What is it about Napoleon Bonaparte that has led recognized leaders such as General George S. Patton to study his principles-and countless books on management and leadership to quote his maxims? What lessons can today's project managers and leaders learn from Napoleon's successes and failures? Napoleon on Project Management explores the key principles behind Napoleon's successes, the triggers that led to his downfall, and the lessons to be learned from his ultimate demise-and applies these lessons to modern-day project management and leadership at all levels.

In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society，Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under con-trol is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past.Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today.

Jim Holden's Power Base Selling went far beyond thesimple art of persuasion and turned good sales-people into great ones. Now Holden introduces the next step in the salesperson's professional evolu-tion. Power Base Selling established the process for effectively engaging and defeating competition; The Selling Fox will show you how to fully execute that process. You'll not only fend off the competition;you'll de-install them from accounts, becoming the ultimate sales performer--the Selling Fox.

This Diary will Change Your Life contains 52 weekly instructions to make the year 2009 more interesting for you than for other, lesser people.Dope your imagination and let the true you shine forth, blinding everyone in your vicinity.

In The Office Survival Guide, clinical psychologist and executive coach Marilyn Puder-York offers practical solutions to the common problems that can ruin a career or simply make office life miserable. This book includes examples from real-life offices thatyou can adapt to your situation, and shows you how to "manage up" to problematic supervisors, "manage down" to difficult subordinates, and "manage across" to troublesome peers. In no time at all, you'll be better able to deal with. Office politics * Crisis-management situations * Passive-aggressive colleagues * Corporate restructures * Mixed signals from superiors * New technologies in the office. "Every employee wants to know what are the secrets to getting ahead. Marilyn Puder-York nails it with practical, how-to tips, ideas and solutions. This should be a MUST read whether you are 26 or 46."--Cathleen Black, president of Hearst Magazines "A real find!! Sound and powerful advice for surviving office difficulties."--Maggie Gagliardi, Seni

An anthology of fundamental papers on undecidability and unsolvability, this classic reference opens with G del's landmark 1931 paper demonstrating that systems of logic cannot admit proofs of all true assertions of arithmetic. Subsequent papers by G del, Church, Turing, and Post single out the class of recursive functions as computable by finite algorithms. 1965 edition.

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"This is the book I wish I had when I began a training program for new traders. John's familiarity with trading and traders is evident in this text. His incorporation of exercises and use of examples bring topics to life, maintaining the interest of even the most hyperactive traders." —Brett N. Steenbarger, PhD, author of The Psychology of Trading "The Essentials of Trading masterfully teaches the novice how to conceptualize, implement, and manage the important fundamentals that form the building blocks of successful trading. Because the book and its examples have been classroom tested at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, the pace of presentation is ideal for a full or partial classroom exposure to Internet-based trading. The book is highly recommended as a viable academic teaching tool, and equally so for the developing nonstudent practitioner." —Dr. Gordon H. Dash Jr. Associate Professor of Finance, University of Rhode Island "As the founder of a women's entrepreneurial networkin

When change affects an organization, leaders-from the top executive to line supervisors-need to demonstrate effective leadership skills as never before. This is critical to retaining and engaging talented employees so your business can implement new ideas and continue to satisfy your customers.

These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book's main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers. Specific strategies for understanding the 10 types of problem people and influencing them to adopt positive behaviors.

This book reveals the three most important capabilities leaders must demonstrate today: the ability to set strategy, empathize with others, and take risks—all at the same time. In Head, Heart, and Guts, leadership experts David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmith—who teach and coach CEOs and executive teams throughout the world—argue that to be successful in a complex, matrixed, fast-moving world, “whole” leaders must set strategy, develop trusting relationships with others, and consistently do the right thing based on personal values. “Partial” leaders, often the product of traditional executive programs, may be successful in the shortrun, but their companies lose over time. Filled with case studies of companies such as Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, and UBS, Head, Heart, and Guts, lays out specific steps and actions for leaders who want to grow beyond their “leadership comfort zone” and an action plan for companies that want to move beyond tried-and-true leadership

The Other Side of the Card is a compelling parable on finding one's true leadership voice. Using the business card as a symbol of personal identity and power, it helps readers understand that the blank side of their card-and the hidden part of their identity-is not empty space but limitless possibility. Through lively discussions and engaging exercises, Morrison introduces the principles and practices of personal leadership development. Readers discover how to find purpose in life and in the organization and to create meaningful change-the key to reaching one's true potential as a leader.

