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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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The development of technical leadership capabilities is often overlooked as a training requirement in organisations but skills such as critical thinking and knowing when and how to exert your influence are key to business success. In this book management experts Brian Sutton and Robina Chatham describe and explain five management techniques to help you develop your leadership capabilities and build a winning team. With real life examples, tips and...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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The increasing urgency of environmental issues necessitates the rethinking of our societal model. This book explores this assertion by going back in time and pinpointing the turning points in the evolution of European society that we are currently experiencing. Productive Economy, Contributory Economy presents an analysis of the factors affecting the evolution of our societal model, emerging from sedentarism, which culminated in the industrial age....
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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
More than one-third of projects have a budget of seven figures or more, so handling the finances is an essential part of a project manager's repertoire. Keeping to budget is not always easy, and it is made harder by the fact that project managers themselves don't always get control over the money. As the 'average' project has its budget revised at least three times, the situation can be further complicated. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
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"This illustrated book extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures, making their design and construction approachable and understandable to non-engineers. Readers will learn to identify characteristics of the electrical grid, roadways, railways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, and more"--
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Planning, scheduling and time management are all key skills for project managers. Every project, irrespective of time frame, needs accurate plans and a managed schedule to be successful and meet its aims and objectives. This ebook addresses vital aspects of this process, such as identifying and setting tasks, keeping the momentum going and managing fixed project dates.This is one section of the book "Shortcuts to Success".
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Research shows there is no 'model' project manager. Every individual approaches project management in a different way, bringing with them a unique set of skills and experiences. Becoming a good project manager is often largely about self-development. This ebook gives a huge range of ideas and tips on issues such as time management, career progression, managing a personal brand, and navigating office politics. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Project scope forms part of the 'golden triangle' of project management along with resources and time. If there is a change to any part of the triangle, another element has to change to keep the balance. This eBook helps project managers to understand how their project fits into the overall strategy of an organisation, how to avoid the traps of assumptions, manage risks and prevent scope creep. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts to Success"....
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Based on Bill Fisher's three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without. As a banker in Silicon Valley in the '80s and a businessman who founded a number of successful companies beginning in the '90s, Fisher has seen firsthand the kind of rookie mistakes aspiring entrepreneurs make that end up stopping them before they have a chance to get started.
Fisher...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The economic process of financialization is defined by many as the development of the dependence and subordination of the productive sector to the financial sector. Leading to an emphasis on maximising shareholder value above all else, the financialization of the economy and production has an enormous impact on the everyday life of ordinary people including the erosion of employment right, the rise of precarious work, and rising inequalities. Using...
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Series
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Español
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La Riqueza de las Naciones, es la famosa obra de Adam Smith. Además de análisis teóricos sobre el funcionamiento de las llamadas sociedades comerciales, las ventajas y problemas asociados a la división del trabajo, el valor, la distribución del ingreso y la acumulación de capital, el libro trae consideraciones históricas y abundante material empírico, siendo considerado un momento de inflexión en el desarrollo de la historia del pensamiento...
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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Projects succeed through people, so project managers need to be adept at working with others, especially as projects usually involve a group of people whose day jobs have very little in common. Additionally, project managers tend not to have line management authority but still need to instruct, motivate, coach and cajole the team members. This ebook covers managing the team, the project sponsor and the stakeholders. This is one section of the book...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"David Ricardo has been acclaimed - or vilified - for merits he would never have dreamt of, or sins for which he was entirely innocent. Entrenched mythology labels him as a utilitarian economist, an enemy of the working class, an impractical theorist, a scientist with 'no philosophy at all' and the author of a formalist methodological revolution. Exploring a middle ground between theory and biography, this book explores the formative intellectual...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Create your own quiet refuge with tips and affordable decor ideas from popular blogger and author Liz Marie Galvan. Liz's friendly blend of inspiration, interactive elements, and intentional living ideas will help you create cozy spaces, healthy habits, and will fill your home with peace and connection.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The key to effective leadership is being fit for the challenge. Leadership is a perpetual boxing match in many respects in which preparation, stamina and skill are required. Only the strongest survive. Every decision and tollgate along the career journey is laden with risk. Those leaders who harness risk to their advantage will land the knockout punch in every fight. The only question is how many leaders will be fit enough for the challenge? The purpose...
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2015.
Language
Español
Description
The Anahuac Journal Business and Economics es una revista académica publicada en forma conjunta por la Facultad de Negocios de la Universidad Anahuac-México Sur y LID Editorial Mexicana en los meses de enero y julio. Incluye articulos de investigacion y estudios con resultados originales que tratan problemas de economia y negocios. Esta edicion presenta una seleccion de cuatro de los articulos mas destacados publicados por el journal en los ultimos...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Doing Statistical Analysis looks at three kinds of statistical research questions - descriptive, associational and inferential - and shows students how to conduct statistical analyses and interpret the results. Keeping equations to a minimum, it uses a conversational style and relatable examples such as football, covid-19 and tourism, to aid understanding. Each chapter contains practice exercises, and a section showing students how to reproduce the...
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Français
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L'Europe est en crise. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? Qu'est-ce qui n'a pas fonctionné ? Dans l'urgence, les États de la zone euro ne sont-ils pas en train de créer un monstre adémocratique ? L'euroscepticisme est-il réactionnaire ? Une fédération à 27 pourrait-elle fonctionner efficacement ?Ce livre est un appel. Un appel qui s'adresse à l'intelligence de chaque citoyen. Un exercice de lucidité et une incitation à la réflexion. Un cri...
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Français
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La sphère marchande, désormais mondialisée et digitalisée, entre en violente collision avec les politiques de nombreux pays européens. En effet, le néo-libéralisme américain apporte une incontestable croissance économique et une extraordinaire élévation du niveau de vie. Il exige cependant une mobilité parfaite et une individualisation du travail. En revanche, les États-providences européens furent bâtis, à l'opposé du néo-libéralisme,...
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English
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David F. Ruccio is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of the interdisciplinary journal Rethinking Marxism, and coeditor (with Jack Amariglio and Stephen Cullenberg) of Postmodernism, Economics, and Knowledge. Jack Amariglio, Professor of Economics at Merrimack College, was the first editor of Rethinking Marxism and is coeditor of Postmodernism, Economics, and Knowledge.
Of all the areas of contemporary...
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English
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Are free market economies really based on fleecing the consumer? Is the U.S. economy truly just a giant free-for-all that encourages duplicity in our everyday transactions? Is everyone from corporate CEOs to your local car salesman really looking to make a buck at your expense? In Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't, economist and bestselling author John R. Lott, Jr., answers these and other common economic...
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