Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy?

Coping with Uncertainty in Development Aid Relations

by Susanna Alexius, Janet Vähämäki ...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Complex coordination across time, space, and cultures involves a great deal of uncertainty. This uncertainty may be accepted and handled with judgment and pragmatism, but more often in contemporary modern society, it is treated as a technical problem to be ‘solved’. This is a book about the paradoxical implications ... Read more

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Complex coordination across time, space, and cultures involves a great deal of uncertainty. This uncertainty may be accepted and handled with judgment and pragmatism, but more often in contemporary modern society, it is treated as a technical problem to be ‘solved’. This is a book about the paradoxical implications
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高勝率創新：別再讓平庸反對埋沒下一個好點子，迎向未來必備的決策新思維

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

by 薩菲．巴考, Safi Bahcall ...

Translated by 胡宗香 ...

Series series 天下財經
★比爾．蓋茲、《快思慢想》作者康納曼高度推薦★亞馬遜年度最佳商業書、《華爾街日報》暢銷書★獲選《金融時報》等10多家媒體年度選書世界將進入不同以往的十年，本書給你跟上21世紀的思考與解方。幫你掌握風向、挺過偽失敗、培育創新的救星！有些書會挑戰你的想法，這本書則挑戰你思考的方式－－「如果《達文西密碼》和《蘋果橘子經濟學》一起生了個孩子，就會是這本書。」為什麼優秀團隊會扼殺絕妙點子？本書以物理學解開組織行為的不理性與高效能之謎－－瘋狂點子如何產生，我們該... ... Read more

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★比爾．蓋茲、《快思慢想》作者康納曼高度推薦★亞馬遜年度最佳商業書、《華爾街日報》暢銷書★獲選《金融時報》等10多家媒體年度選書世界將進入不同以往的十年，本書給你跟上21世紀的思考與解方。幫你掌握風向、挺過偽失敗、培育創新的救星！有些書會挑戰你的想法，這本書則挑戰你思考的方式－－「如果《達文西密碼》和《蘋果橘子經濟學》一起生了個孩子，就會是這本書。」為什麼優秀團隊會扼殺絕妙點子？本書以物理學解開組織行為的不理性與高效能之謎－－瘋狂點子如何產生，我們該...
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意圖韌性：終止拖延萎靡的神奇之鑰！激活動機潛能，個人與團隊目標皆高效實現的強大心理力量

Intention: The Surprising Psychology of High Performers

by 麥克．詹姆斯·羅斯、塞庫爾．斯克爾．克拉斯特夫博士、丹恩．皮拉特 ...

Translated by 謝慈 ...

Series series GC標竿學院
無限意志力、驚人的原子習慣，你可以全部要！！！震撼全球的驚人發現！！麥肯錫、波士頓顧問，權威聯手的巔峰著作手機斷癮、瘦身、戒菸…很難堅持到底、力不從心，為什麼？部屬消極、低效、很難帶…「共享意圖」能徹底解決、成功變革！20道絕對有效的自我練習，徹底告別無力感與建立意圖人生Google、豐田汽車、星巴克…. 世界級A+企業成就卓越的秘密★驚人發現！拖延、厭世萎靡、惡習難改，錯不在你，而是……　　你必然有過這樣的類似經驗。莫名覺得生活乏味、失去熱忱、工作消極，對未來不再懷抱期望。於是，你「困」在公司了無生趣地等著下班、回到家「困」在沙發滿身疲憊地盯著無聊的電視畫面、「困」在床上漫無目的地滑著手機……。明知有事該處理卻提不起勁地一昧拖延，整個人陷入「遲鈍、虛無、厭世」的情緒當中。也有不少人尋求改變、想讓自己變得更好，發憤圖強要戒除壞習慣，包括手機成癮、耗時追劇、貪食變胖，不該抽菸等等 ... Read more

