"This book is an accessible and comparatively short text that can comfortably be read cover-to-cover over the course of a semester. It has been written for readers with little or no prior knowledge of the concepts of management or experience in professional management activities. It forms an academically rigorous, accurate and consistent treatment of a subject that draws on a wide field rife with competing definitions, methodological variety, conceptual...

¿Todavía no se explica cómo ese prometedor trato internacional descarriló en el último minuto? O, peor todavía, ¿por qué su socio no cumplió con su parte del trato? ¿Por qué a menudo los proyectos internacionales resultan ser un poco más caros, un poco más lentos y un poco más difíciles en comparación con los proyectos nacionales comparables? ¿Por qué algunas personas verbalizan un sí cuando en realidad piensan que...

"A Symphony of Choices follows Jerry Hall, the new Symphony Orchestra manager at a prestigious symphony who is concerned about all the challenging plans for the new season: the 100th anniversary of the symphony. Because he's faced with handling many professional and personal challenges every day, his partner is not exactly thrilled about his new position. Jerry has played with the symphony for twenty years, thus gaining great understanding as a symphony...

In this latest episode of the Power Skills Project, Adam is joined by the fantastic Ruth Farenga who joins him to discuss being a conscious leader. Ruth is the Founder of Conscious Leaders, a business that helps leaders develop a calm, collaborative and productive workplace. She is a facilitator, and executive coach, runs The Conscious Leaders Podcast and is the author of a new bestselling book, 'Next Level Leadership: nine lessons from conscious...

Risk intelligence supports organizational resilience by helping leaders identify and manage a broad array of potential threats to their company’s value exchange system over time and across changing business contexts. To strengthen their organization’s risk intelligence, leaders should systematically categorize and interpret risk events, compartmentalize uncertainty and reduce its impact, and construct and contextualize an enterprise...

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"The tight labor market in recent years has created a crisis for employers trying to hire and retain talent, and changed employees' expectations of employers. This book describes the new workforce and how forward-thinking employers can adapt to the newly empowered workforce to hire, retain, and inspire employees"--

"Amacom's classic black book on project management shows a new generation of readers the ropes with all new tips and strategies"--Resource description page

Gale Presents: Udemy is an online learning platform that provides instruction for adults who want to upskill for a new job, advance in their current profession, or deepen a personal interest. This top collection, curated from courses from Udemy.com and powered by Udemy for Business, gives users access to relevant skills training, helping them achieve success at work and in life. Before enrolling, users can review key information about a course, its...