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

Lead from No

A Systematic Approach to Leadership Negotiation

by Jim Camp Jr ...

When you hear the word "negotiation," what comes to mind? Do you imagine a business agreement where both sides reach a mutually beneficial solution? Maybe you picture big deals such as sales, contracts, procurement, mergers, and acquisitions? Perhaps you also think of compromise, win-win, or getting someone to say "yes"?Would you consider "leadership" as a critical type of negotiation? If you lead ... Read more

$6.99 USD

When you hear the word "negotiation," what comes to mind? Do you imagine a business agreement where both sides reach a mutually beneficial solution? Maybe you picture big deals such as sales, contracts, procurement, mergers, and acquisitions? Perhaps you also think of compromise, win-win, or getting someone to say "yes"?Would you consider "leadership" as a critical type of negotiation? If you lead
... Read more
DK Essential Managers: Managing Change

by Robert Heller ...

Series series DK Essential Managers
Learn all you need to know about adapting to change, from initiating modifications to responding positively to them. Turn and face the strange features of your new business environment with this efficient how-to guide. Managing Change enables you to understand and plan for change to achieve the best results, plus it provides practical techniques for you to try in different settings. Whether you ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Learn all you need to know about adapting to change, from initiating modifications to responding positively to them. Turn and face the strange features of your new business environment with this efficient how-to guide. Managing Change enables you to understand and plan for change to achieve the best results, plus it provides practical techniques for you to try in different settings. Whether you
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The Greiner Growth Model

Anticipate crises and adapt to a changing business world

by 50minutes ...

Series Book 3 - Management & Marketing
Anticipate crises and adapt to a changing business worldThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Greiner growth model, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to:• Identify the five phases of growth that every company experiences during its lifetime: creativity, direction, delegation, coordination and ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Anticipate crises and adapt to a changing business worldThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Greiner growth model, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to:• Identify the five phases of growth that every company experiences during its lifetime: creativity, direction, delegation, coordination and
... Read more
Passion to Profits

Business Success for New Entrepreneurs

by Rhonda Abrams, Alice LaPlante ...

Engineers, musicians, psychologists, culinary students—in just about every field, sooner or later it's likely someone will start a business. This major new book is the first to teach the fundamentals of entrepreneurship regardless of the industry. Packed with business essentials and real-world advice, this unique book breaks down everything from start to finish. You’ll learn how to choose, start, ... Read more

$21.59 USD

Engineers, musicians, psychologists, culinary students—in just about every field, sooner or later it's likely someone will start a business. This major new book is the first to teach the fundamentals of entrepreneurship regardless of the industry. Packed with business essentials and real-world advice, this unique book breaks down everything from start to finish. You’ll learn how to choose, start,
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Snapshots of the Mind

by Gary A. Klein ...

How people make decisions, size up situations, spot anomalies, and anticipate problems in real-world settings.Gary Klein, author of the bestselling Sources of Power, is the cognitive psychologist who discovered how people actually make decisions, particularly under time pressure and uncertainty. In Snapshots of the Mind, he offers a set of short essays—“snapshots” of different aspects of cognitive ... Read more

$21.99 USD

How people make decisions, size up situations, spot anomalies, and anticipate problems in real-world settings.Gary Klein, author of the bestselling Sources of Power, is the cognitive psychologist who discovered how people actually make decisions, particularly under time pressure and uncertainty. In Snapshots of the Mind, he offers a set of short essays—“snapshots” of different aspects of cognitive
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Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies

by Martin Cohen ...

Learn how to argue points effectively, analyze information, and make sound judgmentsThe ability to think clearly and critically is a lifelong benefit that you can apply in any situation that calls for reflection, analysis, and planning. Being able to think systematically and solve problems is also a great career asset. Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies helps you hone your thinking abilities and ... Read more

$12.00 USD

Learn how to argue points effectively, analyze information, and make sound judgmentsThe ability to think clearly and critically is a lifelong benefit that you can apply in any situation that calls for reflection, analysis, and planning. Being able to think systematically and solve problems is also a great career asset. Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies helps you hone your thinking abilities and
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Think in Systems

Cognitive Development, #1

by Zoe McKey ...