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無限意志力、驚人的原子習慣，你可以全部要！！！震撼全球的驚人發現！！麥肯錫、波士頓顧問，權威聯手的巔峰著作手機斷癮、瘦身、戒菸…很難堅持到底、力不從心，為什麼？部屬消極、低效、很難帶…「共享意圖」能徹底解決、成功變革！20道絕對有效的自我練習，徹底告別無力感與建立意圖人生Google、豐田汽車、星巴克…. 世界級A+企業成就卓越的秘密★驚人發現！拖延、厭世萎靡、惡習難改，錯不在你，而是……　　你必然有過這樣的類似經驗。莫名覺得生活乏味、失去熱忱、工作消極，對未來不再懷抱期望。於是，你「困」在公司了無生趣地等著下班、回到家「困」在沙發滿身疲憊地盯著無聊的電視畫面、「困」在床上漫無目的地滑著手機……。明知有事該處理卻提不起勁地一昧拖延，整個人陷入「遲鈍、虛無、厭世」的情緒當中。也有不少人尋求改變、想讓自己變得更好，發憤圖強要戒除壞習慣，包括手機成癮、耗時追劇、貪食變胖，不該抽菸等等
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Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything

A Theory of Human Misunderstanding

by Bobby Duffy ...

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the ... Read more

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A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the
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How to Create an E-book

Project Team

by Future Managers ...

This project scope statement serves as a baseline document to create an e-book which can be accessed publicly to helps stakeholders an e-book on specific topics. An e-book includes the creation of RACI chart, project deliverables and work breakdown structure and team needs to submit all assignments as per the scheduled dates. All the project work should occur within the framework and any changes ... Read more

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This project scope statement serves as a baseline document to create an e-book which can be accessed publicly to helps stakeholders an e-book on specific topics. An e-book includes the creation of RACI chart, project deliverables and work breakdown structure and team needs to submit all assignments as per the scheduled dates. All the project work should occur within the framework and any changes
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Leading from Your Best Self: Develop Executive Poise, Presence, and Influence to Maximize Your Potential

Develop Executive Poise, Presence, and Influence to Maximize Your Potential

by Rob Salafia ...

Proven techniques for building self-confidence, making personal connections, and developing a professional presence that’s powerful, authentic, and effective.Increase your poise, presence, and influence for more dynamic leadershipAre you showing up as the best version of yourself? Are you aware of how others experience you? By cultivating executive poise and presence, we not only improve how ... Read more

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Proven techniques for building self-confidence, making personal connections, and developing a professional presence that’s powerful, authentic, and effective.Increase your poise, presence, and influence for more dynamic leadershipAre you showing up as the best version of yourself? Are you aware of how others experience you? By cultivating executive poise and presence, we not only improve how
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Hiring and Firing (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

by Brian Tracy ...

Hiring and firing are too crucial to get wrong. Eliminate the guesswork in the two most important tasks you face as a manager.Hiring and firing are difficult to get right and potentially costly to get wrong, both for your career and for the business. Hiring & Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have by your side.Business expert Brian Tracy breaks down the simple but powerful ... Read more

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Hiring and firing are too crucial to get wrong. Eliminate the guesswork in the two most important tasks you face as a manager.Hiring and firing are difficult to get right and potentially costly to get wrong, both for your career and for the business. Hiring & Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have by your side.Business expert Brian Tracy breaks down the simple but powerful
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Game Theory in Management

Modelling Business Decisions and their Consequences

by Michael Hatfield ...

Architects and engineers can build models to test their ideas - why not managers? In Game Theory in Management: Modelling Business Decisions and Their Consequences, author Michael Hatfield presents a series of mathematically structured analogies to real-life business and economic interaction scenarios, and then, using modern game theory, he shows how to test common managerial technical approaches ... Read more

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Architects and engineers can build models to test their ideas - why not managers? In Game Theory in Management: Modelling Business Decisions and Their Consequences, author Michael Hatfield presents a series of mathematically structured analogies to real-life business and economic interaction scenarios, and then, using modern game theory, he shows how to test common managerial technical approaches
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Making Your Voice Heard

How to own your space, access your inner power and become influential

by Connson Chou Locke ...

Why are some people more influential than others? What is it that makes people sit up and take notice?Making Your Voice Heard is a fresh take on how to successfully influence others, regardless of your gender or background.Drawing on the latest research in social psychology, Connson Chou Locke will look at why we are prone to miscommunicate and how to overcome these barriers. This practical guide, ... Read more

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Why are some people more influential than others? What is it that makes people sit up and take notice?Making Your Voice Heard is a fresh take on how to successfully influence others, regardless of your gender or background.Drawing on the latest research in social psychology, Connson Chou Locke will look at why we are prone to miscommunicate and how to overcome these barriers. This practical guide,
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Dialogic Organization Development

The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change

Edited by Gervase R. Bushe, Robert J. Marshak ...

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of ... Read more

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A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of
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Scopri il tuo talento - crea il tuo lavoro

by Emma Labruna ...

