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

Smaller is Better: Using Small Autonomous Teams to Drive the Future of Enterprise

by Brady Brim-DeForest ...

Small is the next big thing.When working for a large organization, weeks can pass before leadership makes important decisions that affect you and your team. Meanwhile, you're on the hook to deliver products that don't actually serve the customer—products you know you could improve, if given the opportunity.After years of consulting for Fortune 1000 companies, Brady Brim-DeForest understands the ... Read more

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Small is the next big thing.When working for a large organization, weeks can pass before leadership makes important decisions that affect you and your team. Meanwhile, you're on the hook to deliver products that don't actually serve the customer—products you know you could improve, if given the opportunity.After years of consulting for Fortune 1000 companies, Brady Brim-DeForest understands the
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Six Sigma Statistics with EXCEL and MINITAB

by Issa Bass ...

Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to
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Simply Managing

What Managers Do — and Can Do Better

by Henry Mintzberg ...

The Essence of Managing Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. The essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

The Essence of Managing Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. The essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the
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Business Value in an Ocean of Data

Data Mining from a User Perspective

by Bulcsú Fajszi, László Cser, Tamás Fehér ...

"[...] This is a great book about how to find the value creating opportunities and how to utilize them. Reading it is a must for managers who understand that data became an extremely important source of competitive advantage in today's business." György Bőgel - CEU Business School (Hungary) "This book provides an excellent overview over business intelligence applications. [...] Real-life examples ... Read more

$9.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"[...] This is a great book about how to find the value creating opportunities and how to utilize them. Reading it is a must for managers who understand that data became an extremely important source of competitive advantage in today's business." György Bőgel - CEU Business School (Hungary) "This book provides an excellent overview over business intelligence applications. [...] Real-life examples
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Task-based intranet content

a step by step guide to user-centred design

by Lizzie Bruce ...

Series Book 1 - Practical user-centred design
“Really good stuff from someone who knows her intranets.” – Tom Loosemore, digital transformation consultant at Public Digital, ex-GDS, ex-BBC.Create content that makes it faster for people to find what they need on the intranet than from a colleague. Learn user-centred design as you progress through this practical, stage by stage guide.Generally, people want information about a specific thing, ... Read more

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“Really good stuff from someone who knows her intranets.” – Tom Loosemore, digital transformation consultant at Public Digital, ex-GDS, ex-BBC.Create content that makes it faster for people to find what they need on the intranet than from a colleague. Learn user-centred design as you progress through this practical, stage by stage guide.Generally, people want information about a specific thing,
... Read more
The Little Book of Data

Understanding the Powerful Analytics that Fuel AI, Make or Break Careers, and Could Just End Up Saving the World

by Justin Evans ...

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and
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Senior Leadership Teams

What It Takes to Make Them Great

by Ruth Wageman, Debra A. Nunes, James A. Burruss, J. Richard Hackman ...

Series series Leadership for the Common Good
An organization’s fate hinges on its CEO—right? Not according to the authors of Senior Leadership Teams.They argue that in today's world of neck-snapping change, demands on leaders in top roles are rapidly outdistancing the capabilities of any one person - no matter how talented. Result? Chief executives are turning to their enterprise's senior leaders for help. Yet many CEOs stumble when creating ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An organization’s fate hinges on its CEO—right? Not according to the authors of Senior Leadership Teams.They argue that in today's world of neck-snapping change, demands on leaders in top roles are rapidly outdistancing the capabilities of any one person - no matter how talented. Result? Chief executives are turning to their enterprise's senior leaders for help. Yet many CEOs stumble when creating
... Read more
Building Design Strategy

Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives

by Thomas Lockwood, Thomas Walton ...

