The Handbook for Reading and Preparing Proxy Statements
A proxy statement prepares shareholders with essential information needed to for decision making before an upcoming shareholder meeting.In response to increased criticism of high levels of executive compensation, in 2006 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set disclosure rules to clearly present the compensation of the principal executive officer (PEO), principal financial officer (PFO) and the top three highest paid executives for publicly traded companies. Many enhancements have been made over the years in response to legislation and to provide moreinformation to shareholders. Disclosure also makes boards and compensation committees more accountable to shareholders for their actions related to executive rewards philosophies, policies, programs and decisions. Now in its sixth edition, the Handbook for Reading & Preparing Proxy Statements provides an overview of the SEC rules and explains what needs to be reported. It offers practical guidance to help companies prepare their disclosures and helps those reading proxies to really understand and interpret the information companies report. This useful resource covers all these interrelatedcomponents of proxy statements: - Compensation committee governance- Compensation discussion and analysis (CD&A)- CD&A material matters- Summary compensation table- Other tables and detail.
Venus Genius
Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation explores innovation from different perspectives: historical, scientific, sociological, cultural and practical - all through the feminine lens. It addresses the shortage of women in innovation and how important it is to address this as a first step to inclusion. This book reveals that any innovator can acquire the necessary skills to create meaningful innovation. Venus Genius is about celebrating the duality of the feminine and the masculine in all human beings and dares us to activate both energies to create innovation that brings true value to our world.To date, the world (and innovation) has been mainly driven by masculine energy, and we can no longer ignore gender. This book will help you discover that you have latent feminine skills and that, wherever you stand on the masculine/feminine spectrum, rebalancing towards the opposite makes you a more centered human being in your personal and professional life.
Black Wall Street DotCom
The lessons presented in Black Wall Street DotCom are not just about how to build a Black Business from a legal, insurance, finance and tax perspective- they are also about how to spiritually make, keep and preserve your wealth and legacy for the next generation.Whether your business is a glowing success or a dismal failure depends on your ability to adapt to its changing life cycles and the world around you. In these turbulent times, these lessons will show you how to turn problems into opportunities that will help you truly see all of the opportunities available to you. There has never been a better time to achieve abundance.Give your business a solid Black Wall Street LIFT Foundation built on strong spiritual principles to help you outline an effective source of action that will make your strategic planning efforts pay dividends long into the future.
The Anti-Ghosting Method
10 mistakes to avoid making when a prospect contacts you, and the art and skill of following up.How do you feel when you are being completelyghosted - ignored - by a prospect, a customer, a professionalwho previously engaged with you and showed interest in what you have to offer?You don't take it too well. None of us do. That's for sure.You've been running your business for months, for years now, putting in place structured communication strategies to attract potential leads and new partners, but that's your biggest pet peeve.Over time, you've developed a few knee-jerk reactions: "I am not really interested in this request","I don't know how to follow up without going over the top", "This client doesn't have the financial means, that's for sure", "I'll keep on sending my brochure with my rates, at least they know what to expect".And yet ...You should know that from the moment you are being contacted, you are already "the chosen one"! Yes, your prospect has just sent you a strong buying signal. Great news, we've got work ahead of us! This book was written for each and every one of us.10 mistakes we must avoid at all cost paired with a hands-on training guide to help you master the art and skill of the follow-up.The Holy Grail of sales.Insightful technical tips, using a pleasant tone and approach. In addition, at the end of each section, you will have access to quick-reference aide-memoires "Keep in Mind", "Note to Self" in order to take action more effectively after each topic.This anti-ghosting method never fails.It works every single time. It's your turn to follow these easy steps, it's all been outlinedin detail for you right here!
