All Summaries

All Summaries

 
They Don't Teach Corporate in College Levit, Alexandra The Career Press , 2009 Leadership Development, Personal Growth

In They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, Alexandra Levit aims to offer “twenty-somethings” a reality check about the corporate world. A successful transition from college to the corporate working...

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The Zero Turnover Sales Force McLeod, Doug Butterworth Heinemann , 2010 Customer Focus

In The Zero Turnover Sales Force, author and top sales executive Doug McLeod offers ways for a company to create a stable sales force. The benefits of this include saving time typically spent...

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The Zen Leader Whitelaw, Ginny The Career Press , 2012 Personal Growth, Productivity

In The Zen Leader, Ginny Whitelaw addresses the unprecedented amount of pressure that many leaders feel today. It causes leaders to burn out, exhausting themselves and their employees. However, there...

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The Writing on the Wall Hutton, Will Free Press , 2007 Business Biographies, Global Business

In The Writing on the Wall, Will Hutton traces the historic development of China’s economy from the Imperial Dynasties to the current “socialist market” economy. The question of whether China can...

 
 
The World Is Flat Friedman, Thomas L. Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2005 Global Business, Innovation, Major Works, Productivity

Although outsourcing is the current hot topic, Friedman reports that outsourcing is just one dimension of a much more fundamental phenomenon unfolding today – the flattening of the world. Massive technological...

 
 
The World According to Peter Drucker Beatty, Jack The Free Press , 1998 Global Business, Leadership, Major Works, Management

Peter F. Drucker’s influence is global. His views on management, industrial organization, business strategy, leadership development, and employee motivation have instructed Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit...

 
 
The Working Life Ciulla, Joanne B. Times Books , 2000 Human Resources, Major Works, Personal Growth

Americans live in a work-oriented society where, even though there is more freedom, flexibility, convenience, and efficiency, work determines the lives of most individuals. It is a culture of paradox that celebrates...

 
 
The Work of Nations Reich, Robert B. Alfred A. Knopf , 1991 Global Business, Human Resources

In The Work of Nations, the concept of borderless nations draws a sharp distinction between societies and economies. Reich contends that corporations and investors are becoming disconnected from their...

 
 
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway Linder, Karen John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Biographies, Leadership

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway by Karen Linder brings to life the stories of nine women who have risen to the top ranks of management within subsidiary companies of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway...

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The Woman's Advantage Cantando, Mary Kaplan Publishing , 2006 Personal Growth

Women are fast becoming formidable contenders in the world of business. This has been evidenced by the rise of multi-million and billion dollar...

 
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