Molti di noi sognano di poter mettere a frutto le proprie qualità per cogliere quella compiutezza professionale che sembra difficile da realizzare. “Scopri il tuo talento – crea il tuo lavoro” è un progetto che ti aiuterà a sviluppare le tue potenzialità, mettendole al servizio di un soddisfacente percorso di realizzazione personale e professionale.“Come trovare il giusto lavoro?”, “da dove ... Read more

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Molti di noi sognano di poter mettere a frutto le proprie qualità per cogliere quella compiutezza professionale che sembra difficile da realizzare. “Scopri il tuo talento – crea il tuo lavoro” è un progetto che ti aiuterà a sviluppare le tue potenzialità, mettendole al servizio di un soddisfacente percorso di realizzazione personale e professionale.“Come trovare il giusto lavoro?”, “da dove
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What I Didn't Learn in Business School

How Strategy Works in the Real World

by Jay Barney, Trish Gorman Clifford ...

Meet John Downs. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty chemicals firm, define and execute a strategy for exploiting a textile technology the company developed.John and his team deploy state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze the attractiveness of potential markets for the technology. But they soon ... Read more

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Meet John Downs. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty chemicals firm, define and execute a strategy for exploiting a textile technology the company developed.John and his team deploy state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze the attractiveness of potential markets for the technology. But they soon
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Beyond the Idea

How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization

by Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble ...

The New York Times bestselling authors of Reverse Innovation and How Stella Saved the Farm distill more than a decade of exclusive research into one short, powerful, action-oriented book.Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world's best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling authors of Reverse Innovation and How Stella Saved the Farm distill more than a decade of exclusive research into one short, powerful, action-oriented book.Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world's best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must
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Enterprise Process Orchestration

A Hands-on Guide to Strategy, People, and Technology That Will Transform Your Business

by Bernd Ruecker, Leon Strauch ...

Learn how to transform your business through process orchestrationProcess orchestration became pivotal to building a foundation for business agility, speed, and innovation. A process that is orchestrated end-to-end can integrate existing systems, human work, and the latest technologies like AI. It is the basis to understand how your business operates, how to improve processes, and how to innovate ... Read more

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Learn how to transform your business through process orchestrationProcess orchestration became pivotal to building a foundation for business agility, speed, and innovation. A process that is orchestrated end-to-end can integrate existing systems, human work, and the latest technologies like AI. It is the basis to understand how your business operates, how to improve processes, and how to innovate
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Praxis Framework: An integrated guide to the management of projects, programmes and portfolios

by Adrian Dooley ...

An integrated guide to the management of projects, programmes and portfolios ... Read more

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An integrated guide to the management of projects, programmes and portfolios
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AI-Born

The Machine Core

by Mehran Granfar ...

The job title is dying. What comes next will define how we build.We are witnessing a lineage break as profound as the Industrial Revolution - but this time, it's happening at machine speed. A three-person team now orchestrates the productive capacity that once required 30,000 employees. AI agents don't just assist with work; they are the workforce, executing, learning, and adapting faster than any ... Read more

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The job title is dying. What comes next will define how we build.We are witnessing a lineage break as profound as the Industrial Revolution - but this time, it's happening at machine speed. A three-person team now orchestrates the productive capacity that once required 30,000 employees. AI agents don't just assist with work; they are the workforce, executing, learning, and adapting faster than any
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HOW TO INVEST IN RENTAL PROPERTIES

THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO RENTAL PROPERTY INVESTING

by Keith E. Price ...

Tired of Rental Rollercoasters? Take Control with Our 40-Year Rental Property Blueprint!Are you a landlord drowning in tenant troubles, spiraling maintenance costs, and sleepless nights?Do you dream of a rental property that generates consistent income, requires minimal headaches, and finally allows you to live the life you deserve?This</str... ... Read more

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Tired of Rental Rollercoasters? Take Control with Our 40-Year Rental Property Blueprint!Are you a landlord drowning in tenant troubles, spiraling maintenance costs, and sleepless nights?Do you dream of a rental property that generates consistent income, requires minimal headaches, and finally allows you to live the life you deserve?This</str...
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Regras da criatividade

Tire as ideias da cabeça e leve-as para o mundo

by Tina Seeling ...

