Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Adapt

Why Success Always Starts with Failure

by Tim Harford ...

In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. When faced with complex situations, we have all become accustomed to looking to our leaders to set out a plan of action and blaze a path to success. Harford argues that today's challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and ... Read more

$14.39 USD

In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. When faced with complex situations, we have all become accustomed to looking to our leaders to set out a plan of action and blaze a path to success. Harford argues that today's challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and
... Read more
When the President Calls

Conversations with Economic Policymakers

by Simon W. Bowmaker ...

Get “the inside skinny on what happens at White House economics meetings” in interviews with 35 economic policymakers who advised presidents from Nixon to Trump (Forbes).What is it like to sit in the Oval Office and discuss policy with the president? To know that the decisions made will affect hundreds of millions of people? To know that the wrong advice could be calamitous? When the President ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Get “the inside skinny on what happens at White House economics meetings” in interviews with 35 economic policymakers who advised presidents from Nixon to Trump (Forbes).What is it like to sit in the Oval Office and discuss policy with the president? To know that the decisions made will affect hundreds of millions of people? To know that the wrong advice could be calamitous? When the President
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ISO 9001 in Plain English

by Craig Cochran ...

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people ... Read more

$26.95 USD

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people
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Choose Hard, Live Easy - The Art of War for Decision Making

Command Decisions with Clarity, Confidence and Power— And Live Like a King Who Conquered.

by M.J. DeMarco ...

Breaking News:If you suck at making decisions, your life will suck too.It’s time to stop waiting for the world to conspire in your favor. The world doesn’t care about your vision board, your pronouns, your deadbeat dad, or your PhD in Philosophy. It cares about one thing: The decisions you make every moment of the day—from what you eat for breakfast to how you spend your free time.The Art of War ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Breaking News:If you suck at making decisions, your life will suck too.It’s time to stop waiting for the world to conspire in your favor. The world doesn’t care about your vision board, your pronouns, your deadbeat dad, or your PhD in Philosophy. It cares about one thing: The decisions you make every moment of the day—from what you eat for breakfast to how you spend your free time.The Art of War
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Lean Six Sigma Demystified, Second Edition

by Jay Arthur ...

Series series Demystified
Your LEAN and mean guide to Lean Six SigmaReady to implement better, faster, cheaper, more-profitable processes in your organization? Lean Six Sigma Demystified, Second Edition, shows you how to use proven techniques for simplifying, streamlining, and optimizing business practices for maximum productivity and profitability.Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide covers the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Your LEAN and mean guide to Lean Six SigmaReady to implement better, faster, cheaper, more-profitable processes in your organization? Lean Six Sigma Demystified, Second Edition, shows you how to use proven techniques for simplifying, streamlining, and optimizing business practices for maximum productivity and profitability.Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide covers the
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Economics in Two Lessons

Why Markets Work So Well, and Why They Can Fail So Badly

by John Quiggin ...

A masterful introduction to the key ideas behind the successes—and failures—of free-market economicsSince 1946, Henry Hazlitt’s bestselling Economics in One Lesson has popularized the belief that economics can be boiled down to one simple lesson: market prices represent the true cost of everything. But one-lesson economics tells only half the story. It can explain why markets often work so well, ... Read more

$19.49 USD

A masterful introduction to the key ideas behind the successes—and failures—of free-market economicsSince 1946, Henry Hazlitt’s bestselling Economics in One Lesson has popularized the belief that economics can be boiled down to one simple lesson: market prices represent the true cost of everything. But one-lesson economics tells only half the story. It can explain why markets often work so well,
... Read more
The Feiner Points of Leadership

The 50 Basic Laws That Will Make People Want to Perform Better for You

by Michael Feiner ...

**Feiner's candid leadership guide cuts through rhetoric and theory and gives managers and executives a "hands-on" approach to dealing with problems in business."Exceptionally useful." —Entrepreneur**The Feiner Points of Leadership offers fifty insightful laws covering everything from managing tough bosses and difficult subordinates, to dealing with uncooperative colleagues, to overcoming ... Read more

$8.99 USD

**Feiner's candid leadership guide cuts through rhetoric and theory and gives managers and executives a "hands-on" approach to dealing with problems in business."Exceptionally useful." —Entrepreneur**The Feiner Points of Leadership offers fifty insightful laws covering everything from managing tough bosses and difficult subordinates, to dealing with uncooperative colleagues, to overcoming
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Agile Practices for Waterfall Projects

Shifting Processes for Competitive Advantage

by Barbee Davis ...

