The extensively revisde second edition of Project Risk Management builds on the success of the original book in showing how critical an understanding of risk management is in the estimating, planning, implementation and realisation of any project, large or small. Project Risk Management sets out the key issues and concepts involved in effective risk management in a clear and accessible way, using a methodology that is applicable to all kinds and all sizes of projects, whether requiring detailed, quantitative analysis or a rougher approach using only qualitative analysis. Project Risk Management met the growing need for a generic methodology that employed a systemic approach to project risk management. In this new edition, the authors expand on their discussion to include the latest developments within the field, and apply risk management processes in the context of the project management task as a whole, with the view to improving overall project performance. Emphasizing risk management rather

The Strategic Management Society Book Series is a cooperative effortbetween the Strategic Management Society and B[ackwe[[ Publishing. The purpose of the series is to present information on cutting-edgeconcepts and topics in strategic management theory and practice. Thebooks emphasize bui[ding and maintaining bridges between strategic management theory and practice. The work pub[]shed in these books enerates and tests new theories of strategic management. Add]tiona[[y,work pub[ished in this series demonstrates how to [earn, understand,and app[y these theories in practice. The content of the seriesrepresents the newest critical thinking in the field of strategicmanagement. As a resu[t, these books provide va[uab[e know[edge forstrategic management scho[ars, consu[tants, and executives.

The bestselling Excel book on the market, updated forExcel 2010 As the world's leading spreadsheet application, Excel has a hugeuser base. The release of Office 2010 brings major changes toExcel, so Excel For Dummies comes to the rescue oncemore! In the friendly and non-threatening For Dummies style,this popular guide shows beginners how to get up and running withExcel and helps more experienced users get comfortable with newfeatures. Excel is the number one spreadsheet application worldwide, and Excel For Dummies is the number one guide to using it With the major changes in Microsoft Office 2010, Excel has newfeatures and a new interface design; users need help to get up tospeed The book includes everything you need to know to perform basicExcel 2010 tasks Covers creating and editing worksheets and charts, formattingcells, entering formulas, inserting graphs, designing databaseforms, and adding database records Also covers printing, adding hyperlinks to worksheets, savingworksheets as Web

Most of us look at our days in the wrong way: We overexaggerate yesterday. We overestimate tomorrow. We underestimate today. The truth is that the most important day you will ever experience is today. Making today your masterpiece is the key to your success. Maxwell offers twelve decisions and disciplineshe calls it his daily dozenthat can be learned and mastered by any person to achieve success. He teaches lessons in possessing possibilities, remaining focused, being tenacious, learning to growand more. These lessons are simple, but the gap between knowing and doing is greater than the gap between ignorance and knowledge. Maxwell teaches how to close that gap in Today Matters.

Sales force effectiveness drives every company's success, but keeping a sales organization at the top of its game is a constant challenge. As experts in the field, Andy Zoltners and Prabha Sinha have helped sales leaders around the world perfect their sales strategy, operations, and execution. Combining strategic insight with pragmatic advice, Building a Winning Sales Force provides current and aspiring sales leaders with innovative yet practical solutions to many of the most common issues faced by today’s sales organi za tions. The book shows readers how to: assess how good their sales force really is identify sales force improvement opportunities implement tools and processes that have immediate impact on sales effec tive ness attract and retain the best salespeople design incen tive compensation plans set goals manage sales perform ance motivate the sales force With practical advice and case studies of companies that have conquered even the most challenging obstacles, Building

Successful management and leadership has never been a greater challenge. Time is stretched, your people are highly motivated but can be highly demanding and business is competitive. Whether you are a first-time manager or experienced leader, straightforward, practical advice on best practice can be hard to find. John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Leadership and Management will help you find the answers and inspiration you need. The book provides accessible advice from one of the world's best-known and most sought after authorities on leadership and management - advice you can put into practice immediately. 作者简介： John Adair is internationally recognized as a leadership and management guru and has twice been named as one of 40 people worldwide who have contributed most to the development of management thought and practice. He is the author of more than 30 books and numerous articles on history, leadership and management development and over two million people world-wide have participated in the

