Oak Tree Press: 139 books

This updated book deals with the continuing fallout of the Irish property crash and helps prospective property buyers to identify opportunities in the Irish market in 2015. Packed with new techniques for a changed market, The Irish Property Buyers’ Handbook deals with sourcing off-market property,...

Making Training & Development Work is designed to help practitioners in the field of training and development to develop the most appropriate set of practices that will work within their organisation. The book is aimed at practitioners in the field of training and development, whether internal or external consultants or specialists.

Based on a deep pool of rich experience, our thoughts are simple examples of lessons learnt. We won’t say what's right and what's wrong, we'll simply tell you a story or two. We don’t mind if you don’t agree, it is only our opinion after all. We only do this to dispense and share a little wisdom. If any of it helps or rings true - share it.

For the past 30 years, Conor Kenny has learnt to sell largely by making lots of mistakes and working hard to understand what inspires a reaction and what it is that makes people buy or not. SALES TALES is based on his personal experience and real encounters in pursuit of sales excellence. The...

QUICK WIN B2B SALES is aimed at sales professionals who are interested in new ways of boosting their sales success. It contains the answers to the questions most commonly asked by sales people selling business-to-business solutions – questions that relate to the principal sales opportunities and challenges faced everyday.

APPROACHES TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH is designed for both undergraduate and postgraduate business students who are planning to undertake a research project or dissertation. Due to a lack of formal research training and experience, students can find completing research projects a daunting task. This,...

QUICK WIN HR IRELAND is aimed at owners and managers of small businesses and others in the workplace who manage staff, as well as HR practitioners. It provides concise, yet informative, answers to the most frequently asked questions about HR and staff issues in an Irish context. Like other titles...

Across the world, being promoted to manager is seen as a validation of career success. Professionals who spend all of their college education learning about engineering or accountancy or law have spent their early years applying that learning as an individual contributor and have had little opportunity...

QUICK WIN LEADERSHIP is aimed at both experienced and aspiring leaders who are looking for concise, yet informative, answers to the most frequently asked questions about the leadership role. In a meaningful way, this ebook explores complex issues related to leading others, providing simple and practical...

Social Enterprise in Ireland: A People’s Economy? draws together contributions from leading academics as well as practitioners in the social enterprise, finance, and community development sectors in Ireland and Europe. It aims to examine the concept of social enterprise, and what part it...

QUICK WIN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION is written for business people who recognise how vital effective communi¬cation is to their own success and to the success of their organisations. While you are reading through the answers to your questions, other business people may be discussing missions, goals,...

Co-operatives, owned and controlled by the people who use their services, represent a radically different way of running the businesses of the world, a strategy that is engaging the active commitment and creativity of more and more people world-wide. This book explores the co-operative way of doing...

THE ART OF ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS: A PEOPLE MANAGER'S TOOLKIT should be on your desk as a ‘go to guide’ that you can dip into as needed to remind you of the key questions you should ask in different situations throughout the employment journey. By asking the right questions, you will enhance...

The book focuses primarily on the impact of AI on in the knowledge economy – particularly Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service. It will encourage you to embrace the arrival of AI (particularly the Augmented variety) as a positive force for the enablement of knowledge workers, and will help you...