Getting the Go-Ahead
-Using Data in Real LifeAre you drowning in a sea of data? Are you tired of struggling endlessly with numbers, charts and graphs? Do you get lost or fall asleep when you read books on data and statistical analysis? You don't need to be a mathematician to utilize data. Knowing how to apply data is more important than researching complicated analysis techniques. Learn how to set the goal of your analysis and determine what type of data you really need to tell your story more efficiently and effectively.Most books only describe how to analyze data, visualize data or how to make a presentation. This book, however, covers all the steps to take before and after analysis, and any other practical skills you need, such as knowing what type of data to search for, where to find it, and how to share the information to an audience. At the end of the book, the author provides his LinkedIn information for readers to contact him for any further guidance. The author has experience in teaching analysis seminars.-Analysis Tools, Excel Charts and Visualization This book introduces analysis tools to the layman in plain English, such as hypothesis testing, standard deviation, correlation analysis and regression analysis. This information is sufficient enough in applying data analysis to your day-to-day business activities. This book also includes a step-by-step guide of Microsoft Excel to calculate the average, median and standard deviation, to assess risk, to do correlation and regression analyses, and to create charts and graphs. You will be able to visualize data with scatter diagrams, histograms and Pareto charts with Excel, and will only need minimal mathematical knowledge (e.g. the linear function y=mx+b). For the more advanced analyst, the book has a column at the end of each chapter that explains analysis or research techniques in further detail.-Learning Through Relatable ExamplesThis book uses many real life examples in entering in a new market to describe how to assess the market size and target population, set a sales target, choose cost-effective promotional strategies, and estimate profit and risk. The dialogues between a rookie salesperson and his boss make it easy to understand common analysis mistakes and how to avoid them. The author introduces not only the benefits but also the limitations and pitfalls of analysis. For instance, data can be misrepresented with the average and normal distribution. The average is often misused to determine the characteristics of the whole data set (e.g. feeling relieved that your test score is above the class average), even though data distribution may be skewed in reality. The author also explains spurious correlation which may lead you to believe that "successful businessmen wake up early." -Choosing the Right Data and Making an Effective PresentationYou will learn how to collect, select, process, and compare data by converting absolute values into ratio (e.g. per capita), as well as make an effective presentation with visualization and narratives, thus bridging the gap between analysis and presentation. You will be able to break down the analysis results and tell a story, making the information more approachable to the audience so that they can make decisions and take action based on it. The author shows how he changes his presentation style based on his goal and target audience. Furthermore, he provides tips on how to explain why you chose a particular scope of data, and how to look out for misleading or unreliable information when you are an audience of a presentation.
How to Deal With Difficult People
If you work with such people, you have to act. You may not notice their negative behaviour much but it certainly will grind you down with time. You need inside information, how to deal with these difficult people. You need to get inside their minds, find out what they are about and shield yourself from the negativity they emit. Here is a preview of what you'll learn... - An overview of why certain people are so difficult to deal with- Some classifications of difficult personality types to deal with- Strategies to diffuse heated situations- Dealing with difficult people specific to co-worker situations- Dealing with a difficult boss- ...and much more! People can't drive you crazy if you don't give them the key. You need to take the final steps of building a life and personality above the negativities of other people. You don't need to give up your happiness to actually get people on your side. The authority creation strategies will also give you an insight on dealing with people you can't stand.
Francois Ntone
We're so proud to be releasing updated magazine of The Reader's House that exists to connect writers, authors, artists, musicians, coaches who are always ready to share their story and passion with an interview, and we put them to The Reader's House spotlight. On our cover is acclaimed Author Francois Ntone. Like most people, he has been impacted by the pandemic. His wife and he moved to their Florida house and were able to follow the guidance on social distancing fairly easily. On the other hand, living in isolation enabled him to focus on the book he was writing. Finally his book "Grace and Truth: How the Biblical Narrative Affirms that Christ is Supreme and Parts of the Bible Are Obsolete" released in Feb 7, 2021We continue to connect people who are always ready to share their story and passion with an interview, and we put them to The Reader's House spotlight. We have interviewed not just acclaimed, as well as award winning authors like Jennifer Anne Gordon, a gothic horror/literary fiction novelist, won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, Won Best Horror 2020 from Authors on the Air, was a Finalist for American Book Fest's Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. She also received the Platinum 5 Star Review from Reader's Choice as well as the Gold Seal from Book View.
癒Influye! El Arte Y La Estrategia del Cabildeo
Una obra fundamental para comprender la utilidad y la pertinencia del cabildeo en el contexto moderno. Despu矇s de un largo proceso hist籀rico de profesionalizaci籀n, el cabildeo se ha convertido en una pr獺ctica habitual en las democracias modernas. Es un elemento imprescindible para la interacci籀n entre actores p繳blicos, sociales y privados, que se posiciona como una herramienta de participaci籀n ciudadana y sustento de gobernanza y gobernabilidad. 癒Influye! ofrece un an獺lisis innovador sobre el prop籀sito y la pr獺ctica actuales del cabildeo, as穩 como una s穩ntesis hist籀rica de su conceptualizaci籀n, sus bases te籀ricas, su evoluci籀n y regulaci籀n. Adem獺s, propone un modelo estrat矇gico: una gu穩a indispensable para cualquier profesionista, activista, acad矇mico o estudiante en la materia. Pero, a繳n m獺s importante, es un llamado a todo ciudadano que desee ejercer su derecho a alzar la voz e influir en la toma de decisiones y la creaci籀n de pol穩ticas p繳blicas. Obras como esta, que abordan con profundidad cient穩fica y agudeza anal穩tica el estudio del cabildeo, contribuyen a consolidarlo como un instrumento de interlocuci籀n eficiente entre sociedad y gobierno. Javier Medina Medina, Presidente fundador de la Asociaci籀n Nacional de Profesionales del Cabildeo Bienvenido este completo y s籀lido estudio sobre el cabildeo, una instituci籀n de la que mucho se habla pero de la que poco se sabe.