How can design be used to solve business problems? That's the question answered, in many innovative ways, by Building Design Strategy. Mark Dziersk, EunSool Kwon, Arnold Levin, Laura Weiss, and many more top-name contributors share their experience and insights. Topics explore the full range of issues today, including thinking ahead; adapting to challenges; developing tangible strategies; using ... Read more

$17.99 USD

How can design be used to solve business problems? That's the question answered, in many innovative ways, by Building Design Strategy. Mark Dziersk, EunSool Kwon, Arnold Levin, Laura Weiss, and many more top-name contributors share their experience and insights. Topics explore the full range of issues today, including thinking ahead; adapting to challenges; developing tangible strategies; using
... Read more
Dealstorming

The Secret Weapon That Can Solve Your Toughest Sales Challenges

by Tim Sanders ...

Sales genius is a team sport.As a B2B sales leader, you know that by Murphy’s Law, despite your team's best efforts, some deals will inevitably get stuck or key relationships will go sour. And too often, it's the most important ones—the last thing you need when millions of dollars are on the line."Dealstorming" is Tim Sanders’s term for a structured, scalable, repeatable process that can break ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Sales genius is a team sport.As a B2B sales leader, you know that by Murphy’s Law, despite your team's best efforts, some deals will inevitably get stuck or key relationships will go sour. And too often, it's the most important ones—the last thing you need when millions of dollars are on the line."Dealstorming" is Tim Sanders’s term for a structured, scalable, repeatable process that can break
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The Go Point

How to Get Off the Fence by Knowing What to Do and When to Do It

by Michael Useem ...

The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee
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Generations, Inc.

From Boomers to Linksters--Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work

by Meagan Johnson, Larry Johnson ...

Now that five different generations are on the job simultaneously--from Traditionals to Generation Y to Millennials--it's important for companies to understand how their people can not only coexist and cooperate, but thrive together as a team.Written by Meagan and Larry Johnson, a father-daughter team of two generational experts, Generations, Inc. offers the perspectives of people of different ... Read more

$6.49 USD

Now that five different generations are on the job simultaneously--from Traditionals to Generation Y to Millennials--it's important for companies to understand how their people can not only coexist and cooperate, but thrive together as a team.Written by Meagan and Larry Johnson, a father-daughter team of two generational experts, Generations, Inc. offers the perspectives of people of different
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IoT Inc: How Your Company Can Use the Internet of Things to Win in the Outcome Economy

by Bruce Sinclair ...

Grab the top spot in your industry by seizing the power of IoTSmart products are everywhere. They’re in our companies, in our homes, in our pockets. People love these products. But what they love more is what these products do—and for anyone running a business today, outcomes are the key.The Internet of Things (IoT) is the point of connection between products and the results they deliver—it’s ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Grab the top spot in your industry by seizing the power of IoTSmart products are everywhere. They’re in our companies, in our homes, in our pockets. People love these products. But what they love more is what these products do—and for anyone running a business today, outcomes are the key.The Internet of Things (IoT) is the point of connection between products and the results they deliver—it’s
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In Defense of Troublemakers

The Power of Dissent in Life and Business

by Charlan Jeanne Nemeth ...

An eminent psychologist explains why dissent should be cherished, not fearedWe've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and ... Read more

$16.99 USD

An eminent psychologist explains why dissent should be cherished, not fearedWe've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and
... Read more
Leaders: Born or Baked?

by Noel Dhiraj, Ahtal Nair, Shyamjith Sasidharan, Ashwin Baskar, Manoj Sharma ...

We are Muffin Eaters! Why that name you may ask? Well, all five of us (Ahtal, Ashwin, Manoj, Noel and Shyam) love eating muffins, and for the record, Tim Horton's muffins are the best so far.On to EPM 4173.You may be wondering what does that stand for. Well, it is the second-last course of our third semester at Lambton College In Toronto where we are students of the Advanced Project Management and ... Read more

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We are Muffin Eaters! Why that name you may ask? Well, all five of us (Ahtal, Ashwin, Manoj, Noel and Shyam) love eating muffins, and for the record, Tim Horton's muffins are the best so far.On to EPM 4173.You may be wondering what does that stand for. Well, it is the second-last course of our third semester at Lambton College In Toronto where we are students of the Advanced Project Management and
... Read more
三禧思維：亂世解決問題、活得更好的科學思考工具！

Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense

by 索爾‧珀爾馬特（Saul Perlmutter）、約翰‧坎貝爾（John Campbell）、羅伯．麥考恩（Robert MacCoun） ...

