All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Big Lie Bianco, Anthony PublicAffairs , 2010 Business Biographies

In 2006, the story broke of a spying scandal at one of America’s oldest and most respected technology companies. In The Big Lie, Anthony Bianco provides a thoroughly documented account of the...

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10 Steps to Successful Training Biech, Elaine ASTD Press , 2009 Leadership Development, Personal Growth

Training programs are only as effective as the trainers who design them, and 10 Steps to Successful Training explains in detail the characteristics, actions and behaviors that define truly successful...

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Ordinary Greatness Bilbrey, Pamela | Jones, Brian John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Leadership, Management

As part of an experiment in context and perception, world renowned violinist Joshua Bell stood in a corner of a Washington D.C. metro station during the morning rush hour. Wearing street clothes, he pulled out his...

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The New Social Learning Bingham, Tony | Conner, Marcia Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2010 Leadership Development, Technology

In The New Social Learning, the authors make the case that the deepest, most enduring impact of social media might be on workforce learning. They show how social media can improve the way companies...

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Presenting Learning Bingham, Tony | Jeary, Tony ASTD Press , 2007 Communication, Human Resources

Workplace learning can help businesses achieve greater success. Unfortunately, its value is often underrated and easily underestimated. It is up to the professional spearheading workplace learning initiatives within...

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Endless Appetites Bjerga, Alan Bloomberg Press , 2011 Economics & Finance, Global Business

Since 2007 food prices have risen rapidly worldwide, creating hunger and unrest. In Endless Appetites, Alan Bjerga contends that deregulated commodities trading is the cause for the hunger and unrest....

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The Target Blakesley, Stephen J. Tate Publishing & Enterprises LLC , 2010 Human Resources, Management

Most business managers will attest that good people are a company’s most valuable resource, and of course motivated managers want to maximize the performance of their teams. They want a process of selection and...

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Supply Chain Management Best Practices Blanchard, David John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Business Strategy, Global Business, Productivity

A supply chain includes all components of a business responsible for gathering the materials and services required to make a product, as well as the manufacture and shipment of the product to stores and, ultimately,...

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Great Leaders Grow Blanchard, Ken | Miller, Mark Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2012 Leadership, Personal Growth

In Great Leaders Grow, best-selling business author Ken Blanchard teams with Chick-fil-A vice president Mark Miller to guide executives on the path to becoming great leaders. The authors assert that...

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The New Experts Bloom, Robert H. Greenleaf Book Group Press , 2010 Customer Focus, Marketing, Technology

The buyer-seller relationship has changed drastically. Buyers are now in control. In his book, The New Experts, author Robert Bloom describes what he calls a “revolution in buyer behavior” and its...

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