A Kaleidoscope of Tourism Research:
The International Competence Network of Tourism Research and Education (ICNT) covers a wide range of research expertise in the fields of tourism, hospitality and events management. ICNT's sixth book showcases a kaleidoscope of tourism and hospitality topics, ranging from tourism education to sustainable tourism, wildlife tourism, Brexit and tourism, and to travel intermediation, tourist motivation and experiences. The book explains the way tourism and hospitality are understood in different countries around the world. Consequently, this book stimulates thought and discussion on tourist experiences and management, from the viewpoint of various stakeholders. It provides a wealth of new knowledge and will be a valuable resource for students, academics, researchers and industry members alike.
Contracts Explained
Most contracts are "simple contracts" that can be created by any adult without legal guidance. But that doesn't mean you can overlook risks. Consumer law tends to automatically manage common risks to consumers, but it can add to the unmanaged risks for businesspeople. This book gives you the insights you need to create and administer contracts, and to enable informed discussion with business managers, project managers, contract managers, and lawyers. Learn how to: - write contracts that are easy to understand; - navigate concerns about intellectual property; - identify core components of larger contracts; - determine when a contract ends. Every business transaction you make has a contract, but not all contracts are written-and so risk can be hard to manage. When there is important risk to manage, you should put the contract into writing. Whether you are working locally, nationally, or internationally, this book will help you understand, write, and manage contracts.
Science, Technology, and Virtues
Virtues have become a valuable and relevant resource for understanding modern science and technology. Scientific practice requires not only following prescribed rules but also cultivating judgment, building mental habits, and developing proper emotional responses. The rich philosophical traditions around virtue can provide key insights into scientific research, including understanding how daily practice shapes scientists themselves and how ethical dilemmas created by modern scientific research and technology should be navigated. Science, Technology, and Virtues gathers both new and eminent scholars to show how concepts of virtue can help us better understand, construct, and use the products of modern science and technology. Contributors draw from examples across philosophy, history, sociology, political science, and engineering to explore how virtue theory can help orient science and technology towards the pursuit of the good life. Split into four major sections, this volume covers virtues in science, technology, epistemology, and research ethics, with individual chapters discussing applications of virtues to scientific practice, the influence of virtue ethics on socially responsible research, and the concept of "failing well" within the scientific community. Rather than offer easy solutions, the essays in this volume instead illustrate how virtue concepts can provide a productive and illuminating perspective on two phenomena at the core of modern life. Fresh and thought-provoking, Science, Technology, and Virtues presents a pluralistic set of scholarship to show how virtue concepts can enrich our understanding of scientific research, guide the design and use of new technologies, and shape how we envision future scientists, engineers, consumers, and citizens.
Sustainability in Austerity
As the economic crisis of 2008/09 unfolded, it became apparent that the huge mountains of debt being built up by central governments were unsustainable and that savage cuts would be needed to balance budgets. It also became clear that the public sector would be one of the first in line when the axe started swinging. Yet, at the very same time, green advocates from business, academia and civil society were making calls for greater investment at the local level in the big sustainability issues of the day such as fostering sustainable consumption or educating communities on making the transition to a low-carbon economy. The upshot is that leaders in local government are going to be asked to do a lot more work on environmental and social sustainability but with much less money. To make matters worse, increasing public scepticism about why we should deal with these dilemmas in the first place has been exacerbating the problem, notably exemplified by concerns over the robustness of the science of climate change. Local sustainability faces a perfect storm. Sustainability in Austerity has been written to provide local leaders with a lifebelt in these turbulent times. It empowers local authorities to address the challenges they now face - by offering a treasure chest of cost-neutral and powerful ways for leaders in local government to advance sustainability as nations emerge from the global recession. The book sets out the required rules for leadership and proposes a myriad of innovative strategies for self-help achieved through habit-forming behaviour change among council members, staff and local communities alike. Packed with international case studies, anecdotes and management tips derived from a wealth of learning by like-minded peers across the world - all of whom have faced and overcome serious sustainability challenges - the book will be a touchstone for professionals working in areas such as: democracy and decision-making; corporate assets and resources; economic development and planning; waste and environmental services; fleet and logistics; and community management. There is an impressive array of books that provide fresh and innovative thinking on sustainability, but the vast majority have ignored or overlooked inspirational stories of positive change in local government. Sustainability in Austerity is a game-changing book and will be essential reading for managers and councillors in local government across the world, in either emerging or developed economies; managers in central government; community organisation leaders; academics; and management consultants who work with this sector on policy and performance.