The practical guide to discovering the rules of our superconnected world through the science and sociology of networks. In Superconnect, Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood show that success is less about who you are than how you connect—a chance meeting with an old colleague leads to a swanky new job; two businessmen collaborate online and cofound a successful start-up; a friend introduces a promising entrepreneur to a millionaire looking to invest. But why do these lucky breaks always happen to other people? Personal and professional networks shape everything we do, but simply knowing that they exist won’t help you harness your connections for maximum success. With an eye toward business applications, Superconnect outlines the new rules of our densely linked society. At the core of the analysis are three simple network components—strong relationships, weak relationships, and hubs—that interact in surprising, counterintuitive ways. Understanding how these components mesh, and connecting unrelated p

The first wave of the Millennial Generation—born between 1980 and 2001—is entering the work force, and employers are facing some of the biggest management challenges they’ve ever encountered. They are trying to integrate the most demanding and most coddled generation in history into a workplace shaped by the driven baby-boom generation. Like them or not, the millennials are America future work force. They are actually a larger group than the boomers—92 million vs. 78 million. The millennials are truly trophy kids, the pride and joy of their parents who remain closely connected even as their children head off to college and enter the work force. Millennials are a complex generation, with some conflicting characteristics. Although they’re hard working and achievement oriented, most millennials don’t excel at leadership and independent problem solving. They want the freedom and flexibility of a virtual office, but they also want rules and responsibilities to be spelled out explicitly. “It’

In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed executive coach Karlin Sloan offers leaders a variety of self-assessments, habits, strategies, and sustainable practices that they can use to become what today’s marketplace demands; smarter, faster, and better. Karlin Sloan shows what it takes to make the move to the next level to become a leader who both grows the bottom line and contributes to stakeholders and the world in a positive way. Based on research, study, and the author’s extensive experience as a coach to leaders of top organizations, this book shows how to become smarter, faster, and better by examining these questions: What are your key strengths and what do you need to develop or leverage? What are you focused on now and what do you need to accomplish to really get ahead? Are your values in line with your work? What is the end you are trying to achieve? 作者简介： Karlin Sloan is founder and CEO of Karlin Sloan & Company, which provides leadership development consulting a

Dave Hitz likes to solve fun problems. He didn’t set out to be a Silicon Valley icon, a business visionary, or even a billionaire. But he became all three. It turns out that business is a mosaic of interesting puzzles like managing risk, developing and reversing strategies, and looking into the future by deconstructing the past. As a founder of NetApp, a data storage firm that began as an idea scribbled on a placemat and now takes in $4 billion a year, Hitz has seen his company go through every major cycle in business—from the Jack-of-All-Trades mentality of a start-up, through the tumultuous period of the IPO and the dot-com bust, and finally to a mature enterprise company. NetApp is one of the fastest-growing computer companies ever, and for six years in a row it has been on Fortune magazine’s list of Best Companies to Work For. Not bad for a high school dropout who began his business career selling his blood for money and typing the names of diseases onto index cards. With colorful exam

KPIs, while used commonly around the world, have never been clearly defined until now. Management has often referred to certain measures as KPIs that have never been KPIs. The lack of understanding of performance measures has led to most monitoring and reporting of measures failing to deliver. The casualty has often been the balanced scorecard, a brilliant tool that can only work if the appropriate measures are in it. By exploring measures that have transformed businesses, David Parmenter has developed a methodology that is breathtaking in its simplicity and yet profound in its impact. It has been said that Key Performance Indicators is the missing link between the balanced scorecard work of Robert Kaplan and David Norton and the reality of implementing performance measurement in an organization. While adopting many of the approaches of the KPI manual first published in 1996, this proactive guide represents a significant shift in the way KPIs are developed and used, with an abundance of implementati

This volume assembles and presents a new database on bank regulation in over 150 countries (included also on CD). It offers the first comprehensive cross-country assessment of the impact of bank regulation on the operation of banks, and assesses the validity of the Basel Committee’s influential approach to bank regulation. The treatment also provides an empirical evaluation of the historic debate about the proper role of government in the economy by studying bank regulation and analyzes the role of politics in determining regulatory approaches to banking. The data also indicate that restrictions on the entry of new banks, government ownership of banks, and restrictions on bank activities hurt banking system performance. The authors find that domestic political factors shape both regulations and their effectiveness.