Series Book 1 - Cognitive Development
Get out of that rut. Find long-term solution to your problems.We have the best of intentions to improve our conditions, but often our solutions fall short of improving our lives. Our best efforts can result in the opposite of what we want over time. If we apply conventional thinking to complex issues, we often maintain or feed the very problems we want to fix. How to avoid this trap? I will tell ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get out of that rut. Find long-term solution to your problems.We have the best of intentions to improve our conditions, but often our solutions fall short of improving our lives. Our best efforts can result in the opposite of what we want over time. If we apply conventional thinking to complex issues, we often maintain or feed the very problems we want to fix. How to avoid this trap? I will tell
... Read more
Like Clockwork

Run Your Business with Swiss Army Precision

by Sam Goodner ...

Replace unpredictability with precision and run your business like clockwork.Every business leader dreams of building an organization that runs smoothly, scales effectively, and thrives long after their involvement. Few actually achieve it.In Like Clockwork, serial entrepreneur and former Swiss Army officer Sam Goodner reveals the strategies and systems behind his decades of success in building ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Replace unpredictability with precision and run your business like clockwork.Every business leader dreams of building an organization that runs smoothly, scales effectively, and thrives long after their involvement. Few actually achieve it.In Like Clockwork, serial entrepreneur and former Swiss Army officer Sam Goodner reveals the strategies and systems behind his decades of success in building
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Creative Intelligence: Don't Ask AI, Think With It

by Greg Storey ...

Breakthrough results don't come from better prompts. They come from better thinking.**Most professionals are being told to "use AI"—but no one is showing them how to think with it. So they default to the basics: type in a prompt, grab an answer, move on.But the real opportunity isn't in automation. It's in collaboration—using AI not as a shortcut, but as a thinking partner that helps you explore, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Breakthrough results don't come from better prompts. They come from better thinking.**Most professionals are being told to "use AI"—but no one is showing them how to think with it. So they default to the basics: type in a prompt, grab an answer, move on.But the real opportunity isn't in automation. It's in collaboration—using AI not as a shortcut, but as a thinking partner that helps you explore,
... Read more
Understanding A3 Thinking

A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System

by Durward K. Sobek II., Art Smalley ...

Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Notably flexible and brief, the A3 report has proven to be a key tool In Toyota‘s successful move toward organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and improvement, especially within its engineering and R&D organizations. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from th ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Notably flexible and brief, the A3 report has proven to be a key tool In Toyota‘s successful move toward organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and improvement, especially within its engineering and R&D organizations. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from th
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Enterprise Risk Management

A Methodology for Achieving Strategic Objectives

by Gregory Monahan ...

Series Book 20 - Wiley and SAS Business Series
Written for enterprise risk management (ERM) practitioners who recognize ERM?s value to their organization, Enterprise Risk Management: A Methodology for Achieving Strategic Objectives thoroughly examines operational risk management and allows you to leverage ERM methodology in your organization by putting author and ERM authority Gregory Monahan's Strategic Objectives At Risk (SOAR) methodology ... Read more

$48.00 USD

Written for enterprise risk management (ERM) practitioners who recognize ERM?s value to their organization, Enterprise Risk Management: A Methodology for Achieving Strategic Objectives thoroughly examines operational risk management and allows you to leverage ERM methodology in your organization by putting author and ERM authority Gregory Monahan's Strategic Objectives At Risk (SOAR) methodology
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The Neo-Generalist

Where you go is who you are

by Richard Martin, Kenneth Mikkelsen ...

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism, ... Read more

$9.38 USD

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism,
... Read more
金錢陷阱：軟銀集團前總裁以扣人心弦的商業傳奇，揭露科技泡沫的真實與幻象

The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble

by 阿洛．薩瑪, Alok Sama ...

Translated by 張嘉倫 ...

ARM、NVIDIA、TikTok⋯⋯唯一揭露巨額投資現場的紀實－✮ 史上最大「願景基金」核心交易推動者的第一手視角✮ 從科技與金融的最前線揭示市場真相✮ 破除獨角獸神話與誇大炒作的迷思✮ 新創團隊、投資人、企業經營者的冷靜教科書✮特別收錄：寫給台灣讀者的作者序《金錢陷阱》絕非是頌揚財富或生意場上的風光或神話，而是指出那看似光鮮的追逐，往往終究是一場虛無。所幸，這樣的訊息，永遠不會過時。──阿洛．薩瑪 Alok Sama本書作者詳實描寫了在摩根士丹利的職涯，以及在軟銀與孫正義一同參與全球最知名科技公司的投資與併購，包括：安謀、雅虎、輝達、TikTok、Uber、T-Mobile、阿里巴巴和WeWork。▍在科技領域流動的龐大資金，真能為我們帶來更美好的繁榮願景？以成功與失敗為主軸，為讀者展現豐富的業... ... Read more