The Entrepreneur Mindset
"A recent survey found that more than 70% of people want to be some sort of entrepreneur. Becoming an entrepreneur is a sought after for many reasons, including pride, purpose, and money. Starting and running your own business on a day-to-day basis is no easy task, but it is one that is truly worth the effort. So why should you consider becoming an entrepreneur?
The Case Study Companion
The Case Study method of teaching and learning provides an important function in management education, but employing it effectively can be a challenge. This book provides practical insights, tools and approaches for case teaching and writing, drawing on perspectives from expert practitioners around the world.
Becoming a Superhero
As of 2020, only 6.6% of Fortune 500 companies have a female CEO. This needs to change. From an Olympic Gold Medalist to a CEO to a Lieutenant Colonel, Marina Paul shares the journeys of highly successful women on their intensely raw, emotional paths to leadership. In Becoming a Superhero: Awaken Your Superpowers and Inspire the Magic in Others, Paul uncovers: What it means to be 100% human while lifting our own worlds and our unique selves out of sufferingHow representation and "being the first" sets the groundwork for others to seek inspiration to lead their own teamsHow sisterhood is a lever of success for how readers can begin to lead their Superhero livesThrough the lens of Paul's own vulnerable life experiences, both in competitive soccer and personally, readers will explore what it means to be deeply human, to lead by example, and to love your people so that, ultimately, everyone is lifted up in a more equitable world. Now, get ready to let your cape fly and unleash your superpowers.
Growing Up at Work
Do your best "inner work" while you work. The workplace-whether in-person or remote-is a unique laboratory where personal and interpersonal growth are tightly intertwined. What better place is there to explore who you are and who you want to be? For nearly two decades, therapists and executive coaches Yael Sivi and Yosh Beier have advised hundreds of employees, managers, and leaders on how to achieve authentic leadership, emotional intelligence, and conscious collaboration. They now know that work provides us with a unique opportunity to learn about ourselves, to better understand our core beliefs and assumptions, and to truly see the effect we can have on others. Work gives us the chance to grow up. Growing Up at Work explores how you can- transform into an emotionally mature leader and create healthy employees, teams, and organizations-and by extension, enhance your influence;- achieve authentic, positive, lasting leadership growth through self-awareness and openness to deep personal growth;- realize extraordinary results if you choose to grow from the inside out. By presenting inspiring real-life case studies, Sivi and Beier examine how resolving professional dilemmas and leadership challenges can lead you on a dynamic journey of personal growth and evolution.
Dissecting Discrimination
This Open-Access-book examines the phenomenon of discrimination using a descriptive approach. Discrimination is omnipresent, whether it is people who discriminate against other people or, more recently, also machines that discriminate against people. The first part of the analysis employs decision theory on discrimination, leading to two fundamental subtypes: taste-based discrimination and statistical discrimination. The second part links taste-based discrimination to social identity theory, demonstrates that not all taste-based discrimination is ultimately statistical discrimination, and reveals the evolutionary origins of our tastes. The third part surveys how people get their beliefs for statistical discrimination and thereby shows that they often deviate from Bayesianism: they have inherent prior beliefs and do not exclusively update their beliefs according to Bayes' law. Additionally, the analysis of belief formation highlights the importance of the learning environment. Thelast part reassembles the previously dissected aspects of discrimination, presents a new descriptive model of discrimination, and lists five implications for a normative theory of discrimination.
The Fitness Curveball
Want to lose weight, get fit, be healthier, get promoted at work, or improve your relationships?It all starts with mindset!Your mindset is the first line of defence against the curveballs being thrown at you each day. It's the filter through which you see the world. It determines your thoughts, beliefs, actions, habits, and outcomes in every area of life.We are all born with this potent tool, yet few people learn to develop and harness it for their benefit. For many people, their mindset is an anchor that holds them back from the success they crave. The great news is that YOU are in control of your mindset.That's why Mindset is Pillar #1 in the 4 Pillars of Personal Performance system and book one in The Fitness Curveball Series.The pillars are Mindset, Habits, Movement, and Fuel. Here's how this book will help you master your mindset* Learn to identify the Circles of Success or Distress(TM) in your life.* Identify your driving purpose, core values, and top goals so you can put your wishes and dreams into action.* Challenge the belief systems that have been holding you back and upgrade them for greater success.* Set SMARTER, more effective goals that are clear, motivating, and have meaning to you.* Learn to step outside your comfort zone with progressive "comfort challenges".Dive in to start transforming your mindset and life today! Pick up the entire series at your favorite book seller or www.thefitnesscurveball.com."Practical and motivating advice. It's like Tim is in the room with you, coaching and supporting you." Sarah McVanel, CEO, Greatness Magnified
The Fitness Curveball
We all have habits. The question is...Are your habits working for you or against you?Habits are the vehicle to put your mindset and goals into action. Unfortunately, people rarely think about their habits and often believe they are hard to change.The exciting part is that you've created every habit you have now, so you can recreate new patterns to generate more of the results you want in life.In this book, we deconstruct the myth that habits are hard to break (or make). You will learn: What the Habit Loop is and how to harness it for greater performanceThe simple science and system for creating and managing the change processHow to restructure and remove habits that are holding you back.The three critical habits that matter mostWhy sleep is a key component to each of your success habitsWe walk you through the process of setting up three essential success habits. These are designed to keep you energized, focused, motivated, inspired, and performing at your best each day. They set the stage for success in all other areas.Habits are Pillar #2 of the 4 Pillars of Performance and the second book in The Fitness Curveball series. The 4 Pillars of Performance are Mindset, Habits, Movement, and Fuel.Pick up the entire series at your favorite book seller or www.thefitnesscurveball.com
Railwaymen and Revolution
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.
