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

The New Rational Manager

Effective Action Begins With Clear Thinking

by Charles H. Kepner, Benjamin B. Tregoe ...

One of the best-selling business books of all time, The New Rational Manager, describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 60 years. Whether you're troubleshooting a major IT system outage, solving a manufacturing equipment problem, deciding to expand the capacity of a ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

One of the best-selling business books of all time, The New Rational Manager, describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 60 years. Whether you're troubleshooting a major IT system outage, solving a manufacturing equipment problem, deciding to expand the capacity of a
... Read more
Business Continuity Management

Building an Effective Incident Management Plan

by Michael Blyth ...

PRAISE FOR Business Continuity ManagementFew businesses can afford to shut down for an extended period of time, regardless of the cause. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that disaster can strike in any shape, at any time. Be prepared with the time-tested strategies in Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan and protect your employees while ... Read more

$45.00 USD

PRAISE FOR Business Continuity ManagementFew businesses can afford to shut down for an extended period of time, regardless of the cause. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that disaster can strike in any shape, at any time. Be prepared with the time-tested strategies in Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan and protect your employees while
... Read more
The Sixth Sense

Accelerating Organizational Learning with Scenarios

by Kees van der Heijden, Ron Bradfield, George Burt, George Cairns, George Wright ...

This book helps managers move beyond the idea that the future of business will resemble the past and allows them to use scenarios to imagine multiple perspectives. The concepts of organizational realities, experience, and beliefs are explored to encourage and embrace change in business organizations for a successful future. ... Read more

$47.00 USD

This book helps managers move beyond the idea that the future of business will resemble the past and allows them to use scenarios to imagine multiple perspectives. The concepts of organizational realities, experience, and beliefs are explored to encourage and embrace change in business organizations for a successful future.
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The Resilient Enterprise

Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage

by Yossi Sheffi ...

Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a
... Read more
Creative Directions

Mastering the Transition from Talent to Leader

by Jason Sperling ...

More and more makers, designers, writers, and artists are in demand as we enter the Age of Creatives. By understanding the new strategies and mindset required to succeed, you can manage other creatives successfully.For creators, getting that promotion to management is exciting but can also be scary. The skills that made them so successful may not translate to the skill required to be a great ... Read more

$13.99 USD

More and more makers, designers, writers, and artists are in demand as we enter the Age of Creatives. By understanding the new strategies and mindset required to succeed, you can manage other creatives successfully.For creators, getting that promotion to management is exciting but can also be scary. The skills that made them so successful may not translate to the skill required to be a great
... Read more
Rational Choice in an Uncertain World

The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making

by Reid Hastie, Robyn M. Dawes ...

"*The authors are highly respected as leading figures in the field of judgment and decision making. There are many existing books on topics related to judgment and decision making, but this book makes a unique contribution to this field because of its systematic and scholarly approach, and its breadth of coverage."—*Robert Goldstone, Indiana University"Reid Hastie and Robyn Dawes are two of the ... Read more

$100.79 USD

"*The authors are highly respected as leading figures in the field of judgment and decision making. There are many existing books on topics related to judgment and decision making, but this book makes a unique contribution to this field because of its systematic and scholarly approach, and its breadth of coverage."—*Robert Goldstone, Indiana University"Reid Hastie and Robyn Dawes are two of the
... Read more
Diaminds

Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers

by Mihnea Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin ...

Series series Rotman-UTP Publishing
What constitutes successful thinking in business? What are some of the techniques used by top business minds in order to solve problems and create value? Diaminds breaks new ground in addressing these questions.Mihnea Moldoveanu and Roger Martin, creators of the Integrative Thinking curriculum at the Rotman School of Management, draw upon case studies and interviews - as well as theories and ... Read more

$29.99 USD

What constitutes successful thinking in business? What are some of the techniques used by top business minds in order to solve problems and create value? Diaminds breaks new ground in addressing these questions.Mihnea Moldoveanu and Roger Martin, creators of the Integrative Thinking curriculum at the Rotman School of Management, draw upon case studies and interviews - as well as theories and
... Read more
Competition is Killing Us

How Big Business is Harming Our Society and Planet - and What To Do About It

by Michelle Meagher ...