Series series 人文思潮
資訊爆量時代，究竟該相信什麼？專家各說各話，我們該如何做出最有利的選擇？不同立場的人，有可能「真確」溝通並攜手合作嗎？★諾貝爾獎物理學家X史丹佛心理學家X****人氣哲學教授置身資訊量爆炸的第三個千禧年，陪你思考再進化！運用心智「黑科技」，解決當代最棘手的難題！身處多語言、多文化的世界，更有效工作、更有機會成功、產出更可靠的結果！★源自加州大學柏克萊分校超人氣課程「理性與感性與科學」，獲美國大學沿用推廣，並成為高中版課程「給所有人的科學思考工具箱」！★《逆思維》作者亞當‧葛蘭特推薦：「在充滿不確定性和兩極... ... Read more

$10.99 USD

資訊爆量時代，究竟該相信什麼？專家各說各話，我們該如何做出最有利的選擇？不同立場的人，有可能「真確」溝通並攜手合作嗎？★諾貝爾獎物理學家X史丹佛心理學家X****人氣哲學教授置身資訊量爆炸的第三個千禧年，陪你思考再進化！運用心智「黑科技」，解決當代最棘手的難題！身處多語言、多文化的世界，更有效工作、更有機會成功、產出更可靠的結果！★源自加州大學柏克萊分校超人氣課程「理性與感性與科學」，獲美國大學沿用推廣，並成為高中版課程「給所有人的科學思考工具箱」！★《逆思維》作者亞當‧葛蘭特推薦：「在充滿不確定性和兩極...
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Be Data Literate

The Data Literacy Skills Everyone Needs to Succeed

by Jordan Morrow ...

WINNER: International Book Awards 2023 - Business: Technology (1st edition)Not everyone needs to be a data scientist, but everyone should be data literate in a fast-moving world that brings new technological developments every day.It is not enough for a business to have the best data if those using it don't understand the right questions to ask or how to use the information generated to make ... Read more

$29.99 USD

WINNER: International Book Awards 2023 - Business: Technology (1st edition)Not everyone needs to be a data scientist, but everyone should be data literate in a fast-moving world that brings new technological developments every day.It is not enough for a business to have the best data if those using it don't understand the right questions to ask or how to use the information generated to make
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Brainsteering

The Better Approach to Breakthrough Ideas

by Kevin P. Coyne, Shawn T. Coyne ...

“[The Coynes’] logical thinking exercises will help readers to maximize their ideation skills, both by systematically exploring every possible nook and cranny of an issue to find new ideas, and by systematically evaluating and honing the results.” —Publishers WeeklyFrom business strategists (and brothers) Shawn and Kevin Coyne comes a breakthrough problem-solving framework for developing better ... Read more

$10.99 USD

“[The Coynes’] logical thinking exercises will help readers to maximize their ideation skills, both by systematically exploring every possible nook and cranny of an issue to find new ideas, and by systematically evaluating and honing the results.” —Publishers WeeklyFrom business strategists (and brothers) Shawn and Kevin Coyne comes a breakthrough problem-solving framework for developing better
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Care After Covid: What the Pandemic Revealed Is Broken in Healthcare and How to Reinvent It

by Shantanu Nundy ...