Railwaymen and Revolution
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.
Kingdom Currency for Students, Graduates and Businessmen
Have you ever wondered if God had a recipe for the cancer in today's society called unemployment? Have you ever desired to be so excellent or to build a global business brand? This book is designed to cut down unemployment in any society by 75%. Did you know that if you were the son of a king and you needed a good job, you would get the best without any application? How come many people who are sons of the King of kings still grope in the dark corridors of unemployment? This book shows you how to get the best jobs around the world without an application. This is no gimmicks! It also shows you how to become a person of excellence and how to build a global business brand with the use of kingdom currency principles. This is that one book that would put an end to any uncertainty in your academics, career and business. Do not hesitate to get this book. It is a destiny changer!
The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy
This critical volume combines theoretical and empirical work across disciplines to explore what threatens scalability-and what enables it-in the early childhood field. Authors and editors provide specific recommendations to help professionals refine and apply the science of scaling in their programs, research, and decision making.
Successfully Mastering Job Interviews Through 3-D Strategy
Searching for a job is stressful and exhausting for most people, yet when you finally do land that coveted interview, how can you make sure you walk away with the job? The questions can seem daunting and the process nerve wracking, but there are tips and tricks to help you make the right impression right from the start. From the moment you walk through the door to an interview, you are already being scrutinized. Understanding this, and understanding the meaning behind the subsequent interview questions is paramount to understanding how best to answer them and why they are even being asked in the first place. Author Anton C. Huber, as a Senior Recruiting Specialist, knows the struggle well and offers valuable insight from 'the other side of the desk'. A lifetime of hiring has led to a wealth of information and tips that are shared here, in this easy to understand and implement guide book that will take you from an interviewee to employee.
The Assessment Frameworks for Cycle 2 of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
The OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) represents a comprehensive international comparative assessment of the information processing skills of adults vital for the full participation in social and economic life in the 21st century. PIAAC is now in its second cycle and continues a series of international assessments of adult skills that began in the mid-1990s with the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). The Assessment Frameworks for Cycle 2 of PIAAC provide an essential background for understanding the skills assessed by the PIAAC assessment and for interpreting the results of the study. The Assessment Frameworks define and describe the skills assessed in the study - literacy, numeracy and problem solving - and outline the key features of the assessment of these skills. In addition, the relationship between Cycle 2 of PIAAC and previous assessments of these skills among the adult population is explained and an overview is provided of the changes that have occurred in the conceptualisation of these skills in the different international assessments of adult skills implemented over the last two decades.
The Strategies of Australia’s Universities
Chapter 1. The University Strategy Narrative.- Chapter 2. University Governance.- Chapter 3. What is Strategy?.- Chapter 4 Strategic Frameworks.- Chapter 5. Environment, Competition, Resources & Capabilities.- Chapter 6. Mission, Vision & Values.- Chapter 7. Objectives.- Chapter 8. Arenas, Vehicles, Differentiators, Staging & Economic Logic.- Chapter 9. Strategy.- Chapter 10. Organizational Structure.- Chapter 11. A New University.- Chapter 12. Some Final Thoughts.
Dropping the Mask
In Dropping the Mask: Connecting Leadership to Identity, Daphne Jefferson helps leaders navigate the challenges of connecting their unique identities to the way they lead. As a leader, Daphne was often the only woman or woman of color in the room. She didn't feel she had the security to be "open and authentic." She learned that authentic leadership doesn't look like anyone else and began to embrace a leadership style that is an amalgamation of all of her unique experiences. She now wants to help others find the courage to drop the mask and fully embrace their authentic identities.This book will help you: Understand what authenticity means for people of colorGain insight into why so many women leaders struggle with confidenceLearn how leaders can reclaim their true identities by reconciling their inner and outer personasDropping the Mask does a wonderful job of incorporating personal stories with in-depth research and statistics. It sheds a light on female leadership, showing how women can be a strong and crucial part of all organizations.