We live in the age of big companies where rising levels of power are concentrated in the hands of a few. Yet no government or organisation has the power to regulate these titans and hold them to account. We need big companies to share their power and we, the people of the world, need to reclaim it.In Competition is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new ... Read more

$18.99 USD

We live in the age of big companies where rising levels of power are concentrated in the hands of a few. Yet no government or organisation has the power to regulate these titans and hold them to account. We need big companies to share their power and we, the people of the world, need to reclaim it.In Competition is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new
... Read more
Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game

by Touraj Parang ...

An exit strategy, if implemented early, is the surprising secret to ultimate startup success. Find out why—and how to develop one—in this comprehensive, practical guide from veteran Silicon Valley dealmaker Touraj Parang.In 2008, Touraj Parang's award-winning startup, Jaxtr, had 10 million users, raised nearly $20 million from top-tier Silicon Valley investors, and seemed poised to sail straight ... Read more

$23.99 USD

An exit strategy, if implemented early, is the surprising secret to ultimate startup success. Find out why—and how to develop one—in this comprehensive, practical guide from veteran Silicon Valley dealmaker Touraj Parang.In 2008, Touraj Parang's award-winning startup, Jaxtr, had 10 million users, raised nearly $20 million from top-tier Silicon Valley investors, and seemed poised to sail straight
... Read more
The Neo-Generalist

Where you go is who you are

by Richard Martin, Kenneth Mikkelsen ...

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism, ... Read more

$9.38 USD

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism,
... Read more
Life Finds a Way

What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity

by Andreas Wagner ...

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For ... Read more

$18.99 USD

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For
... Read more
How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?

Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want

by William Poundstone ...

Learn how to succeed at interview mind games and win job offers at A‑list companies, with more than eighty difficult and devious questions, puzzles, and brain teasersEach year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Many more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Learn how to succeed at interview mind games and win job offers at A‑list companies, with more than eighty difficult and devious questions, puzzles, and brain teasersEach year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Many more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than
... Read more
Adapt

Your First Step Towards Success That Lasts

by Raghavan Venugopal ...

NAVIGATING LEADERSHIP IN A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY COMES WITH TWISTS, TURNS, AND SURPRISES. THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD IS TO ADAPT.The year is 2011, and Ram is hungry. He wants to be a leader and bring InfraT to the next level. The world is changing rapidly: smartphones are everywhere, personal computers are in every home, and flash is changing the game. But before Ram can set out to achieve ... Read more

$0.99 USD

NAVIGATING LEADERSHIP IN A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY COMES WITH TWISTS, TURNS, AND SURPRISES. THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD IS TO ADAPT.The year is 2011, and Ram is hungry. He wants to be a leader and bring InfraT to the next level. The world is changing rapidly: smartphones are everywhere, personal computers are in every home, and flash is changing the game. But before Ram can set out to achieve
... Read more
Wicked Problems

How to Engineer a Better World

by Guru Madhavan ...

An ode to systems engineers—whose invisible work undergirds our life—and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle.Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment? Challenges that tangle personal, public, and ... Read more

$20.99 USD

An ode to systems engineers—whose invisible work undergirds our life—and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle.Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment? Challenges that tangle personal, public, and
... Read more
The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition

16 Mission-Critical Principles

by Michael Useem ...

Envision this scenario: An industrial manufacturer is breaking itself in three, and its board chair asks you, the chief financial officer, to step up to the helm of one of the spin-offs. You will take charge of everything, from plant operations and product marketing to human resources and governance practices. Are you ready to lead?In The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition: 16 Mission ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Envision this scenario: An industrial manufacturer is breaking itself in three, and its board chair asks you, the chief financial officer, to step up to the helm of one of the spin-offs. You will take charge of everything, from plant operations and product marketing to human resources and governance practices. Are you ready to lead?In The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition: 16 Mission
... Read more
Become the Best Version of Yourself

How to Transform Your Life and Claim Your Personal Power

by Glenn Stevens Jr ...

This ebook is designed to help you with the strategies and the practical steps you need in order to break those bad habits & change your life for the better. This book talks about knowing who you really are, learning your triggers for your undesirable behavior, building up your confidence & self-esteem. Inside this ebook there will be some questions that will require 100% honesty in order for you ... Read more

$2.99 USD

This ebook is designed to help you with the strategies and the practical steps you need in order to break those bad habits & change your life for the better. This book talks about knowing who you really are, learning your triggers for your undesirable behavior, building up your confidence & self-esteem. Inside this ebook there will be some questions that will require 100% honesty in order for you
... Read more
The Next Perfect Trade: A Magic Sword of Necessity

by Alex Gurevich ...