A practical action plan for reinventing healthcare in a post-pandemic world—from a physician-entrepreneur who works with Fortune 500 companies.If the healthcare system were an emperor, Covid-19 tragically revealed that it had no clothes. Healthcare had to adapt, and quickly―sparking a dramatic acceleration of virtual care, drive-through testing, and home-based services. In the process, old rules ... Read more

$20.99 USD

A practical action plan for reinventing healthcare in a post-pandemic world—from a physician-entrepreneur who works with Fortune 500 companies.If the healthcare system were an emperor, Covid-19 tragically revealed that it had no clothes. Healthcare had to adapt, and quickly―sparking a dramatic acceleration of virtual care, drive-through testing, and home-based services. In the process, old rules
... Read more
Great People Decisions

Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them

by Claudio Fernández-Aráoz ...

Praise for Great People Decisions"Fernandez-Araoz has captured the essence of building great teams with a masterful and entirely practical study of what goes into getting people selection right."--JACK WELCH"Fernandez-Araoz does a great service with this wonderful book, teaching us how to accomplish the first task of any exceptional leader: get the right people on the bus, and into the right seats ... Read more

$26.00 USD

Praise for Great People Decisions"Fernandez-Araoz has captured the essence of building great teams with a masterful and entirely practical study of what goes into getting people selection right."--JACK WELCH"Fernandez-Araoz does a great service with this wonderful book, teaching us how to accomplish the first task of any exceptional leader: get the right people on the bus, and into the right seats
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I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career

The Power of Positive Workplace Politics

by Jane Horan ...

The must-read guide to understanding corporate politics in order to get aheadDesigned to provide the reader with an understanding of corporate politics from a positive perspective, I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career uses case studies to teach the essentials of organizational dynamics, power networks, and the decision-making processes and dilemmas involved in business. Examining corporate ... Read more

$12.00 USD

The must-read guide to understanding corporate politics in order to get aheadDesigned to provide the reader with an understanding of corporate politics from a positive perspective, I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career uses case studies to teach the essentials of organizational dynamics, power networks, and the decision-making processes and dilemmas involved in business. Examining corporate
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Solve It!

The Mindset and Tools of Smart Problem Solvers

by Dietmar Sternad ...

Apply the strategies and tools of smart problem solving-and succeed in work and life!What do Albert Einstein, Elon Musk, Sherlock Holmes and Mahatma Gandhiʼs six-year-old granddaughter have in common? They are all masters of the art of smart problem solving-a highly sought-after skill that you can learn too!• Gain insights into the surprising findings of the science of problem solving• Develop a ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Apply the strategies and tools of smart problem solving-and succeed in work and life!What do Albert Einstein, Elon Musk, Sherlock Holmes and Mahatma Gandhiʼs six-year-old granddaughter have in common? They are all masters of the art of smart problem solving-a highly sought-after skill that you can learn too!• Gain insights into the surprising findings of the science of problem solving• Develop a
... Read more
Supply Chain Risk Management

Vulnerability and Resilience in Logistics

by Donald Waters ...

Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today. The challenge for businesses today is to mitigate this risk through creating resilient supply chains.Addressing this need, ***Supply Chain Risk Management***guides you through the whole risk management process from start to finish. Using jargon-free language, this accessible book covers the ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today. The challenge for businesses today is to mitigate this risk through creating resilient supply chains.Addressing this need, ***Supply Chain Risk Management***guides you through the whole risk management process from start to finish. Using jargon-free language, this accessible book covers the
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Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers

by Ginger Levin DPA, PMP, PgMP ...

Improve Your Interpersonal Skills to Achieve Greater Management Success!Any formula for management success must include a high level of interpersonal skills. The growing complexity of organizational portfolios, programs, and projects, as well as the increasing number and geographic dispersion of stakeholders and employees, makes a manager's interpersonal skills critical. The frequency and variety ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Improve Your Interpersonal Skills to Achieve Greater Management Success!Any formula for management success must include a high level of interpersonal skills. The growing complexity of organizational portfolios, programs, and projects, as well as the increasing number and geographic dispersion of stakeholders and employees, makes a manager's interpersonal skills critical. The frequency and variety
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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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