One of today's most influential financial commentators offershis advice on keeping your money safe in an uncertain world"TheLittle Book of Safe Money" acts as a guide for those trying to maketheir way through today's down markets. The topics covered includeeverything from investing behavior-why our minds come with theirown set of biases that often prove harmful-to the use of financialadvisors. But this timely book goes one step further than the restby questioning an investor's true appetite for risk."The LittleBook of Safe Money" also contradicts many of the myths that whirlaround Wall Street with chapters like "Why Ultra-ETFs AreMega-Dangerous" and "Hedge-Fund Hooey." Writing in the classicLittle Book style, author Jason Zweig peels away layer after layerof buzz words, emotion, and myths to reveal what's really going onin today's financial markets. Outlines strategies for satisfyingour ever-changing investment appetites while focusing on along-term financial plan Author Jason Zweig is a trusted voice

A company's ability to grow and stay on top of customer demand has always depended heavily on the quality of its people. Now, more than ever, businesses recognize that finding (and keeping!) a highly skilled and motivated workforce is pivotal to success. Maybe you're a business owner and your company is growing, or you're an employee at a small to midsize company and management has asked you to take on some—or all—of their HR functions. Either way, knowing how to set up and implement successful HR practices (not to mention navigating the legal minefields in today’s increasingly regulated environment) can be tricky. Human Resources Kit for Dummies, Second Edition, is your one-stop resource for learning the nuts and bolts of HR. It gives you the actual tools—forms, templates, and so on—that you can put to immediate and productive use. Inside, you’ll easily discover how to: Find, hire, and keep top talent Create an effective compensation structure Ensure you’r

IndexIn these tough economic times, everyone is expectedto produce more with less. And yet, studies have shown that onaverage, employees are working at only a fraction of theirpotential. What are managers to do? How can they inspire theirpeople to perform at their absolute best? Whatever the situation, a good manager can quicklyorganize a group of average performers into a high-functioning teamcapable of achieving tremendous results for the company. The secretis knowing how—and anyone can learn. In Full Engagement!, business success expert Brian Tracyshows managers how they can supercharge their employees’efforts. Packed with powerful, practical ideas and strategies, thiseye-opening guide explains how to: Unlock the potential of each person ? Motivate and inspireemployees to peak performance ? Trigger the “X Factor” thatmaximizes productivity ? Drive out the fears that hold people back? Create a high-trust work environment ? Set clear goals andobjectives ? Recognize, re

Supermoney may be even more relevant today than when it was first published nearly twenty-five years ago. Written in the bright and funny style that became Adam Smith's trademark, this book gives a view inside institutions, professionals, and the nature of markets that has rarely been shown before or since. "Adam Smith" was the first to introduce an obscure fund manager in Omaha, Nebraska, named Warren Buffett. In this new edition, Smith provides a fresh perspective in an updated Preface that contextualizes the applicability of the markets of the 1960s and 1970s to today's markets. Things change, but sometimes the more they change, the more they stay the same.

Have you ever wondered what the phrase “God is dead” means?You’ll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide toNietzsche, Sartre, and Kierkegaard’s favorite philosophy. See howexistentialist ideas have influenced everything from film andliterature to world events and discover whether or notexistentialism is still relevant today. You’ll find an introduction to existentialism andunderstand how it fits into the history of philosophy. Thisinsightful guide will expose you to existentialism’s ideas aboutthe absurdity of life and the ways that existentialism guidespolitics, solidarity, and respect for others. There’s even asection on religious existentialism. You’ll be able to reviewkeyexistential themes and writings. Find out how to: Trace theinfluence of existentialism Distinguish each philosopher’s specificideas Explain what it means to say that “God is dead” See culturethrough an existentialist lens Understand the existentialist notionof time, finitude, and death Navi

Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases 6/e by Applegate, Austin and McFarlan is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology (IT) management. It explains the relevant issues of effective management of information services activities and highlights the areas of greatest potential application of the technology. No assumptions are made concerning the reader’s experience with IT, but it is assumed that the reader has some course work or work experience in administration or management. This text is comprised of an extensive collection of Harvard Business cases devoted to Information Technology.

