Colin: 2238 books
21 Dirty Tricks at Work
How to Beat the Game of Office Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
21 Dirty Tricks at Work is about lies. The type of underhand, pernicious and downright Machiavellian scheming that goes on in business every day. An estimated £7.8bn is lost each year in the UK alone though unnecessary and counter-productive office politicking. But 21 Dirty Tricks at Work is also...
Firm Commitment
Why the corporation is failing us and how to restore trust in it
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the wealth that we possess....
Accelerating Performance
How Organizations Can Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Transform your organization into a dynamic catalyst for success
Accelerating Performance is not just another “warm and fuzzy” change management book—it's a practical, comprehensive, data-driven action plan for picking up the pace and achieving more. Co-written by one of the authors of...
Dead Distillers
A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery follow their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits.
Dead Distillers is a spirited portrait of the unusual and storied origins of forgotten drunkenness.
The...
by Colin Austin, Robert Giloth
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Throughout the nonprofit sector, successes are celebrated and mistakes tend to be deliberately forgotten. But, as Mistakes to Success: Learning and Adapting When Things Go Wrong makes clear, this is a lost opportunity. Discussing, analyzing and learning from mistakes should be a common practice, which...
by Colin Holgate, Joel Gerdeen
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
The ideal reader for this book would be someone who already knows LiveCode, is interested in creating mobile apps, and wants to save the many hours it took for me to track down all of the information on how to get started! Chapter 1, LiveCode Fundamentals, will help those of you who know programming...
Making Strategy
Mapping Out Strategic Success
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
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'Demystifies strategy making while at the same time deepening our understanding of what the process entails. Their work is a marvellous guide for those striving to make sense of complexity' -
Karl E. Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished...
by John Armour, Dan Awrey, Paul Davies
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
The financial crisis of 2007-9 revealed serious failings in the regulation of financial institutions and markets, and prompted a fundamental reconsideration of the design of financial regulation. As the financial system has become ever-more complex and interconnected, the pace of evolution continues...
Influential Leadership
A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014
This book is about action, results and leadership. Using a simple new framework, it will show you how to make the sort of progress in your work which your organization wants and needs. At the same time, this progress will give you the space to become a real leader. A leader who is strong, inspirational,...
Top-Notch Debt Solutions
An Extensive Listing Of Debt Tips and Debt Strategies For Getting Out Of Debt With Fast, Easy And Effective Ways To Pay Off Debts And Eliminate Debt Successfully
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Reckless spending makes it very easy for debts to pile up. Without careful tracking of expenses, it will be difficult to catch up with regular monthly payments of bills plus the extras.
That’s why expert financial advisors always reiterate the importance of budgeting and living within...
Theories of Performance
Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public Domain
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
How well do governments do in converting the resources they take from us - like taxes - into services that improve the well-being of individuals, groups, and society as a whole? In other words: how well do they perform? This question has become increasingly prominent in public debates over the past...
Resource Allocation in the Public Sector
Values, Priorities and Markets in the Management of Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
In the public sector at the moment resources are scarce - or at the very least finite and limited - how they are allocated is therefore of crucial importance.
This book analyses this process and examines the competing values that underlie the public service ethic, including the role of markets and...
Measuring the Global Shadow Economy
The Prevalence of Informal Work and Labour
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
This book brings together two leading researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the shadow economy from a global perspective. Reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring the informal sector, the authors evaluate its size and key determinants across...
by Colin Bamford
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This book explains the legal principles and rules, concepts and developments that underpin the practice of financial law in common law countries, and by extension across the world. One of the aims of the book is to explain clearly the basis of the concepts applied by the common law to financial transactions....