everyday decisions and actions. It combines the deep intelligence and radical
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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

$19.99 CAD

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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Silva Ultramind Systems ESP for Business Success

Use Intuition to: Solve Problems, Create Solutions, Earn More Money

by Jose Silva Jr., Katherine Sandusky, Ed Bernd Jr. ...

Whether you are a business executive or a home worker, an entrepreneur or freelancer, Jose Silva's UltraMind Systems ESP for Business Success gives you the winning mindset you need to succeed.*Oprah Winfrey said: "The more we can tune in to our intuition, the better off we are."* Steve Jobs called it "more powerful than intellect."* Albert Einstein said it is "the sacred gift."Your knowledge, mind ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Whether you are a business executive or a home worker, an entrepreneur or freelancer, Jose Silva's UltraMind Systems ESP for Business Success gives you the winning mindset you need to succeed.*Oprah Winfrey said: "The more we can tune in to our intuition, the better off we are."* Steve Jobs called it "more powerful than intellect."* Albert Einstein said it is "the sacred gift."Your knowledge, mind
... Read more
The Elements of Choice

Why the Way We Decide Matters

by Eric J. Johnson ...

A leader in decision-making research reveals how choices are designed—and why it’s so important to understand their inner workingsEvery time we make a choice, our minds go through an elaborate process most of us never even notice. We’re influenced by subtle aspects of the way the choice is presented that often make the difference between a good decision and a bad one. How do we overcome the common ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

A leader in decision-making research reveals how choices are designed—and why it’s so important to understand their inner workingsEvery time we make a choice, our minds go through an elaborate process most of us never even notice. We’re influenced by subtle aspects of the way the choice is presented that often make the difference between a good decision and a bad one. How do we overcome the common
... Read more
Analytics for Managers

With Excel

by Peter Bell, Gregory Zaric ...

Analytics is one of a number of terms which are used to describe a data-driven more scientific approach to management. Ability in analytics is an essential management skill: knowledge of data and analytics helps the manager to analyze decision situations, prevent problem situations from arising, identify new opportunities, and often enables many millions of dollars to be added to the bottom line ... Read more

$144.99 CAD

Analytics is one of a number of terms which are used to describe a data-driven more scientific approach to management. Ability in analytics is an essential management skill: knowledge of data and analytics helps the manager to analyze decision situations, prevent problem situations from arising, identify new opportunities, and often enables many millions of dollars to be added to the bottom line
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Theory of Constraints Handbook

by James Cox III,John Schleier ...

The definitive guide to the theory of constraints In this authoritative volume, the world's top Theory of Constraints (TOC) experts reveal how to implement the ground-breaking management and improvement methodology developed by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Theory of Constraints Handbook offers an in-depth examination of this revolutionary concept of bringing about global organization performance ... Read more

$151.99 CAD

The definitive guide to the theory of constraints In this authoritative volume, the world's top Theory of Constraints (TOC) experts reveal how to implement the ground-breaking management and improvement methodology developed by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Theory of Constraints Handbook offers an in-depth examination of this revolutionary concept of bringing about global organization performance
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