Oak Tree Press: 139 books

DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA: THE IRISH ADVANTAGE AND CHALLENGE emphasises Ireland’s favourable conditions for developing business links with China. Located in the European Union, Ireland is the only English-speaking country in the Eurozone, with a well-educated workforce and a low corporate tax rate...

For regional stakeholders, this Guide presents the eDIGIREGION Regional innovation Benchmark Audit tool, its structure, how it can be used, what data is required, and how to perform a Regional Innovation Benchmark Audit. The Guide also provides a set of tried and tested methods for engaging with...

Using five simple, but crucial questions, The Business Battlecard helps you craft a winning strategy to grow your company and rally your team. A strategy that will win you the war on several fronts: the battle against competitors, the battle for customers’ minds, the battle for investors’ wallets,...

Region-specific Joint Action Plans (JAPs) are regional roadmaps developed collaboratively and jointly by stakeholders within a given region, whose aim is to enhance the economic development and sustainability of their regions. Regional stakeholders, including representatives from local and regional...

WinWin means both parties must benefit from the transaction: your company and the customer. WinWin Selling will help you to: Become a top-class professional; Develop and maintain the highest standards of self-confidence and motivation; Develop skills, knowledge, attitudes and capabilities that will...

The implementation of a 1999 White Paper on Rural Development was superseded by the construction boom in the early 2000s, which although bringing welcome jobs to rural areas was an unsustainable form of economic development. As a result, when the crisis hit, it hit rural areas disproportionally hard...

Success depends on getting things done. Why then, is it invariably so difficult? What IS the secret of getting things done? Is it enough to use your 'to do' list better, or do you have to change your whole mindset and even personality?

Good influencers are comfortable using a range of influencing methods. This eBook looks at the process of influencing, the skills managers need to be influential, the impact of influencing on relationships with others and the psychology of influence.

Most managers spend between 25% and 75% of their time in meetings – and estimate that 60% is wasted. The responsibility for the success of a meeting lies in the chairperson’s hands? This ebook looks at what it takes to run fantastic meetings.

Formulating and implementing a culture in your organisation that nurtures employees and their performance is key to creating advantage. This ebook deals with recruiting and selecting staff, managing their performance, and delegating effectively.

For many knowledge-intensive or technology-based start-up companies, the professional management of intellectual property (IP) is critically important. In fact, IP may be the main asset by which the value of a young company is determined and on which decisions to invest in the company are based –...

Here's the secret of good business writing: writing is a craft; business writing can be managed: good business writing comes from drafting, crafting, and then shafting everything in your document that is not essential.

Lean tools and techniques are helping companies across the globe to address competitiveness within their businesses, building the capability of their people to identify issues and improve their operations. Lean is shorthand for focusing on effectiveness and efficiency across all areas of a business....

Outsourcing is a strategic decision that can be oversimplified and done too hastily. This ebook explains the strategic issues relating to outsourcing and that managing outsourcing differs from managing the same activities internally.