Upcoming Books & Products from BEP

An organizational strategy and business plan may begin with an engaging product or service concept. It may end with a creative investment funding strategy. But at its heart, its very core, a business plan must address the fundamental operating principles of management accounting from a pragmatic “nuts and bolts” perspective.

Sustainable (and green) business seems to have become mainstream practically overnight. This growth in interest in sustainable business practices stems from changing societal expectations and a growing awareness that sustainability creates a win-win situation for the business and humanity alike. Sustainable Business: An Executive’s Primer is a brief introduction to sustainability as it applies to business. This book will offer an overview of how sustainability is applied throughout the organization.

The purpose of this primer is to provide executives with an overview of social network research as it relates to individual, group, and organizational learning, innovation, and performance. While social networking and some of the powerful tools of social network analysis have become somewhat ubiquitous features of today’s competitive landscape, that does not mean that they are a business, let alone the foundation or catalyst for a profitable business.

Today when most executives consider the intellectual capital of their organization, they focus on the present. They seek tools and techniques to exploit their organizational knowledge for some immediate gain. There is an emerging shift in thinking that will provide a lasting competitive advantage – the shift is from the present to the future. This book is unique in that it focuses on what executives should be doing now (or soon) to ensure the next generation of organizational leaders know what we knew.

Following the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, corporate malfeasance, and the US and international financial crises, businesses and organizations have made crisis management and communication a priority. Some have learned the lessons of Exxon, Enron, World Com and Martha Stewart. Many have not.
This book uses well known cases (Martha Stewart, Enron, etc) to illustrate failures in crisis communication, and provides a step-by-step guide for managers seeking to implement a crisis communication protocol.

The fundamental challenge facing business leaders is how to drive performance into the future – the ‘dynamics’ of strategy. To tackle this effectively, they need a clear understanding of what causes performance to improve or deteriorate, and what power they have to change this trajectory for the better. Without this understanding, they risk making poor choices about their future – failing to exploit promising opportunities, pursuing unachievable aims, or falling victim to competitive and other threats.

Between downsizing, outsourcing, retrenchment, and stagnant or declining real wages workers in the United States face a discouraging workplace environment. For senior executives, the last ten years, has on average, provided great wealth, but an uncertain and high pressure environment. Many feel that some kind of action must be taken to stabilize the U.S. workforce and renew our economic leadership. Yet, amid this turmoil, there are still companies whose executives successfully emphasize workforce stability and high performance.

This book is your introduction to Marketing 2.0. It shows you how to leverage new media tools like Facebook, Twitter, blogs and the New Media Press Release to grow your business and your followers, as well as how to participate in meaningful conversations with past, present and future customers. The book will also identify strategies you can implement immediately to grow awareness of your brand online.

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are becoming the benchmark accounting standards for companies listed on international stock exchanges. The SEC treats them as equivalent of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and is even contemplating allowing their use instead of US GAAP. They are mandatory in Europe, Australia and South Africa. Canada, China, Brazil, Japan and India are planning to use them from 2011.