Whether you?re an HR or OD professional or work in a trainingdepartment, learn to apply the principles of follow-throughmanagement within your organization in the new edition of thisbestselling resource. Incorporating new research on learning andlearning transfer, along with new case studies, interviews, andtools, this edition shares guidelines, proven in practice by manyFortune 500 companies, on how to design comprehensive learningexperiences in leadership and management, sales, quality,performance improvement, and professional certification. You?lldiscover the theories and principles underlying the approach, aswell as the practical methods, tools, and roadmaps for bridging the"knowing-doing" gap.

Named one of the Best Business Books of 1997 by BusinessWeek , Inside Intel is the gripping business saga of acompany that rose to dominance through technological innovation,and maintained its leadership against competitors throughaggressive marketing, tough business tactics, and liberal use oflegal firepower. In his in-depth portrait of Intel, the firsthistory/expose of the company, Financial Times columnist Tim Jackson reveals that: * Intel's corporate culture isdeterminedly secretive and authoritarian. * The company retains itsown force of private investigators to prevent its employees fromgoing astray. * Intel routinely uses the threat of lawsuits againstworkers and rivals. At the center of this story is AndyGrove , Intel's high-profile CEO and chairman, once a pennilessimmigrant who waited tables to put himself through college. It isGrove who has made the unpopular decisions which have kept Intel atthe top of the chip market. Exhaustively researched from courtrecords, unpublished documents,

Michael Goldhaber, writing in Wired, said, "If there isnothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you applyyourself you won't get noticed and that increasingly means youwon't get paid much either. In times past you could be obscure yetsecure -- now that's much harder." Again: the white collar job as now configured is doomed. Soon.("Downsizing" in the nineties will look like small change.) Sowhat's the trick? There's only one: distinction. Or as we call it,turning yourself into a brand . . . Brand You. A brand is nothing more than a sign of distinction. Right? Nike.Starbucks. Martha Stewart. The point (again): that's not the waywe've thought about white collar workers--ourselves--over the pastcentury. The "bureaucrat" on the finance staff is de factofaceless, plugging away, passing papers. But now, in our view, she is born again, transformed frombureaucrat to the new star. She works in a professional servicefirm and works on projects that she'll be able to brag about yearsfrom now. I call

An easy-to-understand primer on advanced calculus topicsCalculus II is a prerequisite for many popular college majors,including pre-med, engineering, and physics. "Calculus II ForDummies" offers expert instruction, advice, and tips to help secondsemester calculus students get a handle on the subject and acetheir exams. It covers intermediate calculus topics in plainEnglish, featuring in-depth coverage of integration, includingsubstitution, integration techniques and when to use them,approximate integration, and improper integrals. This hands-onguide also covers sequences and series, with introductions tomultivariable calculus, differential equations, and numericalanalysis. Best of all, it includes practical exercises designed tosimplify and enhance understanding of this complex subject.

Tips, techniques, and trends on harnessing dashboardtechnology to optimize business performance. In Performance Dashboards, Second Edition, author Wayne Eckersonexplains what dashboards are, where they can be used, and why theyare important to measuring and managing performance. As Director ofResearch for The Data Warehousing Institute, a worldwideassociation of business intelligence professionals, Eckersoninterviewed dozens of organizations that have built various typesof performance dashboards in different industries and lines ofbusiness. Their practical insights explore how you can effectivelyturbo-charge performance–management initiatives with dashboardtechnology. Includes all-new case studies, industry research, news chapterson "Architecting Performance Dashboards" and "Launching andManaging the Project" and updated information on designing KPIs,designing dashboard displays, integrating dashboards, and types ofdashboards. Provides a solid foundation for understanding per

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With corporate scandals dominating the headlines on aregular basis, business ethics are more important than ever. Thisamusing primer highlights everything an aspiring CEO should knowabout maintaining integrity in corporate America. You llfind: - Guidance on making fair and honest business decisions - A quiz to test your own ethics - Advice on promoting ethical behavior - Simple lessons for making your workplace a positiveenvironment - And much, much more. It's the perfect gift for office newbies, seasoned executives,and college graduates everywhere!

From the bestselling author of Financial Peace, this companionvolume to More Than Enough is a step-by-step guide to buildingwealth while strengthening your marriage and family. In Financial Peace, Dave Ramsey showed readers how to get out ofdebt. Now he uses the same blend of down-home wisdom and straighttalk to take readers to the next step: building wealth. But successmeans more than money--it means having a happy marriage and family.In How to Have More Than Enough, Dave Ramsey guides readers downthe path to true success. Rather than gimmicks or quick fixes, Ramsey's method forachieving financial and familial stability focuses on ten traitsessential to creating prosperity, teaching children about money,living debt-free, and achieving marital bliss when it comes tofinances. His easy-to-follow workbook illustrates each of thesetraits and allows readers to frequently assess their progress andhonestly evaluate their situation. How to Have More Than Enoughoffers readers and their spouses the c

The devaluation of the American dollar, with the subsequentinflation, iseerily similar to the chaotic markets of the 1970s.The factors that createdthe stagflation and the gold and silverbull markets of the late seventiesand early eighties are back. AsYogi Berra said, "It's deja vu all overagain." Only this time,they're even more exaggerated-offeringonce-in-a-lifetimeopportunities for middle-class Americans, if they lookbeyond theWall Street stock-market propaganda. This book can helpyoupanic-proof your life and your finances, and reap huge profitswithrelatively small investments in gold, silver, certain ETFs,mutual funds,and mining stocks.How to Prosper During the Coming BadYears in the 21st Century is amust-have survival and moneymakingguide for people who want to profit fromthe rough economic seasthat are upon us-and come through with their shareof treasure.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition.