'The Next Perfect Trade' articulates a set of principles that can be applied in discovering superior trades; those that will be profitable in the broadest range of economic scenarios. The book shifts focus from forces that drive markets to forces that drive successful trades. The robust performance of this approach has inspired the subtitle 'A Magic Sword of Necessity'.If you think of investing as ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

'The Next Perfect Trade' articulates a set of principles that can be applied in discovering superior trades; those that will be profitable in the broadest range of economic scenarios. The book shifts focus from forces that drive markets to forces that drive successful trades. The robust performance of this approach has inspired the subtitle 'A Magic Sword of Necessity'.If you think of investing as
... Read more
Practical Ethics In Public Administration

by Dean Gueras, Charles Garofalo ...

Make the Right Choice - Enhance Your Ethical Decision Making Skills Today!Ethical issues arise in all walks of life, but none have implications as far-reaching and serious as those related to public management. Most people working in the public sector want to do the "right" thing, but the issues can be highly complex or just not lend themselves to easy answers. Practical Ethics in Public ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Make the Right Choice - Enhance Your Ethical Decision Making Skills Today!Ethical issues arise in all walks of life, but none have implications as far-reaching and serious as those related to public management. Most people working in the public sector want to do the "right" thing, but the issues can be highly complex or just not lend themselves to easy answers. Practical Ethics in Public
... Read more
Sexy Little Numbers

How to Grow Your Business Using the Data You Already Have

by Dimitri Maex, Paul B. Brown ...

Imagine if you could identify your business’s most profitable customers, craft a better marketing strategy to communicate with them, and inspire them to buy more? Well now you can. And the best part is that you can do it using the data you already have.Today, everything we do creates data, and the volumes are enormous. Virtually every time someone views something online, enters search on Google, ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Imagine if you could identify your business’s most profitable customers, craft a better marketing strategy to communicate with them, and inspire them to buy more? Well now you can. And the best part is that you can do it using the data you already have.Today, everything we do creates data, and the volumes are enormous. Virtually every time someone views something online, enters search on Google,
... Read more
Leadership Crisis Management

Understanding the 3-Stages of Crisis Management

by Mark Villareal ...

Leadership is the most important aspect of an organizations success. Leaders lead their teams daily. They communicate the vision, over and over, and point to milestone achievements as well as small wins. They establish the culture, and build a team that supports and protects every aspect of that culture.This is expected from leadership during good times, when things are being executed and success ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Leadership is the most important aspect of an organizations success. Leaders lead their teams daily. They communicate the vision, over and over, and point to milestone achievements as well as small wins. They establish the culture, and build a team that supports and protects every aspect of that culture.This is expected from leadership during good times, when things are being executed and success
... Read more
一本書讀懂利率：利率就是錢的時間價值！40個關鍵概念，解析利率為什麼有高有低，該怎麼用它才聰明

세상 친절한 금리수업

by 趙慶燁, 盧泳佑 ...

Translated by 陳柏蓁 ...

★循序漸進、把你教到會的利率入門書★★只要你不是住在無人島，口袋裡的錢就擺脫不了利率影響；財經專家用零基礎就能懂的語言，教你聰明用利率、錢不會越來越薄！為什麼跟銀行借錢有利息可拿？利息多少是怎麼決定的？媒體都在說的通貨膨脹是什麼？央行升息／降息跟你我有什麼關係？日圓匯率怎麼會跌跌不休，越換越便宜？這些問題都跟「利率」有關，你知道答案嗎？近兩年來，財經新聞中，「利率」突然成為頭等重要的關鍵字。除了有房貸、車貸或有投資經驗的人對「利率」不算陌生，但大部分人可能會覺得和自己沒什麼關係。那可就大錯特錯了！「利率」就是「錢的時間價值」，這個價值的高低，和經濟社會的日常息息相關，可以說是經濟的關鍵數字，舉凡「通貨膨脹」（生活必需品... ... Read more

$8.99 USD

★循序漸進、把你教到會的利率入門書★★只要你不是住在無人島，口袋裡的錢就擺脫不了利率影響；財經專家用零基礎就能懂的語言，教你聰明用利率、錢不會越來越薄！為什麼跟銀行借錢有利息可拿？利息多少是怎麼決定的？媒體都在說的通貨膨脹是什麼？央行升息／降息跟你我有什麼關係？日圓匯率怎麼會跌跌不休，越換越便宜？這些問題都跟「利率」有關，你知道答案嗎？近兩年來，財經新聞中，「利率」突然成為頭等重要的關鍵字。除了有房貸、車貸或有投資經驗的人對「利率」不算陌生，但大部分人可能會覺得和自己沒什麼關係。那可就大錯特錯了！「利率」就是「錢的時間價值」，這個價值的高低，和經濟社會的日常息息相關，可以說是經濟的關鍵數字，舉凡「通貨膨脹」（生活必需品...
... Read more
Leading Professionals

Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas

by Laura Empson ...