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide
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The Effective Change Manager: The Change Management Body of Knowledge

by The Change Management Institute ...

'The Effective Change Manager' is designed for change management practitioners, employers, authors, academics and anyone with an interest in the evolving professional discipline of change management. The first edition, 'The Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK(c))', drew on the experience of more than six hundred change management professionals in thirty countries. This second edition has ... Read more

$33.99 USD

'The Effective Change Manager' is designed for change management practitioners, employers, authors, academics and anyone with an interest in the evolving professional discipline of change management. The first edition, 'The Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK(c))', drew on the experience of more than six hundred change management professionals in thirty countries. This second edition has
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Think Smarter

Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills

by Michael Kallet ...

Train your brain for better decisions, problem solving, and innovationThink Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills is the comprehensive guide to training your brain to do more for you. Written by a critical thinking trainer and coach, the book presents a pragmatic set of tools to apply critical thinking techniques to everyday business issues. Think Smarter ... Read more

$16.00 USD

Train your brain for better decisions, problem solving, and innovationThink Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills is the comprehensive guide to training your brain to do more for you. Written by a critical thinking trainer and coach, the book presents a pragmatic set of tools to apply critical thinking techniques to everyday business issues. Think Smarter
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ISO 9001:2015 in Plain English

by Craig Cochran ...

ISO 9001 hasn't changed much in the last 15 years... until now! ISO 9001:2015 is a MAJOR revision. A LOT has changed. Requirements have been added and removed. Content has shifted to different sections and clauses. ISO 9001:2015 is built upon a completely different structure with the adoption of Annex SL. This may seem like a lot to take in, and it is. Fortunately, bestselling author Craig Cochran ... Read more

$34.95 USD

ISO 9001 hasn't changed much in the last 15 years... until now! ISO 9001:2015 is a MAJOR revision. A LOT has changed. Requirements have been added and removed. Content has shifted to different sections and clauses. ISO 9001:2015 is built upon a completely different structure with the adoption of Annex SL. This may seem like a lot to take in, and it is. Fortunately, bestselling author Craig Cochran
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Estrategias para el Uso de un CRM

by Antonio Valle Cali ...

A lo largo de este libro se tratará de poner de manifiesto la importancia del CRM para una compañía, independientemente del tamaño de la misma. Para ello se tratarán diferentes aspectos para su implantación, tanto a nivel de cultura empresarial como de desarrollo de aplicaciones.Utilizando comparativas entre empresas de diferentes sectores se irá desgranando la importancia y las dificultades a las ... Read more

$4.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A lo largo de este libro se tratará de poner de manifiesto la importancia del CRM para una compañía, independientemente del tamaño de la misma. Para ello se tratarán diferentes aspectos para su implantación, tanto a nivel de cultura empresarial como de desarrollo de aplicaciones.Utilizando comparativas entre empresas de diferentes sectores se irá desgranando la importancia y las dificultades a las
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Uncharted

How to Navigate the Future

by Margaret Heffernan ...

“Excellent (and very timely).” —Financial Times * “Smartly assembled case studies and insights.” —Publishers Weekly * A Financial Times Best Book of the YearFormer CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan offers powerful and practical tools so you can face the future with confidence and courage.Most of us are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

“Excellent (and very timely).” —Financial Times * “Smartly assembled case studies and insights.” —Publishers Weekly * A Financial Times Best Book of the YearFormer CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan offers powerful and practical tools so you can face the future with confidence and courage.Most of us are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the
... Read more
Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis

by Bill George ...