Business results that truly last don't come from products and services or particular employees and leaders, no matter how good they are. Products change and evolve; people come and go. What really leads to sustainable business results over time is quality leadership—not leaders, but leadership. Consistently excellent leadership is the key to long-term success and profitability. But how do you develop it? In Results That Last, "Master of Business" Quint Studer shows you how to build an organizational culture that develops great leaders today and instills the mechanisms and the mindset that will continue to foster great leadership tomorrow. Studer pre-sents the most effective leadership practices and shows you how to apply them across every group, department, or division, resulting in improved leadership and performance on the individual, group, and organizational levels.

Internationally renowned leadership authority and bestselling author Stephen R. Covey presents a personal hands-on companion to the landmark The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which has become a touchstone for individuals, families, and businesses around the world. The overwhelming success of Stephen R. Covey's principle-centered philosophy is a testament to the millions who have benefited from his lessons, and now, with The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook, they can further explore and understand this tried-and-true approach. With the same clarity and assurance Covey's fans have come to appreciate, this individualized workbook teaches readers to fully internalize the 7 Habits through private and thought-provoking exercises, whether they are already familiar with the principles or not. This reference offers solutions to both personal and professional problems by promoting and teaching fairness, integrity, honesty, and dignity. An engaging new companion to a bestselling classic, The

The challenge faced by family businesses and their stakeholders, is to recognise the issues that they face, understand how to develop strategies to address them and more importantly, to create narratives, or family stories that explain the emotional dimension of the issues to the family. The most intractable family business issues are not the business problems the organisation faces, but the emotional issues that compound them. Applying psychodynamic concepts will help to explain behaviour and will enable the family to prepare for life cycle transitions and other issues that may arise. Here is a new understanding and a broader perspective on the human dynamics of family firms with two complementary frameworks, psychodynamic and family systematic, to help make sense of family-run organisations. Although this book includes a conceptual section, it is first and foremost a practical book about the real world issues faced by business families. The book begins by demonstrating that many years of

Have you ever thought of owning your own bar? Did you ever stumble into an overpriced watering hole and think how much better it could be if you ran the place? Or maybe you walked into your dream bar and realized that running one was the dream job you’ve always wanted? With Running a Bar for Dummies, you can live your dream of operating your own establishment. This hands-on guide shows you how to maintain a successful bar, manage the business aspect of it, and stake your place in your town’s nightlife. It provides informative tips on: Understanding the business and laws of owning a bar Developing a business plan Creating a menu, choosing décor, and establishing a theme Stocking up on equipment Choosing and dealing with employees Handling tough customers Controlling expenses, managing inventory, and controlling cash flow Getting the word out about your place Preparing for your grand opening, step-by-step This guide cues you in on how to k

“I like risk. I embrace risk.” -Turtle trader Curtis Faith Risk is scary, to be sure, but it's a fundamental aspect of the investing world. Without it, profit would not exist. The trick is to accept, anticipate, manage, and mitigate risk. In other words, master it. In Way of the Turtle, Curtis Faith revealed the extraordinarily successful trading system of the now-famous group of investors known as the Turtles. Now, in this highly anticipated follow up to that bestseller, Faith delves deeply into the risk-mastery strategies that made the Turtles the envy of the investing world. Inside the Mind of the Turtles provides expert insight into how great traders combat the natural but counterproductive response to risk. Faith begins by examining the nature of risk and the human being's natural response to it. Then he outlines proven techniques for seizing control of it. You will learn how to: Set your main focus on acquiring gains--not avoiding losses Place equal importance on asset