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Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management
7,
01/09/1998,
£14.99
£13.49
Highlights the thinking and practical applications that are defining the field of knowledge management. This book includes Peter Drucker's prophetic "The Coming of the New Organization" and Ikujiro Nonaka's "Knowledge-Creating Company".
New History of Management
Paperback,
30/09/2017,
£27.99
£25.19
This book argues that if we are to think differently about management, we must first rewrite management history.
C.K. Prahalad & Gary Hamel's The Core Competence of the Corporation
Paperback,
05/07/2017,
£5.99
£5.39
One of the most reprinted articles in the history of the Harvard Business Review, "The Core Competence of the Corporation" challenged and redefined traditional concepts of management strategy in an increasingly global and competitive market. Prahalad and Hamel base their 1990 argument on a comparison of case studies.
John P. Kotter's Leading Change
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£5.99
£5.39
Managing change in a rapidly shifting economy and an era of increased globalization requires strong leadership-and a practical step-by-step approach. Distilling wisdom from years of coaching organizations, Kotter, a professor at Harvard Business School, identifies eight common mistakes that managers make when implementing change.
Douglas McGregor's The Human Side of Enterprise
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£5.99
£5.39
Douglas McGregor's 1960 book is a vital study of the conditions that make employment satisfying and meaningful. Traditionally, managers assumed people were lazy and would not work unless strictly controlled. McGregor believed this was a faulty view of human nature.
Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£5.99
£5.39
Innovation Management: Strategy and Implementation Using the Pentathlon Framework
Paperback,
17/03/2010,
£45.99
£41.39
Designed primarily for students on MBA and executive education courses, this practical text uses a 'pentathlon' framework for discussing key issues. The authors provide pragmatic tools for the effective management of innovation and develop strategies for improving performance in both service and manufacturing companies.
Global Business Environment: Challenges and Responsibilities
Paperback,
18/11/2016,
£52.99
£47.69
The new edition of Janet Morrison's engaging and comprehensive textbook explores the economic, political, social, legal and cultural environments in which businesses operate. Thoroughly updated, now featuring videos and interactive ebook, it challenges readers to think critically about the challenges and responsibilities of global issues.
Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About International Business
Paperback,
17/09/2008,
£15.99
£14.39
Explains why studying international business is important to you as an individual in a humorous and insightful way.
Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Cross-Cultural Management
Paperback,
18/05/2017,
£15.99
£14.39
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the `Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about International Business 2ed
Paperback,
24/05/2017,
£15.99
£14.39
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the `Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
Change management
Paperback,
13/05/2008,
£29.99
£26.99
This updated and expanded edition of the highly successful text on change management uses current examples with a strategic focus to guide students through the issues and processes associated with managing change.
Management Theory and Practice
Paperback,
08/04/2015,
£41.99
£37.79
With chapters covering all aspects of management theory and practice commonly taught on undergraduate courses, this edition focuses on real world examples of management in practice with the introduction of vignettes. It also includes skills sheets and a running case study, which will help students put what they have learned into practice.
Path of Least Resistance for Managers
7,
01/04/1999,
£14.99
£13.49
This edition shows why most change efforts don't work and explains how to redesign organizations to succeed. It also shows the reader how to take structural laws into account when they restructure their own organizations, so changes they attempt to make do succeed, and they can achieve their goals.
Digital DNA: Disruption and the Challenges for Global Governance
Hardback,
31/07/2017,
£25.99
£23.39
Innovation in information and production technologies is generating both benefits and disruption, rapidly altering how firms and markets perform at a basic level. Digital DNA is an engaging examination of the opportunities, challenges, and ways that countries and the international community can govern developments for broad benefit.
Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers
Hardback,
17/09/2015,
£12.99
£11.69
Joris Luyendijk, an investigative journalist, knew as much about banking as the average person: almost nothing. Bankers, he thought, were ruthless, competitive, bonus-obsessed sharks, irrelevant to his life. And then he was assigned to investigate the financial sector.
Corporation 2020: Transforming Business for Tomorrow's World
Hardback,
20/09/2012,
£22.99
£20.69
There is an emerging consensus that all is not well with today's market-centric economic model. This book presents approaches to measuring the true costs of business and its obligation to society. It offers a hopeful vision for the role of business in shaping an equitable, sustainable future.
Market Research in Practice: An Introduction to Gaining Greater Market Insight 3ed
Paperback,
03/03/2016,
£29.99
£26.99
Learn the fundamentals of market research with this essential resource for students, new researchers and marketers.
Business Studies
Paperback,
01/06/2008,
£44.99
£40.49
The bestselling GCE Business Studies texts updated and improved for the new specifications
Practical Introduction to Managment Science 2ed
Paperback,
17/03/1998,
£46.99
£42.29
This work provides a general inroduction to the field of management science, and gives a balanced view of the most widely used applications. It shows how managers can use scientific ideas to solve business problems.
Thriving on Chaos
7,
10/02/1989,
£9.99
£8.99
The author of In Search of Excellence has written a hands-on guide to coping with uncertainty and change and delivers it in the energetic style that has made him a star in every business community. "A provocative and worthwhile book, loaded with sound advice".--Across the Board.
Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector
Paperback,
11/03/2005,
£29.99
£26.99
Linking theory and practice, this book aims at equipping public managers and those studying public management with the necessary knowledge and skills to manage risk, and effectively deal with crises. It covers events and incidents such as: natural catastrophes; terrorist attacks; corporate failures; and more.
Service Management: Operations, Strategy, Information Techno
Paperback,
01/07/2010,
£47.99
£43.19
Offers conceptual and applied coverage of different aspects of the management and operation of services. This book also offers the information on Six-Sigma and RFID, as well as developments in other important industry topics.
Decisions: The Complexities of Individual and Organizational Decision-Making
Paperback,
29/12/2017,
£19.95
£17.96
Based on research from several fields, it provides useful reading and essential knowledge for scholars and students throughout the social sciences and for everyone who wants to understand their own decisions and those of others.
Developing Skills for Business Leadership
Paperback,
17/02/2014,
£46.99
£42.29
Manage yourself and others in the workplace better with this definitive textbook.
Business Plan Workbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating and Developing a Successful Business
Paperback,
03/02/2018,
£19.99
£17.99
Form an effective business plan for ventures and expansions using proven methodologies and practical resources.
International Business: The Challenges of Globalization, Global Edition 8ed
Paperback,
24/03/2015,
£62.99
£56.69
Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
Paperback,
13/12/2013,
£17.99
£16.19
Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World 4ed
Paperback,
12/04/2018,
£46.99
£42.29
The only book with a 'themes and issues' approach that encourages critical engagement with contemporary debates in the business environment.
ICSA Guide to Document Retention
Paperback,
01/11/2011,
£54.95
£49.46
All organisations need to keep certain records for legal and commercial reasons. The difficulty lies in knowing which documents should be kept and for how long.
Emerging Business Ventures under Market Socialism: Entrepreneurship in China
Hardback,
17/12/2013,
£41.99
£37.79
Studying Leadership: Traditional and Critical Approaches 2ed
Paperback,
14/12/2017,
£39.99
£35.99
Now in its second edition, Studying Leadership continues to provide a comprehensive overview of the key theories, topics, research debates and major developments in the field of leadership studies.
Managing Change, Creativity and Innovation 3ed
Paperback,
29/03/2017,
£43.99
£39.59
A fresh approach to managing organizational change by looking at it as complex, dynamic and messy as opposed to a series of neat, linear stages and processes leading to success.
Knowledge Management in Organizations 4ed
Paperback,
12/04/2018,
£44.99
£40.49
The most comprehensive and critical textbook on knowledge management, in an accessible, concise format.
Work, Wealth, and Postmodernism: The Intellectual Conflict at the Heart of Business Endeavour
Hardback,
25/05/2018,
£119.99
£96.00
This work examines the rise of postmodernism in management scholarship and argues that the prevalence of postmodernist thought reflects a lack of understanding by management researchers of the core principles upon which Western business endeavour is based.
Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work
Paperback,
02/06/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
Why do smart people do stupid things at work? Welcome to the idea of functional stupidity.
Strategic Human Resource Management 2ed
Paperback,
10/04/2018,
£44.99
£40.49
The well-respected author team strike the ideal balance between the latest academic theory and real-world practice, making this the most applied SHRM textbook written in an eminently student-friendly format.
Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future
Paperback,
03/10/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
Ally humans with technology to develop an agile, future-proof and superpowered workforce.
Corporate Emotional Intelligence: Being Human in a Corporate World
Paperback,
09/10/2018,
£19.99
£17.99
An original analysis of how human behaviour is conditioned within corporate cultures, and how managers come to adopt unconscious controlling habits that are counter-productive, inhibit growth, and create cultures of fear.
Leadership: Theory and Practice 8ed
Paperback,
23/04/2018,
£73.00
£65.70
Used at more than 1500 institutions in 89 countries and translated into 12 different languages, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and practical examples that help students apply what they learn.
Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It
Paperback,
07/02/2019,
£9.99
£8.99
A ground-breaking big-ideas book exploring failure in business, government, and life - from the winners of the 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken-Bower prize.
Business Writer's Handbook
24/01/2019,
£31.99
£28.79
From abstracts to online professional profiles, from blogs and forums to the e-mail and formal reports, The Business Writer's Handbook uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify business writing today.
Managing Change/Changing Managers
Paperback,
06/05/2004,
£29.99
£26.99
The topic of change management presents students with many challenges. One of the most difficult is making sense of the plethora of guru and hero-manager literature. This textbook encourages readers to rigorously question popular management theory, presenting a challenging review of existing literature in the change management field.
Making customers matter
Paperback,
01/05/2010,
£5.99
£5.39
Helps to learn how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges with Lessons Learned. This title also offers all of the lessons in their original video format, free bonus videos, and other exclusive features online.
Studying Management Critically
Paperback,
29/08/2003,
£25.99
£23.39
Offers critical understandings of key areas of management theory and practice such as accounting, strategic management, marketing, business ethics and environmental management. The text also examines the relations between power and discursive practices in the modern corporation; gender and organizations; and critical methodology.
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