All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Barons of the Sky Biddle, Wayne Simon & Schuster , 1991 Business Biographies, Innovation

In Barons of the Sky, Biddle describes the birth and evolution of an important American industry-the Aerospace Industry. Biddle addresses the questions of how and why a liberal democracy has allowed...

 
 
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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The 40+ Job Hunting Guide Birsner, E. Patricia Prentice Hall Press , 1989 Human Resources, Personal Growth

Satisfied employees generally begin a description of their workplace by mentioning its unique or attractive benefits. Quickly, however, their comments turn to descriptions of the atmosphere, or feel, of the work...

 
 
Who Killed Maynard Keynes? Biven, W. Carl Dow Jones-Irwin , 1989 Business Biographies

In the late 1970s, Robert Lucas, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, published The Death of Keynes, in which he stated that Keynesian economics was dead, having been replaced by "total chaos" in...

 
 
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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It Starts with One Black, J. Stewart | Gregersen, Hal G. Wharton School Publishing , 2008 Business Strategy, Change Management, Management

Organizational change is difficult, expensive, time consuming, and, increasingly, the way of the business world. In the global marketplace, the pace of radical adjustments due to shifting markets, cultures, supplies,...

 
 
Customers Rule! Blackwell, Roger D. | Stephan, Kristina Crown Publishing , 2001 Customer Focus, Marketing, Technology

During the past few years, hundreds of start-ups appeared on the Internet. Hundreds went public, becoming instant blue chips, and allowing many investors to see their Internet stocks increase in value by 400 percent or...

 
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