Whether you're new to the field or a seasoned executive this book will give you a firm grasp on what it takes to make an organization perform It presents the basic principles of management simply but not simplistically Why did an e Bay succeed where a Webvan did not? Why do you need both a business model & a strategy? Why is it impossible to manage without the right performance measures & do yours pass the test? What Management Is is both a beginner's guide & a bible for one of the greatest social innovations of modern times the discipline of management Joan Magretta a former top editor at the Harvard Business Review distills the wisdom of a bewildering sea of books & articles into one simple clear volume explaining both the logic of successful organizations & how that logic is embodied in practice Magretta makes rich use of examples -- contemporary & historical -- to bring to life management's High Concepts value creation business models competitive strategy & organizational design She devotes equal attention to the often unwritten rules of execution that characterize the best-performing organizations Throughout she shows how the principles of management that work in for-profit businesses can -- & must -- be applied to nonprofits as well Most management books preach a single formula or a single fad This one roams knowledgeably over the best that has been thought & written with a practical eye for what matters in real organizations Not since Peter Drucker's great work of the 1950s & 1960s has there been a comparable effort to present the work of management as a coherent whole to take stock of the current state of play & to write about it thoughtfully for readers of all backgrounds Newcomers will find the basics demystified More experienced readers will recognize a store of useful wisdom & a framework for improving their own performance This is the big-picture management book for our times It defines a common standard of managerial literacy that will help all of us lead more productive lives whether we aspire to be managers or not ...

This is not a book about one thing It's not a 250-page dissertation on leadership teams or motivation Instead it's an agenda for building organizations that can flourish in a world of diminished hopes relentless change & ferocious competition This is not a book about doing better 304 pages Hamel Gary ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ali Davis (Taraji P Henson) is a successful sports agent who&8217;s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man&8217;s world until she gains the ability to hear men&8217;s thoughts! With her newfound power Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends & a potential new love interest (Aldis Hodge) to the test Bonus Features Include Deleted & Extended Scenes Gag Reel ...

What Money Can't Buy is the Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller from 'the superstar philosopher' Michael Sandel Should we financially reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons or selling citizenship? In recent decades market values have impinged on almost every aspect of life
- medicine education government law even family life We have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society In What Money Can't Buy Michael Sandel asks Isn't there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? & how do we protect the things that really matter?' Brilliant easily readable beautifully delivered & often funny an indispensable book' David Aaronovitch The Times' In a culture mesmerised by the market Sandel's is the indispensable voice of reason' John Gray New Statesman' Provocative & intellectually suggestive little less than a wake-up call' Rowan Williams Prospect'A star philosopher entertaining & provocative' Diane Coyle Independent ' Let's hope that What Money Can't Buy by being so patient & accumulative in its argument & examples marks a permanent shift in these debates' John Lanchester Guardian Michael J Sandel is the Anne T & Robert M Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University His legendary ' Justice' course is the first Harvard course made freely available online (www Justice Harvardorg) & on television Hiss work has been translated into 15 languages & been the subject of television series in the UK the US Japan South Korea Sweden & the Middle East He has delivered the Tanner Lectures at Oxford & been a visiting professor at the Sorbonne Paris In 2010 China Newsweek named him the most influential foreign figure of the year in China Sandel was the 2009 BBC Reith Lecturer & his most recent book Justice is an international bestseller
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' Naomi Stadlen's What Mothers Do Especially When It Looks Like Nothing makes you feel like a million dollars' Zoe Williams Guardian Have you ever spent all day looking after your baby or young child
- & ended up feeling that you have 'done nothing all day'? Do you sometimes find it hard to feel pleased with what you are doing & tell yourself you should achieve more with your time? Maybe it's because you can't see how much you are doing already In this unique & perceptive look at mothering Naomi Stadlen draws on many years' work with hundreds of other mothers of a wide variety of ages & backgrounds She explores mothers' experiences to reveal what they
- & you
- are doing when it may look to everyone else like nothing If you are a mother & have ever felt that nobody understands what you do all day; overwhelmed by your feelings for your baby; tired all the time; that nothing prepared you for motherhood; uncertain what your baby seems to want; short-tempered with your partner
- you will find this the most reassuring book you have ever picked up



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From the author of the unforgettable bestseller TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER comes another surprising beautiful & funny novel about a child who by disappearing will write herself into your heart forever Turning invisible at will it's one way of curing your acne But far more drastic than 13 year-old Ethel Leatherhead intended when she tried a combination of untested medicines & a sunbed It's fun at first being invisible & aided by her friend Boydy she manages to keep her extraordinary ability secret Or does she? When one day the invisibility fails to wear off Ethel is thrown into a nightmare of lies & deception as she struggles to keep herself safe to find the remedy that will make her seen again
- & solve the mystery of her own birth
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A brand new never-before-seen rhyming romp of a picture book from the legendary Dr Seuss
- special Collector's edition This never-ever-before-seen
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A brilliantly original picture book with an important message about the environment from Children's Laureate Lauren Child
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One of four titles in Thames & Hudson's innovative new ' Big Idea' series this well-informed & lucid book takes a comprehensive look at the incredible ideas & possibilities born from the simple question ' What shape is space?' 144 pages with over 200 illustrations Sparrow Giles ...

If you find the subject of food to be both vexing & transfixing you'll love What She Ate' Elle Dorothy Wordsworth believed that feeding her poet brother William gooseberry tarts was her part to play in a literary movement Cockney chef Rosa Lewis became a favourite of King Edward VII who loved her signature dish of whole truffles boiled in Champagne Eleanor Roosevelt dished up Eggs Mexican
- a concoction of rice fried eggs & bananas
- in the White House Eva Braun treated herself to Champagne & cake in the bunker before killing herself alongside Adolf Hitler Barbara Pym's novels overflow with enjoyment of everyday meals
- of frozen fish fingers & Chablis
- in midcentury England Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown's idea of having it all meant having almost nothing on the plate except a supersized portion of diet gelatin In the irresistible What She Ate Laura Shapiro examines the plates recipe books & shopping trolleys of these six extraordinary women casting a new light on each of their lives
- revealing love & rage desire & denial need & pleasure




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