All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Creative People Must Be Stopped Owens, David A. Jossey-Bass , 2011 Innovation

In Creative People Must Be Stopped, business professor and consultant David A. Owens discusses the challenges of innovation within organizations. While creative new ideas are increasingly important to...

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Plan B Kord, David Free Press , 2012 Business Strategy

In Plan B, David Kord Murray contends that one of the worst problems in business is the failure of detailed strategic plans that have taken a great deal of time and money to develop. The problem is...

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The First-Time Manager, Sixth Edition McCormick, Jim | Topchik, Gary S. AMACOM , 2012 Management

When an individual is first promoted to a managerial position, it is frequently because they have proven themselves to be a valuable employee. The skills required for management, however, are significantly different...

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Lead with Purpose Baldoni, John AMACOM , 2012 Leadership

John Baldoni, author and leadership consultant, believes that “when organizations succeed, it is because they know what they do and why they do it. We say they have ‘purpose.’” In Lead with Purpose,...

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Managing the Telecommuting Employee Amigoni, Michael | Gurvis, Sandra Adams Business , 2009 Management

In Managing the Telecommuting Employee, authors Michael Amigoni and Sandra Gurvis explain that while managers are often supervising employees that are physically distant from them, the experience can...

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American Wheels Chinese Roads Dunne, Michael J. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship

Michael Dunne is an American businessman with over 20 years of experience working in China in the automotive industry, initially as an industry consultant and more recently as an investment advisor. In American...

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BOLD Smith, Shaun | Milligan, Andy Kogan Page Limited , 2011 Customer Focus

Today, the world of business is so crowded that only courageous companies with radically different business approaches can attract the attention of consumers. In BOLD, Shaun Smith and Andy Milligan...

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The Synthesis Effect McGrail, John Career Press , 2012 Personal Growth

In The Synthesis Effect, Dr. John McGrail shows how people who are suffering from stress, depression, anxiety or other forms of unhappiness can heal themselves by understanding and marshalling their...

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How to Work for an Idiot Hoover, John Career Press , 2012 Management, Relationships

The revised edition of How to Work for an Idiot, first released in 2003, expands the list of Idiot Boss (I-Boss) types, adding two new types as well as new material on how these types line up on a...

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Collaborate! Sanker, Dan Jossey-Bass , 2012 Teams

In Collaborate!, Dan Sanker aims to offer a practical guide for capturing business opportunities through the art of collaboration. In coming years, survival of the fittest will be determined by...

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