Professional organizations—such as accounting and consulting firms, law firms, and investment banks—are fundamental to the functioning of the global economy. Yet many of the most powerful are notoriously private. This book uncovers the complex, messy, and surprisingly emotional challenges of leading professional organizations—revealing the realities that lies beneath the 'professional' surface ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Professional organizations—such as accounting and consulting firms, law firms, and investment banks—are fundamental to the functioning of the global economy. Yet many of the most powerful are notoriously private. This book uncovers the complex, messy, and surprisingly emotional challenges of leading professional organizations—revealing the realities that lies beneath the 'professional' surface
... Read more
Task-based intranet content

a step by step guide to user-centred design

by Lizzie Bruce ...

Series Book 1 - Practical user-centred design
“Really good stuff from someone who knows her intranets.” – Tom Loosemore, digital transformation consultant at Public Digital, ex-GDS, ex-BBC.Create content that makes it faster for people to find what they need on the intranet than from a colleague. Learn user-centred design as you progress through this practical, stage by stage guide.Generally, people want information about a specific thing, ... Read more

$20.14 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Really good stuff from someone who knows her intranets.” – Tom Loosemore, digital transformation consultant at Public Digital, ex-GDS, ex-BBC.Create content that makes it faster for people to find what they need on the intranet than from a colleague. Learn user-centred design as you progress through this practical, stage by stage guide.Generally, people want information about a specific thing,
... Read more
領導者的試煉：600位執行長的智慧與教訓，最務實也最殘酷的七堂管理課

The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders

by 亞當．布萊安特, Adam Bryant;凱文．沙爾, Kevin Sharer ...

Translated by 聞翊均 ...

★亞馬遜商管書暢銷榜Top 1★★《金融時報》每月選書★★《從A到A+》作者詹姆．柯林斯盛讚★紐約時報總裁、美國運通執行長、蘋果與優步的董事……各大跨國企業領導人齊聲推薦！卓越領導人必經的七大考驗，帶領團隊攀向頂峰、打造永續組織！七堂最有價值的領導課，透過600位執行長的親身經歷，看見自身盲點、學會最實際的管理策略。隨著所有產業的顛覆速度加快，領導也變得越來越困難。重責大任、無窮的批評與壓力、行程滿檔……儘管領導者享有高薪與福利、權力無人能及，但背負的義務及壓力也非一般人所能想像。凱文曾任安進藥品執行長達20年，帶領公司將年營收從10億提升至160億美元；亞當則是擁有30年經驗的資深記者，曾與全球600多位執行長進行深度訪談。本書就是兩位作者在過程中累積而成的心血結晶。▌第一項試煉：將複雜事物簡單化迅速掌握... ... Read more

$8.99 USD

★亞馬遜商管書暢銷榜Top 1★★《金融時報》每月選書★★《從A到A+》作者詹姆．柯林斯盛讚★紐約時報總裁、美國運通執行長、蘋果與優步的董事……各大跨國企業領導人齊聲推薦！卓越領導人必經的七大考驗，帶領團隊攀向頂峰、打造永續組織！七堂最有價值的領導課，透過600位執行長的親身經歷，看見自身盲點、學會最實際的管理策略。隨著所有產業的顛覆速度加快，領導也變得越來越困難。重責大任、無窮的批評與壓力、行程滿檔……儘管領導者享有高薪與福利、權力無人能及，但背負的義務及壓力也非一般人所能想像。凱文曾任安進藥品執行長達20年，帶領公司將年營收從10億提升至160億美元；亞當則是擁有30年經驗的資深記者，曾與全球600多位執行長進行深度訪談。本書就是兩位作者在過程中累積而成的心血結晶。▌第一項試煉：將複雜事物簡單化迅速掌握...
... Read more

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