It’s Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best. Both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbabletriumphs and a report back from the front of the global-energy andnatural-resource wars, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells thestory of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famedoilman and maverick back from bankruptcy and clinical depression.Along the way, the man often called the “Oracle of Oil” shares theinsights that have made him a legend–and describes thebillion-dollar bets he is now making in hopes of securing America’senergy independence. “Sassy...breezes along...salted with earthyaphorisms.”—Bloomberg.com “Boone’s analysis of America’s energy situation is 100 percent onthe money....The country should listen to him–now!” —WarrenBuffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway “Self-deprecating and audacious...overall, it’s decidedlyinformative about the machinations of business.” –Dallas MorningNews “A fas

This is an outstanding presentation of the fundamental toolsand techniques of financial analysis essential to success in anybusiness or nonprofit organization. In the current environment ofcut-throat competition, razor-thin profit margins, and increasingscrutiny from stakeholders, mastering the fundamentals of financialmanagement is a must for everyone with a stake in their companiesand in their own professional futures. Packed with step-by-stepexamples and illustrative case studies, and updated to reflect thelatest trends in the economy and in financial policy, "Finance andAccounting for Nonfinancial Managers" is a nuts and bolts guide formanagers, entrepreneurs, seasoned executives, teachers, andstudents alike. Featuring new commentary on corporateaccountability, updated interactive templates, study questions, andinstructor's guide on the Web, "Finance and Accounting forNonfinancial Managers" covers all major aspects of financialmanagement, including: Reading a Balance Sheet; Mastering theAccounting

As management professor and consultant Kathleen Reardonexplains in her new book, It's All Politics, talent and hard workalone will not get you to the top. What separates the winners fromthe losers in corporate life is politics. As Reardon explains, the most talented and accomplished employeesoften take a backseat to their politically adept coworkers, losingground in the race to get ahead—sometimes even losing their jobs.Why? Because they’ve failed to manage the important relationshipswith the people who can best reward their creativity andintelligence. To determine whether you need a crash course inOffice Politics 101, ask yourself the following questions: ? Do I get credit for my ideas? ? Do I know how to deal with a difficult colleague? ? Do I get the plum assignments? ? Do I have a mentor? ? Do I say no gracefully and pick my battles wisely? ? Am I in the loop? Reardon has interviewed hundreds of employees, from successfulveterans to aspiring hopef

Gather successful people from all walks of life-what wouldthey have in common? The way they think! Now you can think as theydo and revolutionize your work and life! A Wall Street Journal bestseller, HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLETHINKis the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world.America's leadership expert John C. Maxwell will teach you how tobe more creative and when to question popular thinking. You'lllearn how to capture the big picture while focusing your thinking.You'll find out how to tap into your creative potential, developshared ideas, and derive lessons from the past to better understandthe future. With these eleven keys to more effective thinking,you'll clearly see the path to personal success.

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"Impressive... This is an evidence-based bottom-up account ofthe realities of globalisation. It is more varied, more subtle, andmore substantial than many of the popular works available on thesubject." -- Financial Times Based on a five-year study by the MIT Industrial PerformanceCenter, How We Compete goes into the trenches of over 500international companies to discover which practices are succeedingin today’s global economy, which are failing –and why. There is a rising fear in America that no job is safe. Inindustry after industry, jobs seem to be moving to low-wagecountries in Asia, Central America, and Eastern Europe. Productiononce handled entirely in U.S. factories is now broken into piecesand farmed out to locations around the world. To discover whetherour current fears about globalization are justified, Suzanne Bergerand a group of MIT researchers went to the front lines, visitingworkplaces and factories around the world. They conductedinterviews with managers at

“I’ve got the name for our publishing operation. We just saidwe were going to publish a few books on the side at random. Let’scall it Random House.” So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfullyamusing memoir of the making of a great publishing house. Anincomparable raconteur, possessed of an irrepressible wit and anabiding love of books and authors, Cerf brilliantly evokes theheady days of Random House’s first decades. Part of the vanguard of young New York publishers whorevolutionized the book business in the 1920s and ’30s, Cerf helpedusher in publishing’s golden age. Cerf was a true personality,whose other pursuits (columnist, anthologist, author, lecturer,radio host, collector of jokes and anecdotes, perennial judge ofthe Miss America pageant, and panelist on What’s My Line? )helped shape his reputation as a man of boundless energy andenthusiasm and brought unprecedented attention to his company andto his authors. At once a rare behind-the-scenes account of bookpublishing and a fascinat

Shows you how to make a difference in the world while achieving personal fulfillment in your career. The author argues that profit and principles are mutually achievable, and guides you toward becoming the force behind bigger, better, and more value-based results. Softcover. 作者简介： Carmel McConnell has spent her whole life being an activist,fist at the Greenham Common nuclear missile bast and later as a global corporate consultant. Her experiences are testament to the fact that you can think big,have a stake in the decision-making process,turn profis and still have principles. She now works as a consultant,change activist and author,Carmel's major interest is in the link between social justice and big business,and helping large organizations to learn and apply greater scoiarl responsibility in the belief market advantage. Carmel is donating all her royalties from this book to“The Magic Samdwich Project”— a child poverty charity she set up in 2000 to get nutritous food

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