Handbook of Email Writing
This Handbook is intended to provide the novice and more experienced email writers guidelines on how to follow 'a consistent writing etiquette', which is badly needed in today's digital correspondence. A need exists to provide the writer with a 'Gold Standard', an etiquette in writing a 'civilized' email that has its rightful place in the new technologies used daily, but more importantly, it must be consistently clear to understand and neatly laid out each time. This fact can never be overlooked by instead having erratically written emails formulated on a personalized level.
The Manager’s Guide to Statistics, 2020 Edition
Finally, an introduction to statistics and business analytics for aspiring managers, leaders and decision makers who do not need to know all the details of statistical theory and just want real applications and commonsense explanations without a jumble of Greek letters and formulas. The focus is on conceptual understanding, executive-level thinking, statistical self-defense and counterintuitive phenomena that can occur. This textbook, used in the graduate core curriculum at Wharton, Harvard and other business schools, is for an MBA or undergraduate business statistics course and covers data visualization, probability, hypothesis testing, correlation, multiple regression, and includes custom Excel software for stepwise regression. The author Erol Pek繹z is Professor of Operations and Technology Management in the Boston University Questrom School of Business, and has also been a faculty member in the statistics departments at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous technical articles in probability and statistics, and is the author of the book A Second Course in Probability.
All In
Answering the Call of EntrepreneurshipAre you all in as an entrepreneur in business and in life?Stephanie Breedlove took a leap of faith, left the corporate world, and answered the call of entrepreneurship. Over the next few years she built a thriving business while simultaneously raising two young children, eventually selling her start-up for more than $50 million. In All In: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Think Bigger, Build Sustainable Businesses, and Change the World, Breedlove fills a gap in the lack of role models as she outlines the hows and whys behind the decisions that led her towards success. Her inspiring message empowers readers to be all they are called to be, to set the bar higher, and to grow businesses with economic impact and power.All In explores the current status of women in growth businesses, debunks myths surrounding entrepreneurship, and gives practical advice and support for women who want to start or grow their own businesses. Using research, case studies, and transparent insights from her own journey, Breedlove gives her readers the information and authentic guidance they need to take the leap and bravely make tough choices on the road to success.
Managing Social Responsibility in Universities
This book explores the concept of university social responsibility, drawing on a wide range of geographical perspectives, such as China and Germany. It also examines the diverse aspirations of universities, from preserving authenticity and safeguarding Catholic values, to embedding sustainability into the community. It provides a storytelling framework for teaching sustainability in management education as an approach to strengthening the social role of universities and showcases how a service-learning approach could promote the engagement of universities within the community. This book is valuable reading for academics who are researching sustainability management, corporate and organisational social responsibility and other related social sciences. It has interdisciplinary appeal for scholars and serves interesting for practitioners.
Continuous Discovery Habits
"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book can help fill that gap and set you on the path to success." - Marty Cagan How do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that creates value for your business? In this book, you'll learn a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that will help you answer each of these questions, giving you the confidence to act while also preparing you to be wrong. You'll learn to balance action with doubt so that you can get started without being blindsided by what you don't get right. If you want to discover products that customers love-that also deliver business results-this book is for you.
Impact
As one of the founders of venture capital, which ushered in the Tech Revolution, Sir Ronald Cohen builds on his years of personal experience in IMPACT to deliver a compelling account of how impact investing is reshaping capitalism.
A Handbook on Supply Chain Management
The book is conceived with a view to give basic concepts and provide practical approach in easy and comprehensible manner for decision making. Few of the Interesting things to learn is building resilient supply chain by concept called SHABD and can be practically implemented by using DIGROM approach. Also, by considering MARGS factor the disruptions in the overall supply chain can be minimized. Easy to remember the key aspects through AUTHOR TIPS is good for recalling the theories for on job implementation or decision making. Primary aim is to benefit existing Logistics and Supply chain professionals but its beneficial for student pursuing Certificate and Diploma courses on the subject to peek insight on practical methods before they enter in professional world. It will be useful to train managers who are NOT involved in Supply Chain and Logistics activity for quick insights and better understanding on the subject matter.
Jump
In this sequel to An Unstable System, Matt and Juliette's experiments take them and their team from Geneva to Bod繪, Norway, where Brant and Biotree seem to have infinite money to spend on research.How much of the Cyclone experiment should be revealed?Can its secret successor experiment be relied upon?Can mysterious voices be trusted? Who is running things?This mind-bending novel bridges from the time of The Triangle and Christina Nott, through to the dystopia unleashed in Pulse and onward to Edge.Pick this up, but don't try any of the experiments.