Features a total of over 600 entries, Incorporating 150 new or significantly revised contributionsReflects emergent topics and termsProvides new content on workplace bullying, emotional intelligence, virtual organization, the 'balanced scorecard ', and generation XIncludes entries from more than 240 international contributors

Plenty of job titles advise on how to handle interview questions; but too few lend depth to the employer's side - what to ask, and how. Falcone's title is invaluable in telling how to organize interviews to best identify high-performance candidates and how to spot evasions and untruths. An excellent guide to turning general answers into specifics, and to using these candidates' specifics to assess strengths and weaknesses. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Presents insights into underlying reasons behind interview questions and shows you how to interpret the response in a straightforward and useful way. Includes customized, pinpoint questions for every hiring scenario, with examples and real-life applications. Paper. DLC: Interviewing. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Every harried interviewer knows the result of throwing out vague questions to potential employees: vague answers and potentially disastrous hiring decisions. Presented in a handy questi

Customer relationship management, or CRM, is certainly a hot topic in business today. If you have a small or medium-sized business, chances are you’re already aware of all it can do for you. But with so many options and so much to think about, how do you get a CRM system in place with a minimum of hassle? Well, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 For Dummies is a great place to start! Written by veteran CRM experts Joel Scott and David Lee, this friendly guide will have you understanding and using Microsoft’s CRM solution in a jiffy. Whether you’re considering a CRM system for the first time or you’ve decided to switch from another system to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, this book will make it easy to: Maintain and manage all your customer information Personalize Microsoft CRM to work for your business Set up CRM to support sales, marketing, and customer service Use the Outlook client Manage territories and business units Create and manage activities Generate quotes an

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In this revolutionary bestseller, Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen says outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose their market leadership -- or worse, disappear completely. And he not only proves what he says, he tells others how to avoid a similar fate. Focusing on "disruptive technology" -- the Honda Super Cub, Intel's 8088 processor, or the hydraulic excavator, for example -- Christensen shows why most companies miss "the next great wave." Whether in electronics or retailing, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know when to abandon traditional business practices. Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, The Innovator's Dilemma presents a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.

BRIAN TRACY has started，built，managed or turned around 22 businesses and consulted for more than l，000 companies worldwide．He is president of the Brian Tracy University of Sales and Entrepreneurship，a private online college for business and entrepreneurship． He is also chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International，which specializes in the training and development of individuals and organizations．

Project Management reviews the steps in organizing and managing projects, from how to build a realistic schedule to how to measure both success and failure. Project Management discusses team building, timing, the planning process, estimating project costs, managing project interfaces, risk management, and more. 作者简介： Gary R.Heerkens,P.M.P,C.B.M.,P.E.,is president of Management Solutions Group,Inc.,a provider projict management educational solutions and organi-zational support.He is also the author of Project Management in McGraw-Hill's Briefcase Books series.

Market Research in teh Internet Age takes an in-depth look at the forces that are reshaping the market research and business information industry worldwide. As the impact of the Internet and other enabling technologies take hold, many business processes and activities are being affected. This is creating an abundance of opportunities for value creation, both for new and existing players. This book offers: A visionary discussion of the industry through the eyes of leading practitioners and thinkers in the global market research industry. A comprehensive review of how enabling technology is being applied across the enterprise and around the world. Numerous case studies that demonstrate how the Internet can be used as platform to understand consumers as well as customers. Original research results and executive interviews concerning the state of global market research and the effect of the Internet. Practical guides for evaluating, building and deploying Net-centric tools for multi mode

Learn the essentials of management accounting in a flash！ This hands-on self-teaching guide covers the fundamentals of management accounting，including cost accounting，how to develop and use information for costing products and services，decision making，operational budgeting，performance evaluation，and other important subjects and provides an update on recent developments in the field。You will learn the key aspects of management accounting as they apply to both for-profit companiesand nonprofits。 Now anyone can grasp the fundamentals of management accounting--without formal training，unlimited time，or a genius IQ。In Management Accounting Demystified，retired CPA and accounting professor Leonard Eugene Berry provides an effective，illuminating，and entertaining way to learn this complex subject。 This self-teaching guide first explains how and why management accounting is at the intersection of accounting information and decision-making。Then，you’ll get details on c

Starred Review. In this spellbinding behind-the-scenes look at Google, New York Times columnist Stross (The Microsoft Way) provides an intimate portrait of the company's massively ambitious aim to organize the world's information. Drawing on extensive interviews with top management and his astonishingly open access to the famed Googleplex, Stross leads readers through Google's evolution from its humble beginnings as the decidedly nonbusiness-oriented brainchild of Stanford Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page, through the company's early growing pains and multiple acquisitions, on to its current position as global digital behemoth. Tech lovers will devour the pages of discussion about the Algorithm; business folk will enjoy the accounts of how company after company, including Microsoft and Yahoo, underestimated Google's technology, advertising model and ability to solve problems like scanning library collections; and general readers will find the sheer scale and scope of Google's progress in just a decad

The lifeblood of any business enterprise is its people. Yet it wasn’t until the publication of the groundbreaking book The ROI of Human Capital that there was a reliable way to quantify the contributions of people to corporate profit. Completely updated with new metrics, the book shows executives and HR professionals how to gauge human costs and productivity at three critical levels: organizational (contributions to corporate goals) functional (impact on process improvement) human resources management (value added by five basic HR department activities) The second edition contains new material on topics including corporate outsourcing, developments in behavioral science, and advances in trending and forecasting that have dramatically changed the way organizations measure the bottom line effect of employee performance. Utterly up-to-date, this is the go-to resource for organizations performing the essential task of measuring the value of their people.

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