Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries game changers & challengers striving to defy outmoded business models & design tomorrows enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities but you dont yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors you need Business Model Generation. Co-created by 470 Business Model Canvas" practitioners from 45 countries the book features a beautiful highly visual 4-color design that takes powerful strategic ideas & tools & makes them easy to implement in your organization. It explains the most common Business Model patterns based on concepts from leading business thinkers & helps you reinterpret them for your own context. You will learn how to systematically understand design & implement a game-changing business model--or analyze & renovate an old one. Along the way youll understand at a much deeper level your customers distribution channels partners revenue streams costs & your core value proposition. Business Model Generation features practical innovation techniques used today by leading consultants & companies worldwide including 3M Ericsson Capgemini Deloitte & others. Designed for doers it is for those ready to abandon outmoded thinking & embrace new models of value creation: for executives consultants entrepreneurs & leaders of all organizations. If youre ready to change the rules you belong to "the business model generation!"" ...

A one-page tool to reinvent yourself & your career The global bestseller Business Model Generation introduced a unique visual way to summarize & creatively brainstorm any business or product idea on a single sheet of paper. Business Model You uses the same powerful one-page tool to teach readers how to draw personal business models " which reveal new ways their skills can be adapted to the changing needs of the marketplace to reveal new more satisfying career & life possibilities. Produced by the same team that created Business Model Generation this book is based on the Business Model Canvas methodology which has quickly emerged as the worlds leading business model description & innovation technique. This book shows readers how to: Understand business model thinking & diagram their current personal business model Understand the value of their skills in the marketplace & define their purpose Articulate a vision for change Create a new personal business model harmonized with that vision & most important test & implement the new model When you implement the one-page tool from Business Model You you create a game-changing business model for your life & career." ...

Achieve business success with Neuro-linguistic Programming People around the globe use NLP to improve their communication skills build rapport make positive changes & accomplish their goals. When used in a business context NLP techniques can transform both your own & your team's performances. This practical guide to NLP at work will help you increase your flexibility become more influential & achieve professional success whatever your career. * Use NLP techniques in the workplace
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Steven de Selby has a hangover. Bright lights loud noise & lots of exercise are the last thing he wants. But that's exactly what he gets when someone starts shooting at him. Steven is no stranger to death
- Mr. D's his boss after all
- but when a dead girl saves him from sharing her fate he finds himself on the wrong end of the barrel. His job is to guide the restless dead to the underworld but now his clients are his own colleagues friends & family. Mr. D's gone missing & with no one in charge the dead start to rise the living are hunted & the whole city teeters on the brink of a regional apocalypse
- unless Steven can shake his hangover not fall for the dead girl & find out what happened to his boss
- that is Death himself.



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It's a cold November night & DS Dennis Milne is waiting to kill three unarmed men. Cynical & jaded Milne earns money on the side by doing what he does best: punishing the bad guys. But he's been set up. This time instead of shooting drug dealers he kills two customs officers & an accountant. The hunter has become the hunted. With his colleagues & his enemies closing in on him Milne must use all of his skills just to stay alive. ...

Without a business plan no bank venture capital house or corporate parent will consider finance for start up expansion or venture funding. The Business Plan Workbook" is the essential guide to all aspects of business planning for entrepreneurs senior executives & students alike. Based on methodology developed at Cranfield School of Management & using successful real-life business plans " The Business Plan Workbook" brings together the process & procedures required to produce that persuasive plan. The case examples have been fully updated & include a cross section of businesses at various stages in their development making the book invaluable reading for anyone in business
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Now in full colour the fifth edition of this best-selling textbook introduces all of the major theories research findings principles & concepts in business psychology & organizational behaviour whilst emphasising their real-life application using relevant examples. The book which is well-organized & clearly written takes the reader through individual group & organizational/HR perspectives on the subject while at the same time offering an appreciation of their historical development & methodological issues. The text has an enhanced structure & style of presentation & has been revised & updated with new & expanded material including coverage of: recent debates in occupational psychology; investor psychology or behavioural finance; cognitive evaluation theory; employee engagement & positive psychology; corporate memories in culture; storytelling & social media; technostress & environmental influences on stress; & emergent trends in selection. The books numerous helpful features include panels which contain relevant theories research & illustrations of practice; learning outcomes; chapter summaries; review questions; a comprehensive bibliography; & a glossary. For lecturers who adopt the book we provide access to a wealth of online teaching resources including a chapter-by-chapter lecture course & multiple-choice question testbanks. This is an essential textbook for undergraduates & postgraduates studying psychology & organizational behaviour; it will also be welcomed as a rich source of information by practitioners in organizations. ...

This book serves as an essential guide for students embarking on serious research projects. Extremely practical & comprehensive Business Research" provides students with the tools they need to succeed. It blends theory & practice by applying potentially abstract theories to real-life business scenarios. A balanced coverage of quantitative & qualitative research methods means that unlike most textbooks (which focus on quantitative statistical data) " Business Research" prepares the reader for conducting interviews & focus groups: skills that are vital for business students. Enhanced pedagogy reinforces the practical aspects of the book & encourages students to interact with the material. A companion website provides lecturers with resources to help teach using the book & students will be able to test their understanding using multiple choice questions." Business Research" is a practical guide for students undertaking a research project for the first time whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Practical in orientation the book provides students with the tools they need to successfully undertake their research as well as providing thorough coverage of conceptual issues." ...

Designed as an introduction to doing business research this book acts as a comprehensive guide for students embarking on their research projects. The authors together with real students & supervisors draw on their own experiences so that readers can take note of their tips for success & avoid making their mistakes. Developed specifically with business & management students in mind this book explores the issues which business research entails as well as providing students with practical advice on doing research. A new feature has been added to this edition that sees supervisors of research projects from various universities give guidance on how to decide on a project & see it through to a successful conclusion avoiding common pitfalls. Other changes include the expansion of the discussion of ethics an increased emphasis on practical content such as planning a project & writing it up & a substantially updated chapter on internet research methods. Online Resource Centre For students: An interactive research guide providing guidance & advice on every aspect of business research Video interviews with research students Datasets from the text Self-marking multiple-choice questions for revision Annotated web links to useful articles reviews models & research guides A guide to using Excel in data analysis For lecturers: A lecturers guide including lecture outlines reading lists & teaching activities A suite of customisable Power Point slides Figures & tables from the text ...

Many senior managers & company leaders are blissfully ignorant of what strategy really is. They use the word strategy constantly without ever clearly defining their own. They berate their staff for being task focused & working in silos but are unable to articulate a strategy sufficiently clearly to change this. The Business Strategy Toolkit" is a concise & highly practical guide designed to give managers the tools to: elicit their own strategy; communicate it in the most appropriate ways to their staff; & look at practical ways to implement that strategy." ...