Absolute Essentials of Business Behavioural Ethics
This book provides an entertaining overview of how dishonesty and unethical behaviour has been studied in psychological experiments and the malleable nature of business ethics.
Surveillance
Drawing together perspectives from philosophy, cutting-edge social theory, and empirical research on workplace surveillance, Surveillance is the definitive introduction to an intriguing topic that will interest readers across the social sciences and beyond.
The Search for Ethics in Leadership, Business, and Beyond
Introduction.- About the author.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: The Ethical Challenges of Leadership.- 1 Ethics and Effectiveness: The Nature of Good Leadership.- 2 Habits and Virtues: Does it Matter if a Leader Kicks a Dog?.- 3 Did Nero Fiddle While Rome Burned? Why 'Being There' is Essential to Leadership.- 4 Searching for Mandela: The Saint as the Sinner Who Keeps on Trying.- 5 Conversations and Correspondence with James MacGregor Burns on the Ethics of Transforming Leadership.- 6 Dangerous Liaisons: Adultery and the Ethics of Presidential Leadership.- Part II: Business Ethics, and Work.- 7 Business Ethics as Moral Imagination.- 8 Moral Imagination and Truth.- 9 Casuistry and the Case for Business Ethics.- 10 The Importance of Leadership in Shaping Business Values.- 11 Is Business Ethics Getting Better? Business Ethics and Business History.- 12 Leadership and the Problem of Bogus Empowerment.- 13 The Moral Conditions of Work.- Part III: The Liberal Arts and the Humanities.- 14 Liberal Arts and Leadership: How to Design a School of Leadership Studies.- 15 The Two Cultures: The Place of the Humanities in Leadership Studies.- Part IV. Leaders and Followers Today.- 16 Leadership and the Power of Resentment.- 17 Afterword.
The Accidental Sexist
Building an inclusive workplace needs everyone (men included) to act as allies. If you are uncertain about what to do or why it matters, this is the book for you.This practical guide offers real-world insight into delivering the benefits of diversity and inclusion. It will help you: - Spot accidental sexism and the way many under-estimate its impact- Understand male perspectives on diversity and inclusion- Build up men's support as allies for equality of opportunity- Change your behaviour in small ways to make big differences to everyday inclusion- Solve challenges in keys areas such as hiring, promoting and developing the careers of women and other groups that have been traditionally under-represented
One Launch Method
Set up your business to have one launch and scale!Unlike other marketing strategists who urge their clients to lean into a hamster wheel of frenzied activity, constantly launching products and services or running time consuming free challenges every few months, Leslie's One Launch Method is a breath of fresh air.Leslie's taken the boom and bust mentality off the table and shows her clients how to pull off one, slick, highly successful launch for their product, service or program that will generate their annual income goal and set them free from the hustle mentality that's all too prevalent online.Leslie believes that business owners shouldn't have to waste time constantly reinventing themselves to market to the same, tired audience and she designed the One Launch Method to allow her clients to grow their audience, build relationships and show up for the front end of their business without having to lose the balance in their lives.
Resetting the Jewel in the Crown
Even before it emerged as the "jewel in the crown'' of the British Empire, India held a unique position in the world. With its rich natural assets, cultural diversity, scientific leadership, and welcoming spirit, India created enormous wealth for other countries and companies around the globe. India has created much value to the world but failed to capture some of that value for itself to sustain, grow and continue to be a blessing to the nations of the world. Today, however, the country lags behind other economies. Can India regain its prominence as a hub of technology, manufacturing, and innovation? The answer outlined here is an emphatic "yes: 'This book lays out a business model for rebuilding India based on open innovation strategies and presents a roadmap for that rebirth and transformation. The first step is to build and strengthen trust among four key stakeholder groups: industry, government, academia, and customers. As a technique to build that trust, the book encourages these groups to engage in more robust dialogue and ask each other crucial questions about key topics such as speed, creativity, adaptability, creating business ecosystems, and effective diversification. The resulting conversations and heightened levels of trust will lead to new scalable and sustainable business models that can reverse the trajectory.
Write a Non-Fiction Book in 4 Weeks Second Edition
Want to Complete Your Book in under a Month?A surprising number of writers begin books only to get stuck during the first draft. Sources suggest that 81% of us want to write a book, but only 3% finish. Successful writers need a method to get it done. Otherwise, an unfinished manuscript languishes in a drawer. Write a Non-fiction Book in Four Weeks provides a process to help you write quickly and know you will have an audience. In this book you will discover how to: Assemble the Elements for SuccessBuild the Wireframe for your bookDo your researchWrite ProductivelyPick up this book to help you become a published author, part of the successful 3%.Follow this simple day-by-day plan, and you too can finish in less than a month./p>Drew Becker is a writing coach and publisher for Realization Press. He has taught writing at community colleges in North Carolina and Colorado and has helped a number of writers create and finish their books. Write a Non-fiction Book in Four Weeks is the second in the Writers Blocks series.
