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Eugene F. Brigham, Michael C. Ehrhardt
Financial Management: Theory & Practice (with Thomson ONE - Business School Edition 1-Year Printed Access Card)
by South-Western College Pub (Hardcover)
Written for and praised by students just like you, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE gives you relevant, practical, and easy-to-understand information covering all of the financial management topics you need to succeed in this course. Underlying theory is presented first in an accessible style and then followed by the practical application.
T. Boone Pickens
The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future
by Crown Business (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-09-02)
With a Plan for Reducing U.S. Oil DependencyIt’s never too late to top your personal best.Now eighty years old, T. Boone Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. Known as the “Oracle of Oil” because of his uncanny ability to predict the direction of fuel prices, he built Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil companies in the United States, from a $2,500 investment. In the 1980s, Pickens became a household name when he executed a series of unsolicited buyout bids for undervalued oil companies, in the process reinventing the notion of shareholders’ rights. Even his failures were successful in that they forced risk-averse managers to reconsider the way they did business.When Pickens left Mesa at age sixty-eight after a spectacular downward spiral in the company’s profits, many counted him out. Indeed, what followed for him was a painful divorce, clinical depression, a temporary inability to predict the movement of energy prices, and the loss of 90 ...
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
The One Minute Manager
by William Morrow (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1982-09-01)
For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees.The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits.That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.
Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)
by Jossey-Bass (Hardcover)
Guy Kawasaki
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
by Portfolio Hardcover (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2004-09-09)
What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers. The Art of the Start will give you the essential steps to launch great products, services, and companies—whether you are dreaming of starting the next Microsoft or a not-for-profit that’s going to change the world. It also shows managers how to unleash entrepreneurial thinking at established companies, helping them foster the pluck and creativity that their businesses need to stay ahead of the pack. Kawasaki provides readers with GIST—Great Ideas for Starting Things—including his field-tested insider’s techniques for bootstrapping, branding, networking, recruiting, pitching, rainmaking, and, most important in this ...
Arbinger Institute, The Arbinger Institute
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
by Berrett-Koehler Publishers (Hardcover)
John P. Kotter
Leading Change
by Harvard Business School Press (Hardcover)
One of the world's foremost experts on business leadership distills 25 years of experience and wisdom in this visionary guide to what it will take to lead the organization of the 21st century. "Every business leader can profit from Kotters thinking on change."--Larry Bossidy, Chairman and CEO, AlliedSignal, Inc. Available August 1996.
James C. Collins
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by Topeka Bindery (Library Binding)
Charles D Ellis
The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs
by Tantor Media (CD)
With unparalleled access to the firm's enigmatic leadership, The Partnership chronicles the brilliant men who built one of the world's largest investment banks.
Felix Dennis
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets
by Portfolio Hardcover (Hardcover)
An outspoken entrepreneurial dynamo reveals the secrets behind his self-made fortuneStarting as a college dropout with no family money, Felix Dennis made himself the sixty-fifth richest individual in the U.K. And had a blast in the process. How to Get Rich, his #1 British bestseller, is different from any other book on the subject because Dennis isn’t selling snake oil, investment tips, or motivational claptrap. Having already made his fortune, he merely wants to help readers embrace entrepreneurship—and learn from his successes and failures. Dennis reveals, for example, why a regular paycheck is like crack cocaine; why being young, penniless, and inexperienced is a fine combination; why great ideas are vastly overrated; and why “ownership isn’t the important thing, it’s the only thing.” Part naked memoir, part contrarian manual, this book is invaluable for anyone willing to stare down failure and take a chance on not just getting rich, but very rich indeed!