Strategic Management

Have you ever attended a strategy meeting and wondered whether everyone in the forum understood what strategy meant? If you have, you are not alone. Interestingly, many such meetings roll on smoothly with impressive outcomes. That phenomenon is the ninth wonder of the world. Some participants probably spend many hours after the meeting engrossed in self-doubt or guilt, depending upon how loudly they spoke during the session. A cold or hot beverage usually works wonders during such moments of self-reflection.

While highly relevant to new and existing managers, the book is ideally suited for technical professionals and leaders in technical organizations looking to develop critical leadership skills distinct from technical expertise.

Eighty percent of small businesses never sell. If you own a business and plan to retire one day, the sale of your business must be part of your retirement strategy. Are you like most business owners with all of your net worth tied up in your business? If you only have 20% chance of selling your business, that can be devastating. Even if you are lucky enough to be in the minority who do sell, will you get what you need from the sale to live the lifestyle you want to live? The good news is, The Ultimate Sale can help you build your business for its final sale.

Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital markets is beginning to fracture. With disappointing growth rates across the Western world, nations are no longer willing to sacrifice national interests for global growth, nor are their leaders able - or willing - to sell the idea of pursuing a global agenda of prosperity to their citizens.

How do we stay safe? Should we? What if our attempts are exposing us even more to the very risks we are avoiding? Would acceptance of danger make us more secure? Is there such a thing as foolproof? In Foolproof, Greg Ip presents a macro theory of human nature and disaster that explains how we can keep ourselves safe in our increasingly dangerous world.

It's very likely that best practices - ideas, processes, and strategies that are commonplace in your industry - are actually hurting your business. Although best practices can help businesses operate more competitively and efficiently, they are often outdated, harmful, and a hindrance to innovation. In Breaking Bad Habits, Freek Vermeulen, a strategy professor at London Business School, offers the tools to identify bad practices, eliminate them from your organization, and then move on to create new sources of innovation and growth by outthinking your competitors.

For a period of almost 50 years, from 1945 until the early 1990s, higher education was on an ascent. These “golden years” saw the vast expansion of the opportunity to attend college with the coming of the community college system, the GI Bill, and generous state support that made college affordable for a new generation of upwardly mobile Americans.

What if your customers had a vested interest in guiding your company toward greater success? What if your employees had a personal as well as professional commitment to elevating your organization? Imagine how different your results would be if investors, vendors, and even analysts treasured the relationships they have built with you. Most important...is your company capable of setting aside a bit of its own self-interest to become part of dramatically more rewarding collaborative effort?

As globalization creates increasing challenges to established marketing practices, marketing efforts need to reposition and adapt continuously to maintain an organization's ability to reach potential customers. This Very Short Introduction provides a general overview of the function and importance of marketing to modern organizations. Kenneth Le Meunier-FitzHugh discusses how marketing remains central to creating competitive advantage, and why it needs to be forward looking and constantly reinventing itself in line with new developments in the marketplace.

In this bundle you will find: Anger Management: Simple and Strategic Method and Stop Being Lazy: Change Your Life. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Stop Being Lazy and Anger Managment and learn about personal success, anger, and stress management.

The marketplace and allocation of internal resources are both increasingly competitive. Safety strategies of the future must align with evolving business goals. Will your company's safety efforts keep up with the demands of the future? Emerging trends are becoming increasing visible regarding how safety is viewed, thought of, strategically managed, and how progress is measured. Moreover, the cast of characters, the roles they play, and accountability for responsibilities are evolving, all for the better.

Authored by business and brand consultant Keenya Kelly, Before You Quit Your Job is the everyday part-time entrepreneurs guide to creating a 18 to 24 month plan that will help you create a smart exit strategy from your job. It will also teach you principles for life and business success at the same time.

Obwohl Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) derzeit in aller Munde ist, setzen bislang nur wenige Unternehmen die Technologie wirklich erfolgreich ein. Der Experte für KI-Implementierung im Unternehmen Dr. Tawia Odoi erklärt verständlich, was sich hinter KI verbirgt und welche immensen Vorteile sie gegenüber herkömmlicher Software bietet. Ihm geht es darum, Berührungsängste abzubauen und KI endlich zu verstehen und anzuwenden. Sein Hörbuch zeigt die treibenden Kräfte auf und benennt auch mögliche Hindernisse.

The purpose of strategic planning is to set the overall long-term aim of a firm in a direction that allows it to compete and grow. Strategic planning is an old concept, with many variations of models and processes. Leaders have used many of these models and processes for years, and still, some leaders fail to effectively apply them. This is often due to the difficulty in applying the models and the lack of explanation for the significant relevance of the processes, including the tools used in each phase.

This book aims to provide you with a step-by-step guide for personal, professional, and organizational growth. The author highlights how certain relationships enable a non-linear growth trajectory. These relationships, in addition to augmenting what we can accomplish, often shape who we become. These relationships are "curve benders," and this book will show you who and where they are, how to find and engage them, and, equally valuable, how you can become a curve bender to impact the lives and livelihoods of others profoundly.

What if there was a book that takes away the stress and worry of guessing how your customers or clients will act? In What Is the Modern Economic System, the author teaches you how to spot cycles within the economy and use it to your advantage. The book will help you understand how to use the economic market to grow any business. In What Is the Modern Economic System: How Can You Use It to Grow Your Business, basic economic principles are taught to increase the knowledge of all entrepreneurs.

This is the guide you need. Aside from all the standard "bitcoin for beginners" books, this book shares various viewpoints by taking a look at the particular tools you can utilize, such as blockchain and charting tools, to mine and purchase bitcoin, and make money with it, at the correct time!

Learn the 25 keys to a great business plan, including writing the company's mission, identifying marketing opportunities, calculating appropriate financial ratios, and projecting growth rates, that will help guide your company's expansion and attract necessary funding. Business Planning is part of The New York Times Pocket MBA Series.

In Data Analytics: Using Big Data Analytics for Business to Increase Profits and Create Happy Customers, Matthew Adams reveals the reality of the big data analytics world, and outlines clear and actionable steps that will equip the listener with the tools needed for this next phase of human evolution. This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to use everyday data analytics for business to increase profitability and customer satisfaction.

With this guide, you can produce your own professional business plan without hiring a consultant. This is a fast, quick, and proven method of creating a business plan that will allow you to (i) approach potential investors, or (ii) show to stakeholders of the business - employees, banks, shareholders, etc.