$12.99 USD

ARM、NVIDIA、TikTok⋯⋯唯一揭露巨額投資現場的紀實－✮ 史上最大「願景基金」核心交易推動者的第一手視角✮ 從科技與金融的最前線揭示市場真相✮ 破除獨角獸神話與誇大炒作的迷思✮ 新創團隊、投資人、企業經營者的冷靜教科書✮特別收錄：寫給台灣讀者的作者序《金錢陷阱》絕非是頌揚財富或生意場上的風光或神話，而是指出那看似光鮮的追逐，往往終究是一場虛無。所幸，這樣的訊息，永遠不會過時。──阿洛．薩瑪 Alok Sama本書作者詳實描寫了在摩根士丹利的職涯，以及在軟銀與孫正義一同參與全球最知名科技公司的投資與併購，包括：安謀、雅虎、輝達、TikTok、Uber、T-Mobile、阿里巴巴和WeWork。▍在科技領域流動的龐大資金，真能為我們帶來更美好的繁榮願景？以成功與失敗為主軸，為讀者展現豐富的業...
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Strategic Continuous Process Improvement

by Gerhard J. Plenert ...

Proven methods for achieving continuous process improvementResolve "quality chaos" by creating a link between quality problems and their optimal solutions. With a focus on building an integrated quality environment, Strategic Continuous Process Improvement: Which Quality Tools to Use and When to Use Them begins by discussing the different types of continuous process improvement (CPI) systems ... Read more

$37.49 USD

Proven methods for achieving continuous process improvementResolve "quality chaos" by creating a link between quality problems and their optimal solutions. With a focus on building an integrated quality environment, Strategic Continuous Process Improvement: Which Quality Tools to Use and When to Use Them begins by discussing the different types of continuous process improvement (CPI) systems
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The Traveler's Summit

The Remarkable Sequel to The Traveler's Gift

by Andy Andrews ...

The Traveler's Summit explores the historically proven principles that have guided our greatest leaders for centuries, and how we might restore these principles in our own lives…before it's too late.Dave Ponder is back, and this time, the fate of civilization may be in his hands .Centuries of greed, pride, and hate have sent humankind hurtling toward disaster, far from our original purpose. There ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Traveler's Summit explores the historically proven principles that have guided our greatest leaders for centuries, and how we might restore these principles in our own lives…before it's too late.Dave Ponder is back, and this time, the fate of civilization may be in his hands .Centuries of greed, pride, and hate have sent humankind hurtling toward disaster, far from our original purpose. There
... Read more
How to be Strategic

by Fred Pelard ...

FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH'A comprehensive, concise, and practical guide that will enable anyone, in any situation, to develop their strategic thinking' Tiffani Bova, Chief Growth Evangelist, Salesforce, WSJ bestselling author, Growth IQ'A must read for everyone who ever deals with complex important challenges. There are many take-away gems here that will help you push through the knott... ... Read more

$16.59 USD

FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH'A comprehensive, concise, and practical guide that will enable anyone, in any situation, to develop their strategic thinking' Tiffani Bova, Chief Growth Evangelist, Salesforce, WSJ bestselling author, Growth IQ'A must read for everyone who ever deals with complex important challenges. There are many take-away gems here that will help you push through the knott...
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Negotiating the Impossible, Second Edition

How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle)

by Deepak Malhotra ...

**Award-winning professor from Harvard Business School offers a new and improved edition of his guide to navigating negotiation deadlock, while offering practical advice and stories of success.Updated with 20% new material, including a brand-new chapter and discussion guide.**Harvard professor and negotiation adviser Deepak Malhotra shows how to defuse even the most potentially explosive ... Read more

$17.29 USD

**Award-winning professor from Harvard Business School offers a new and improved edition of his guide to navigating negotiation deadlock, while offering practical advice and stories of success.Updated with 20% new material, including a brand-new chapter and discussion guide.**Harvard professor and negotiation adviser Deepak Malhotra shows how to defuse even the most potentially explosive
... Read more
Secrets of the Moneylab

How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business

by Kay-Yut Chen, Marina Krakovsky ...