The Systems Work of Social Change
The issues of poverty, inequality, racial justice, and climate change have never been more pressing or paralyzing. Current approaches to social change, which rely on industrial models of production and power to "solve" social problems, are not helping. In fact, they are designed to entrench the status quo. In The Systems Work of Social Change, Cynthia Rayner and Fran癟ois Bonnici draw on two hundred years of history and a treasure trove of stories of committed social changemakers to uncover principles and practices for social change that radically depart from these approaches. Rather than delivering "solutions," these principles and practices focus on the process of change itself. Through rich storytelling and lucid analysis, Rayner and Bonnici show that connection, context, and power sit at the heart of the change process, ensuring broader agency for people and communities to create social systems that are responsive and representative in a rapidly changing world. Simple yet profound, this book distills a timely set of lessons for practitioners, leaders, scholars, and policymakers.
Destination Unknown
Tourism: the good, the bad and the ugly. As one of the biggest industries in the world, tourism contributed ten percent of the world's GDP before the pandemic brought it to an historic standstill. Hailed as a smokeless industry, it was seen as a tool for development by serving as an income and job creator. The industry was expanding in oftentimes uncontrolled forms, reaching over one billion international travelers before the virus halted all travel. This edited volume highlights the issues the industry faces, including impacts on the environment, culture, and residents. As the industry rebounds post-pandemic, this book gives space to imagine a more equitable and ethical industry. Bringing together expert authors from around the world, contributions highlight possible ways the industry can be developed more beneficially for people and planet. From nature-based tourism in Africa which protects natural resources by involving local communities and offering cultural interpretation; to vernacular design of tourism buildings and ecolodges that honors and celebrates the local; to considering ways in which cruise ship tourism can offer meaningful encounters instead of contributing to overtourism; to taking a hard look at volunteer tourism and the ways in which it inadvertently prioritizes profit and traveler needs over the needs of local communities, and how it can be developed more ethically; to examining tourism as a tool to increase interculturalism and intercultural understanding; and to the sensitive issue of ethnic tourism to discover one's roots and identify and aid in community development. This book celebrates the ways in which tourism brings us together and can add to our personal and planetary well-being by consciously choosing the ways we travel and how we develop travel opportunities.
Cyberspace, Data Analytics, and Policing
Cyberspace, Data Analytics, and Policing surveys the changes that cyberspace has brought to criminality and to policing with enough technical content to expose the issues and suggest ways in which law enforcement organizations can adapt.
A China Business Primer
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored longstanding fissures in China's business relationships with the West. If the West is going to develop a relationship of mutual trust and improve business relations with China in the coming decades, it is imperative to understand how to engage with Chinese thinking on ethics in business--this book explains how.Government officials, businesspeople, and business-ethicists have trouble communicating about issues in ethics, policy, and business across the China-West divide. This book shows how to overcome the us-versus-them mindset plaguing China-West relations by presenting to Western audiences an easy-to-understand yet deeply informed primer on core ideas and perspectives in Chinese cultural and philosophical thought. The book considers original texts of Chinese philosophy and religion, and applies principles from those writings to three business-ethics topics of enduring interest to business executives, government officials, and academics, namely, the protection of intellectual property, assurance of product safety and quality in the pharmaceutical supply chain, and human rights. This book is a must-read for those who want to forge constructive relationships with their Chinese counterparts based on mutual trust and understanding. The book is specifically relevant to business executives, but it should also be of interest to policymakers, educators, and students who seek to communicate more effectively with their Chinese counterparts, in particular about difficult and contentious business, policy, and ethical issues.
Come into My Office
In today's technology companies, only 10% of women find themselves in executive roles. This book offers a fresh, anecdotal look at why - and provides an insider's view of life in a tech start-up.In Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley, you'll dive head first into the start-up world through the eyes of award-winning executive Mai Ton. Having pioneered leadership roles at a wide range of start-ups, often as one of the first women and minorities in a senior role, her perspective offers a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into one of today's most powerful industries.As you read her stories and advice, you'll discover: How young tech CEOs navigate the ever-changing life of start-upsHow I found out that men's bladders can expand to the size of a basketballHow it feels to be the only woman at the executive tableCome into My Office is a must-read for tech leaders, HR professionals, women, and anyone who wants to know what really happens behind closed doors in private moments.
Work Life After Failure?
Work Life after Failure? brings together knowledge from three distinct concepts: resilience, learning, and recovery. Encompassing both conceptual and empirical work from experts in these fields, this book also sheds light on the classification of failures and setbacks and develops a measure of the setback severity.
