Systems & Planning

This book covers the concept of e-business and what it means to small businesses. To expand the reach of your small business, one major ingredient is a successful Web site. But how to build one? This book explains all the steps needed to develop, implement, and maintain a Web site for a small busine... More

There is a revolution underway: we are moving rapidly from management to business leadership - using business in its widest sense. The new-style leadership that all organizations need, suggests John Adair, the world's first Professor of Leadership Studies, exists on three broad levels: team, operati... More

This book describes the business processess needed to make companies operate successfully and improve their overall business performance, including, 'best practice' checklists, it provides practical advice on how to design and implement this holistic aproach to designing or redesigning business. Ha... More

Business performance can always be improved. Analyse Your Business takes a proactive approach and asks company directors and senior managers to analyse their company, the way it is managed and the procedures it has in place to ensure its stability, growth and ongoing management health.The book is di... More

This leading strategy text presents the complexities of strategic management through up-to-date scholarship and hands-on applications. Authors Charles Hill and Gareth Jones--both highly regarded in the management field--integrate cutting-edge research, rising trends in strategy, and hot topics such ... More

With this book as their guide, readers will learn the skills and attributes they'll need in order to become more effective employees in the workplace. Whether it's turning into a stronger communicator, team member, or problem-solver, the "Tenth Edition" shows them how. They'll also gain a better und... More

For some people, a business plan is a map to success that they're required to put together to raise money for a startup company. At best, it's a formality; at worst, it's a sizable pain in the neck. But a business plan doesn't exist just to garner financial support; it's also a powerful tool - one t... More

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Up Your Business is a wake-up call for any business leader who's asleep at the wheel. It's a no-holds-barred manifesto dedicated to one thing and one thing only- making your organization perform at the highest possible level. Straightforward, honest, and in your face, this book doesn't offer empty ... More

A practical guide to leveraging open source in business The law of open source is complex and constantly changing. Some legal issues related to it are thorny and undecided. Those called upon to make decisions about open source have found little information to guide them in traditional legal material... More

Praise for Make The Right Choice "Enjoying what you do is a must if one is to be truly successful in life. This book details with humor and ingenuity the essential elements of building an enjoyable and productive career." --Nido Qubein, President High Point University and Chairman, Great Harvest Bre... More

"Harvey Levine is a recognized writer and dedicated warrior of the project management profession. Aside from years of volunteer effort to the profession (and holding the presidency of the Project Management Institute), his consulting work and writings have always smacked of practicality-thus his new... More

Now in a first trade paper edition comes a blueprint for bringing creativity and imagination into any company, coauthored by one of the most popular business writers today.According to Ken Blanchard and Jesse Stoner, vision does not have to be magical or intangible, bestowed only by great leaders. E... More