Series Book 166 - J-B Warren Bennis Series
One of the country's most trusted leaders offers time-tested and real world advice for leading in economic hard timesFrom business giant Bill George, the acclaimed author of Wall Street Journal's bestseller True North, comes the just-in-time guide for anyone in a leadership position facing today's unprecedented economic challenges. The former CEO of Medtronic draws from his own in-the-trenches ... Read more

$15.00 USD

One of the country's most trusted leaders offers time-tested and real world advice for leading in economic hard timesFrom business giant Bill George, the acclaimed author of Wall Street Journal's bestseller True North, comes the just-in-time guide for anyone in a leadership position facing today's unprecedented economic challenges. The former CEO of Medtronic draws from his own in-the-trenches
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Balanced Scorecard Strategy For Dummies

by Charles Hannabarger, Frederick Buchman, Peter Economy ...

A practical, easy-to-understand guide to Balanced Scorecard for busy business leadersThe Balanced Scorecard method is an analysis technique designed to translate an organization's mission and vision statement and overall business strategies into specific, quantifiable goals, and to monitor the organization's performance in achieving these goals. Much less technology driven then other analysis ... Read more

$13.00 USD

A practical, easy-to-understand guide to Balanced Scorecard for busy business leadersThe Balanced Scorecard method is an analysis technique designed to translate an organization's mission and vision statement and overall business strategies into specific, quantifiable goals, and to monitor the organization's performance in achieving these goals. Much less technology driven then other analysis
... Read more
Leadership Is Overrated

How the Navy SEALs (and Successful Businesses) Create Self-Leading Teams That Win

by Kyle Buckett, Chris Mefford ...

An award-winning pair of executive consultants reveal why to be successful, businesses need self-leading teams, not just good leadership.“In a society so obsessed with leadership, why are we so bad at it?”Despite the countless seminars, courses, and management books designed to hone good leaders, over 79% of employees leave their jobs due to poor leadership. Why is this happening? Award-winning ... Read more

$10.99 USD

An award-winning pair of executive consultants reveal why to be successful, businesses need self-leading teams, not just good leadership.“In a society so obsessed with leadership, why are we so bad at it?”Despite the countless seminars, courses, and management books designed to hone good leaders, over 79% of employees leave their jobs due to poor leadership. Why is this happening? Award-winning
... Read more
What's Next Is Now

How to Live Future Ready

by Frederik Pferdt ...

A 2024 "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READA PUBLISHERS WEELKLY Best Audiobook of 2024Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist inspires you to shape your own future, navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, and transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities.We don’t have to be afraid of what the future holds. Rather than bracing for what happens next, Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt ... Read more

$13.99 USD

A 2024 "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READA PUBLISHERS WEELKLY Best Audiobook of 2024Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist inspires you to shape your own future, navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, and transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities.We don’t have to be afraid of what the future holds. Rather than bracing for what happens next, Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt
... Read more
Knowledge 2.0 - Staying Afloat in the Information Age

by Mark Chisnell ...

Our access to knowledge is extraordinary, much of it available through a smartphone that rarely leaves our side. The problem is no longer finding information; it's sifting it for the good stuff. Facts are often distorted by laziness or incompetence, and truths are sometimes twisted or hidden for financial gain, or to evade the consequences of mistakes or failures.It doesn't help that we – as human ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Our access to knowledge is extraordinary, much of it available through a smartphone that rarely leaves our side. The problem is no longer finding information; it's sifting it for the good stuff. Facts are often distorted by laziness or incompetence, and truths are sometimes twisted or hidden for financial gain, or to evade the consequences of mistakes or failures.It doesn't help that we – as human
... Read more
Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Nick Morgan, Robert B. Cialdini, Linda A. Hill, Nancy Duarte ...

Series series HBR Emotional Intelligence Series
Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds.Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority as a leader.This book highlights that research and shows you how to act on it, presenting both comprehensive frameworks for developing influence and small, simple tactics you can use to convince others every day.This volume includes the work of ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds.Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority as a leader.This book highlights that research and shows you how to act on it, presenting both comprehensive frameworks for developing influence and small, simple tactics you can use to convince others every day.This volume includes the work of
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Derailed

Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership (NelsonFree)

by Tim Irwin ...

Do you know the stories of well-known CEOs who failed as executives of major companies? Learn about these colorful derailers who misread symptoms of their own downfall and failed to take corrective action needed to succeed as leaders.Written for leaders, aspiring leaders, and anyone who makes a difference in the lives of others, author and leadership expert Tim Irwin, PhD, examines how failures of ... Read more

$6.49 USD

Do you know the stories of well-known CEOs who failed as executives of major companies? Learn about these colorful derailers who misread symptoms of their own downfall and failed to take corrective action needed to succeed as leaders.Written for leaders, aspiring leaders, and anyone who makes a difference in the lives of others, author and leadership expert Tim Irwin, PhD, examines how failures of
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Management

by Michael Heath ...

