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Publisher
AMACOM
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Every day, people are promoted into the ranks of management... even if they never intended to become managers. They agree to their new responsibilities either to stay employed or to make more money. It is a universal phenomenon. But for these ""accidental managers,"" it makes more sense to manage well than to manage badly, and this book tells them how. Using examples and real-life case studies, The Accidental Manager gives readers the tools they...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
We're all familiar with the signs that things are getting out of hand. The week has barely started and already you're playing catch-up. At the end of another busy day, your to-do list is longer than it was that morning, your inbox overflowing with other people's asks.
At times like those, no matter how hard we work, it can feel like we're spinning our wheels.
Enter GRIP: The Art of Working Smart, by Dutch entrepreneur and bestselling author Rick Pastoor....
Publisher
Project Management Institute
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This is an update and expansion upon PMI's popular reference, The Practice Standard for Project Risk Management. Risk Management addresses the fact that certain events or conditions may occur with impacts on project, program, and portfolio objectives. This standard will: identify the core principles for risk management; describe the fundamentals of risk management and the environment within which it is carried out; define the risk management life...
Author
Publisher
Project Management Institute
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Procurement Management is one of the nine Knowledge Areas of the PMBOK® Guide, but it is a relatively recent focus of academic study and in many business sectors the contribution of procurement is not fully realized or integrated into the strategic considerations of the business. Procurement and Supply in Projects: Misunderstood and Under-Researched examines this inconsistency.
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This new edition of an award-winning risk management classic is more actionable than ever with new chapters on facilitating risk conversations and running a risk workshop. Risk isn't just about threat; it's also about opportunity. You have to be ready to take advantage of the most unexpected events-good or bad-with any project you are managing. But how does this work in practice? The Active Threat and Opportunity Management (ATOM) methodology offers...
Author
Publisher
Bayou Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
If you-or your partner-have the kind of anger that rages out of control, you know how quickly things can fall apart. You need strategies that work-things you can do right now to get your life under control. The award-winning Anger Busting 101 is the first book to use the acclaimed Recovery approach to solve anger problems. It gives you dozens of quick tips you can use every day to diffuse anger early on. Author Newton Hightower expertly combines personal...
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Series
Publisher
Project Management Institute
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
WHAT DOES A SUCCESSFUL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONER DO?Evolutionary Learning in Strategy-Project Systems explores the gap between the theory and practice of knowledge management in organizations and analyzes how learning happens and how knowledge is created. The authors take a practitioner-driven approach, one that unites organizational strategy with the learning of organizational lessonsthe kind of knowledge management that enhances project...
Author
Publisher
Project Management Institute
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Complex projects are often the most high-profile projects within an organization. How can early warning signs be identified and acted upon, so that problems are avoided and projects are successful in delivering the expected value for their owners and other stakeholders? What signals should we look for? Looking for early warning signs takes more than a keen eye. Collaborating with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim and...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Southwest Airlines started with a simple idea, and managed to stick with it through decades of unprecedented growth. According to Colleen Barrett, customers return because they like the experience and they like the way they are treated. And how do you keep them satisfied? By keeping your employees satisfied. Barrett spends 70-80% of her time ensuring that her employees are valued as people, and encouraged to do the right thing rather than doing things...
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English
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A new, tenth anniversary edition of the leadership classic that was hailed as one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
In his exciting and timeless business parable, The Radical Leap, Steve Farber explores an entirely new leadership model, one in which leaders aren't afraid to take risks, make mistakes in front of employees, or actively solicit employee feedback. His book dispenses with the typical, tired notions of what it means to be a leader.
Farber's...
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English
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Holding the Calm is a practical and immediately useful guide that meticulously lays out twenty concrete, easy-to-use tools for defusing tension, settling cases, resolving disputes, and rechanneling arguments. How do you stop conflict? Settle disputes? Handle someone who is yelling at you, crying, or just won't speak? How do you find a solution when a solution seems impossible? Holding the Calm shares the secrets that enable everyone to avoid, minimize,...
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A Disney executive VP shares his indispensable time management secrets in this guide to accomplishing more every day. During Lee Cockerell's career as the senior operating executive of Walt Disney World Resorts, he led a team of forty thousand employees. He was responsible for the operations of twenty resort hotels, four theme parks, two water parks, and the ESPN Sports Complex. Having so many responsibilities taught Lee a lot about time management,...
Author
Publisher
AMACOM
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
With sales of more than 160,000 copies, Fundamentals of Project Management has helped generations of project managers navigate the ins and outs of every aspect of this complex discipline. Using a simple step-by-step approach, the book is the perfect introduction to project management tools, techniques, and concepts. Readers will learn how to:. Develop a mission statement, vision, goals, and objectives. Plan the project. Create the work breakdown structure....
Author
Publisher
Project Management Institute
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Managing Change in Organizations: A Practice Guide is unique in that it integrates two traditionally disparate world views on managing change: organizational development/human resources and portfolio/program/project management. By bringing these together, professionals from both worlds can use project management approaches to effectively create and manage change. This practice guide begins by providing the reader with a framework for creating organizational...
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Publisher
Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1996
Language
English
Description
Sonny is a frustrated and lonely bellhop at a lackluster hotel. One night while he is working, he stumbles onto the illicit schemes of the corrupt hotel management. With his new found knowledge and a little prodding from his friend, Sonny becomes involved in a plot that could make him more money than he ever imagined - either that or lose his life.
Author
Publisher
Microcosm Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
You know those days when you just can't even? When everything is haywire and everyone, including yourself, seems to be against you, not to mention against reason? Your to-do list is a mile long, your kid is sick, traffic sucks, and you just spilled coffee all over yourself as you were about to walk out the door? How do you cope? Most of us don't have great coping skills, and turn instead to addictions, zoning out, or freaking out. Dr. Faith, author...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get ready to learn how to conquer the distractions caused by information and communication overload, and how to get out from under "communication clutter," so you can live a life of choice -- one of action, not reaction. Feeling buried by communication clutter is that it's that state of feeling like you are always owing return communication to someone. It's the subtle sense of anxiety caused by your backlog of email, taunting you with the little...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This second edition of the bestselling guide by top human resources author Paul Falcone provides guidance for managers, including sample dialogues for how to broach uncomfortable conversations across a wide range of issues. Inappropriate workplace conduct, lateness, sexually offensive behavior, productivity and communication issues... these are just a few of the uncomfortable topics bosses must sometimes discuss with their employees. 101 Tough Conversations...
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