Taking the findings of behavioral economics from the cocktail party to the boardroom.Experimental economist Kay-Yut Chen leads an economics lab at Hewlett- Packard-the first of its kind at any company. His groundbreaking research into human behavior has turned into tangible results for HP. He has saved the company millions of dollars, simply by explaining why people really do the things they do. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Taking the findings of behavioral economics from the cocktail party to the boardroom.Experimental economist Kay-Yut Chen leads an economics lab at Hewlett- Packard-the first of its kind at any company. His groundbreaking research into human behavior has turned into tangible results for HP. He has saved the company millions of dollars, simply by explaining why people really do the things they do.
... Read more
Sexy Little Numbers

How to Grow Your Business Using the Data You Already Have

by Dimitri Maex, Paul B. Brown ...

Imagine if you could identify your business’s most profitable customers, craft a better marketing strategy to communicate with them, and inspire them to buy more? Well now you can. And the best part is that you can do it using the data you already have.Today, everything we do creates data, and the volumes are enormous. Virtually every time someone views something online, enters search on Google, ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Imagine if you could identify your business’s most profitable customers, craft a better marketing strategy to communicate with them, and inspire them to buy more? Well now you can. And the best part is that you can do it using the data you already have.Today, everything we do creates data, and the volumes are enormous. Virtually every time someone views something online, enters search on Google,
... Read more
The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses

Creative, Innovative and Cost-Saving Ideas from Great Business Minds

by Ray Silverstein ...

Do you have a problem you've never faced before? Are you looking for an idea that will be your next big breakthrough? You are not alone. Every day, thousands of entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions to business problems. The best of the best are here, in one of the most useful business guides to date.The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses is the ultimate entrepreneurial guidebook. It ... Read more

$11.59 USD

Do you have a problem you've never faced before? Are you looking for an idea that will be your next big breakthrough? You are not alone. Every day, thousands of entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions to business problems. The best of the best are here, in one of the most useful business guides to date.The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses is the ultimate entrepreneurial guidebook. It
... Read more
Wait

The Art and Science of Delay

by Frank Partnoy ...

What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts ... Read more

$10.99 USD

What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts
... Read more
The Connected Company

by Dave Gray, Thomas Vander Wal ...

With a foreword by Alex Osterwalder.The future of work is already here.Customers are adopting disruptive technologies faster than your company can adapt. When your customers are delighted, they can amplify your message in ways that were never before possible. But when your company’s performance runs short of what you’ve promised, customers can seize control of your brand message, spreading their ... Read more

$18.79 USD

With a foreword by Alex Osterwalder.The future of work is already here.Customers are adopting disruptive technologies faster than your company can adapt. When your customers are delighted, they can amplify your message in ways that were never before possible. But when your company’s performance runs short of what you’ve promised, customers can seize control of your brand message, spreading their
... Read more
The Idea Agent

The Handbook on Creative Processes

by Jonas Michanek, Andréas Breiler ...

The Idea Agent is a practical idea management handbook, aimed at people who want to take an active role in creative processes across all areas. It combines the creatively wild with the rationally structured techniques for innovation to provide readers with a varied toolbox of proven idea management methodology. From discussing how to identify a problem or opportunity, to describing techniques for ... Read more

$48.99 USD

The Idea Agent is a practical idea management handbook, aimed at people who want to take an active role in creative processes across all areas. It combines the creatively wild with the rationally structured techniques for innovation to provide readers with a varied toolbox of proven idea management methodology. From discussing how to identify a problem or opportunity, to describing techniques for
... Read more
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

International Case Studies and Practice

Edited by Ken Banks ...

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship look for creative and affordable solutions to specific societal problems. Fuelled by the spread of the internet and the ubiquity of mobile phones, there are more people working to solve pressing social and environmental problems in the world today than ever before. Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents the journeys of pioneering - and often ... Read more

$53.09 USD

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship look for creative and affordable solutions to specific societal problems. Fuelled by the spread of the internet and the ubiquity of mobile phones, there are more people working to solve pressing social and environmental problems in the world today than ever before. Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents the journeys of pioneering - and often
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