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Human Resource Mgmt & Org. Behavior

Building Organizational Capacity for Change: The Leader's New Mandate

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William Q. Judge

This book offers an alternative to the traditional approach by focusing on building the change capacity of the entire organization in anticipation of the onslaught of change.

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Manage Your Career: 10 Keys to Survival and Success When Interviewing and on the Job

Manage Your Career: 10 Keys to Survival and Success When Interviewing and on the Job
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08/01/2008

Vijay Sathe

Manage Your Career: 10 Keys to Survival and Success When Interviewing and on the Job is a unique guide to creating a thriving career, no matter what stage your career path is in.

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Growing Your Business: Making Human Resources Work for You

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09/01/2008

Robert Baron and Scott Shane

If you are an entrepreneur starting a new venture, this book provides the information you need to choose your initial team of cofounders and employees.

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Developing Employee Talent to Perform: People Power

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05/18/2009

Kim Warren

This book outlines a critical approach to developing employee talent within your company; strategy dynamics. It removes the shroud of mystery from effectively attaining desired performance outcomes by clearly defining the links between people issues and performance.

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A Leader's Guide to Knowledge Management: Drawing on the Past to Enhance Future Performance

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06/20/2009

John Girard and JoAnn L. Girard

This book is your guide to knowledge management for the future leaders of your organization. In other words, it ensures that they will know what you know and be able to apply your experiences to similar encounters in their time.

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Knowledge Management: Begging for a Bigger Role, 2nd Edition

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11/13/2009

Arnold Kransdorff

Updated, this new edition draws on two trillion-dollar examples – one being the present credit crunch – to highlight the gaping hole in the way industry and commerce are being taught how to make their decisions.

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Mergers and Acquisitions: Turmoil in Top Management Teams

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12/10/2009

Jeffrey Krug

Mergers and acquisitions can be tumultuous for executives. Target companies can expect to lose close to 40 percent of their top management team within two years after acquisition.

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Performance Management: A Practical Guide for Managers

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05/05/2010

Joseph McCune

This book has two audiences: managers who want to improve their effectiveness in managing the performance of their staff and Human Resource (HR) professionals needing to design a new Performance Management system or make improvements to an existing system.

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Positive Management: Increasing Employee Productivity

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05/05/2010

Jack Walters

Positive management (PM) motivates employees, increases productivity, and accomplishes important organizational goals by creating positive and upbeat relationships with employees.

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Conducting Performance Appraisals: A Focus on Communication

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05/10/2010

Michael E. Gordon and Lea P. Stewart

Written for practitioners and advanced students, this book presents an alternative approach to the performance appraisal process that focuses on communication rather than evaluation.

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Leading the Organization: Governance, Strategy and Execution

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05/10/2010

Jeffrey Krug and Wallace Stettinius

This book provides general managers and students of general management with a broad overview of the theories, concepts, tools, and principles of general management, leadership, governance, strategy, and execution.

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Implementing the Change Process: A Self-Paced Workbook for Newly Appointed CEOs

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06/15/2010

Bernard Liebowitz

This workbook is designed for CEOs, Executives and Senior Managers who have been assigned to a new position with sufficient authority, if not a mandate, to enact change in the organization.

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The Internationalists: Masters of the Global Game

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06/15/2010

Catherine W. Scherer

This book identifies the six key practices of successful internationalists and posits that recognizing them will have a profound effect on corporate mindset and how global companies plan and execute cross-border strategies.

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Organizational Change: Managing Long-Term Top Management Team Instability

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08/05/2010

Jeffrey Krug

Change has become something of a buzzword for high-performance firms. “Change,” however, can be difficult and hazardous. Executives may initiate change by acquiring new businesses, divesting under-performing units, and downsizing.

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Managing Cross-Cultural Conflict

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12/15/2010

Parissa Haghirian

The book targets managers in international business and teams. Students who study international business or plan to study overseas will also benefit from reading the book.

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