Series series Collins Business Secrets
The management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management.Includes how to:• Build a goal-oriented team• Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects• Set clear goals and give quality feedback• Get things done on time and on budget• Deal with difficult situations ... Read more

$0.99 USD

The management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management.Includes how to:• Build a goal-oriented team• Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects• Set clear goals and give quality feedback• Get things done on time and on budget• Deal with difficult situations
... Read more
Crisis, Issues and Reputation Management

by Andrew Griffin ...

Series series PR In Practice
Handling a crisis and knowing how to manage the potential reputational damage that can occur has become a top priority for all businesses. Learn from international brands like Nestle, Unilever, McDonalds, Cadbury, RBS and more, to discover the value of reputation management and how to effectively and proactively approach the Corporate Social Responsibility of your business.Whether it is an ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Handling a crisis and knowing how to manage the potential reputational damage that can occur has become a top priority for all businesses. Learn from international brands like Nestle, Unilever, McDonalds, Cadbury, RBS and more, to discover the value of reputation management and how to effectively and proactively approach the Corporate Social Responsibility of your business.Whether it is an
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Two and Twenty

How the Masters of Private Equity Always Win

by Sachin Khajuria ...

**The first true insider’s account of private equity, revealing what it takes to thrive among the world’s hungriest dealmakers“Brilliant . . . eloquently takes readers inside the heroic world of private equity . . . [an] essential read.”—ForbesONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Next Big Idea Club**Private equity was once an investment niche. Today, the wealth controlled by its leading firms ... Read more

$9.99 USD

**The first true insider’s account of private equity, revealing what it takes to thrive among the world’s hungriest dealmakers“Brilliant . . . eloquently takes readers inside the heroic world of private equity . . . [an] essential read.”—ForbesONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Next Big Idea Club**Private equity was once an investment niche. Today, the wealth controlled by its leading firms
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不當決策：行為經濟學大師教你避開人性偏誤

You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake!How Biases Distort Decision-Making-and What You Can Do to Fight Them

by 奧利維．席波尼, Olivier Sibony ...

Translated by 周宜芳 ...

Series series 財經企管
9種造成錯誤決斷的思考陷阱40道高勝算的決策技巧讓你戰勝人性弱點，鍛造贏家策略思維★第一本將行為經濟學應用在管理決策的重量級作品★高階經理人、職場工作者、創業家、政策制定者、創意思考人必讀★投資、開拓市場、制定政策……避免決策失誤的最佳指引★強力推薦台大經濟系副教授馮勃翰年度暢銷書《人生路引》作者楊斯棓醫師本書是管理決策最新觀念的精采入門。出乎意料的是，本書讀來也饒富興味。──丹尼爾．康納曼，《快思慢想》作者Netflix曾經向百視達提議併購，但百視達回絕了。如今，百視達破產，Netflix事業一飛衝天，百視達到底犯了什麼錯？蘋果專賣店原本是成功的商業典範，為何傑西潘尼公司以同樣的模式開... ... Read more

$13.99 USD

9種造成錯誤決斷的思考陷阱40道高勝算的決策技巧讓你戰勝人性弱點，鍛造贏家策略思維★第一本將行為經濟學應用在管理決策的重量級作品★高階經理人、職場工作者、創業家、政策制定者、創意思考人必讀★投資、開拓市場、制定政策……避免決策失誤的最佳指引★強力推薦台大經濟系副教授馮勃翰年度暢銷書《人生路引》作者楊斯棓醫師本書是管理決策最新觀念的精采入門。出乎意料的是，本書讀來也饒富興味。──丹尼爾．康納曼，《快思慢想》作者Netflix曾經向百視達提議併購，但百視達回絕了。如今，百視達破產，Netflix事業一飛衝天，百視達到底犯了什麼錯？蘋果專賣店原本是成功的商業典範，為何傑西潘尼公司以同樣的模式開...
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