Neste livro, uma adaptação do curso que leciona na Universidade de Stanford, a professora Tina Seelig mostra de forma simples o passo a passo rumo à criatividade e à inovação. Para tal, ela apresenta o Ciclo da Invenção, um método autoral usado para esclarecer conceitos muitas vezes subjetivos que impedem a compreensão do que é criatividade e por consequência o uso de suas infinitas possibilidades ... Read more

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Neste livro, uma adaptação do curso que leciona na Universidade de Stanford, a professora Tina Seelig mostra de forma simples o passo a passo rumo à criatividade e à inovação. Para tal, ela apresenta o Ciclo da Invenção, um método autoral usado para esclarecer conceitos muitas vezes subjetivos que impedem a compreensão do que é criatividade e por consequência o uso de suas infinitas possibilidades
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Startup Myths and Models

What You Won't Learn in Business School

by Rizwan Virk ...

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed—from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions.This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the ... Read more

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Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed—from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions.This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the
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Decisions

Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices

by Baruch Fischhoff ...

A lively, authoritative insider’s account of how we make decisions and how decision-making research has developed over the last half century.Decisions describes the evolution of decision science (also called behavioral decision research and related to behavioral economics) through its application to challenging personal and public policy decisions, since the inception of the field.Baruch Fischhoff ... Read more

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A lively, authoritative insider’s account of how we make decisions and how decision-making research has developed over the last half century.Decisions describes the evolution of decision science (also called behavioral decision research and related to behavioral economics) through its application to challenging personal and public policy decisions, since the inception of the field.Baruch Fischhoff
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Powered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life

by Dr Neha Sangwan ...

Burnout isn’t a personal failure. It’s a wake-up call.This global epidemic is not merely a case of working too hard or feeling physically exhausted for an extended period of time. According to physician, executive coach, and speaker Neha Sangwan—an expert empowering corporate leaders and organizational teams to excel under pressure—burnout is due to prolonged stress and an ongoing net drain of ... Read more

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Burnout isn’t a personal failure. It’s a wake-up call.This global epidemic is not merely a case of working too hard or feeling physically exhausted for an extended period of time. According to physician, executive coach, and speaker Neha Sangwan—an expert empowering corporate leaders and organizational teams to excel under pressure—burnout is due to prolonged stress and an ongoing net drain of
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The Art of Unexpected Solutions

Using Lateral Thinking to Find Breakthroughs

by Paul Sloane ...

Unlock creativity, embrace the unexpected and turn chance discoveries into innovation. The Art of Unexpected Solutions shows you how to think differently, experiment boldly and uncover new ways of doing business that others overlook.Through real-world examples and research, this powerful guide reveals how openness to surprise can spark breakthroughs and redefine your approach to problem-solving. ... Read more

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Unlock creativity, embrace the unexpected and turn chance discoveries into innovation. The Art of Unexpected Solutions shows you how to think differently, experiment boldly and uncover new ways of doing business that others overlook.Through real-world examples and research, this powerful guide reveals how openness to surprise can spark breakthroughs and redefine your approach to problem-solving.
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Delivering Exceptional Project Results

A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation and Management

by Jamal Moustafaev ...

This unique how-to implementation guide unifies project management, portfolio management, and requirements engineering into one proven, comprehensive best practice framework to help organizations deliver exceptional project results on a consistent basis. Delivering Exceptional Project Results transcends differences in the various “types” of project management, such as traditional or agile, and ... Read more

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This unique how-to implementation guide unifies project management, portfolio management, and requirements engineering into one proven, comprehensive best practice framework to help organizations deliver exceptional project results on a consistent basis. Delivering Exceptional Project Results transcends differences in the various “types” of project management, such as traditional or agile, and
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Shitty Sales Leaders

And How to Not Be One

by Adam Apps ...

Most sales leaders struggle to motivate their teams and deliver sustainable results. Great sales leaders make it look easy while others never figure it out. Ineffective sales leaders may resort to desperate tactics that damage careers, wreck team cultures, and scare great people away from leadership opportunities.In Shitty Sales Leaders: And How to Not Be One, sales veteran Adam Apps shares an ... Read more

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Most sales leaders struggle to motivate their teams and deliver sustainable results. Great sales leaders make it look easy while others never figure it out. Ineffective sales leaders may resort to desperate tactics that damage careers, wreck team cultures, and scare great people away from leadership opportunities.In Shitty Sales Leaders: And How to Not Be One, sales veteran Adam Apps shares an
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