Critical Leadership and Management Tools for Contemporary Organizations

Critical Leadership and Management Tools for Contemporary Organizations

$28.99

A massive paradigm shift in the world of work and the way we manage people. What’s changing – everything!

All of this has been brought about by several converging factors. The impact of COVID on how we work; causing a shift from where work is done. Recent significant changes in Artificial intelligence, Chat GPT and robotics will impact on every area of work worldwide – it’s happening now.

Predictably, fewer people are now required in the world of work; those with a potentially amazing career will be talented people who will be paid on what they do rather than what they know – a huge change.

A new type of management. Inspirational leaders with a special skillset will be in high demand. Managers of the past are unlikely to have the skills or personality to get the best from the new breed of super employees.

In this book we will look at all these issues and provide readers with the current facts, case studies form the world’s leading companies, worked examples and most importantly practical advice on how to do it.

Seamless: Successful B2B Marketing, Selling, and Account Management

Seamless: Successful B2B Marketing, Selling, and Account Management

$37.99

A unique guidebook to B2B marketing and sales for practicing and aspiring managers.

In Seamless: Successful B2B Marketing, Selling, and Account Management, the authors and 20 successful businesspeople share their practical experience and the valuable lessons they learned at the sharp end of branding, selling, and marketing.

Expert opinion, academic theory, research, and practical advice are summarized with explanatory graphics and dos and don’ts lists for each topic.

Essential for students of business and the managers of any size or type of firm, Seamless will educate and guide you through the marketing, sales, and account management process to business success.

Negotiating with Agility: A Manager’s Guide to Better Labor Agreements

Negotiating with Agility: A Manager’s Guide to Better Labor Agreements

$31.99

At last: a concise, practical guide that shows managers how to create agility at the bargaining table through thoughtful planning and preparation in the weeks, months, and years before formal negotiations begin, and how to do that on top of your regular full-time job.

Agility in labor agreement negotiations is the ability to recognize and respond in the moment to threats and opportunities, both anticipated and unexpected. Agility gives you the confidence to talk with a party you may or may not be able to trust and have a conversation the outcome of which will significantly impact your company and future collective bargaining agreements. Agility allows you to pivot.

An Introduction to Global Supply Chain Management: What Every Manager Needs to Understand

An Introduction to Global Supply Chain Management: What Every Manager Needs to Understand

$34.99

The problems during COVID made everyone aware that today’s global business environment relies on supply chains 24/7.

Although most managers and executives are not chain experts, they must know and understand the key aspects of supply chain management to make the best daily decisions for their business. Many textbooks cover numerous details and theories about supply chains. However, it has been said that everything that is taught in business school is theory…until you must make payroll.

Both authors have made payroll in various businesses. Thus, this text removes the details and is focused on an executive overview of the key aspects of Global Supply Chains that every businessperson needs to know to continually succeed in their business and make payroll.

Thriving in a Data World: A Guide for Leaders and Managers

Thriving in a Data World: A Guide for Leaders and Managers

$31.99

Currently, every company, no matter its size, is data-driven in one way or another; using data to improve customer experience, as a new value stream, and to stay competitive. However, many business leaders, professionals, and students—such as executives, business analysts, UI/UX designers, project managers and marketing teams —are forced to interact with data and those who generate data, without being taught the general competencies needed to feel comfortable having these conversations.

This book focuses on the foundations needed to be successful in managing and engaging with data analytics initiatives, bridging the gap between creators and users of data. As a management reference guide, it discusses the different types of data strategy needed for succeeding with data, covering topics such as data team composition, types of data analytics, the importance of data storytelling, and identifying data ROI.

Framed by the author’s personal story, the trove of information is made tangible through the compelling narrative with its unprecedented accessibility and readability for a non-technical audience.

If you suffer from fear of data, anxiety around conversations with technical teams, this practical approach book can help with actions you can start implementing right away.

Emergency Management for Healthcare, Volume V: Writing an Emergency Plan

Emergency Management for Healthcare, Volume V: Writing an Emergency Plan

$28.99

This series of books focuses on highly specialized Emergency Management arrangements for healthcare facilities and organizations. It is designed to assist any healthcare executive with a body of knowledge which permits a transition into the application of emergency management planning and procedures for healthcare facilities and organizations.

This series is intended for both experienced practitioners of both healthcare management and emergency management, and also for students of these two disciplines.

Emergency Management for Healthcare, Volume IV: Staff Education

Emergency Management for Healthcare, Volume IV: Staff Education

$31.99

This series of books focuses on highly specialized Emergency Management arrangements for healthcare facilities and organizations. It is designed to assist any healthcare executive with a body of knowledge which permits a transition into the application of emergency management planning and procedures for healthcare facilities and organizations.

This series is intended for both experienced practitioners of both healthcare management and emergency management, and also for students of these two disciplines.

Enhanced Enterprise Risk Management

Enhanced Enterprise Risk Management

$41.99

The performance and survival of a business in a global economy depends on understanding and managing the risks–external and those embedded within its operations.

It is vital to identify and prioritize significant risks and detect the weakest points. Adding other elements to an essential ERM program, such as PESTEL and Porter’s 5 forces, treatment plans, scorecards, the three lines of defense (3LoD) components, and process improvements (six sigma, 8D, etc.) significantly increases the ERM success rate.

The authors outline a comprehensive strategy to designing and implementing a robust and successful ERM program – and not just successful in implementation but also yielding enormous returns for the organizations that implemented this enhanced ERM program.

Emergency Management for Healthcare, Volume III: Emergency Response Planning

Emergency Management for Healthcare, Volume III: Emergency Response Planning

$31.99

This series of books focuses on highly specialized Emergency Management arrangements for healthcare facilities and organizations. It is designed to assist any healthcare executive with a body of knowledge which permits a transition into the application of emergency management planning and procedures for healthcare facilities and organizations.

This series is intended for both experienced practitioners of both healthcare management and emergency management, and also for students of these two disciplines.

Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management

Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management

$34.99

The demand for cybersecurity expertise is growing phenomenally; enhancing cybersecurity project skills will boost technology professionals’ careers and improve organizational cybersecurity readiness.

Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management provides an end-to-end framework tuned for cybersecurity projects. More experienced cybersecurity professionals will appreciate the innovative and lean elements of this approach. The reader is guided through the delivery, management, and optimization approach that increases the probability of cybersecurity project success.

Cybersecurity project management in Shields Up brings together international frameworks such as the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework, ITIL 4 Service Management, the ISO 27001 Information Security Management, ISO 31000 Risk Management, and ISO 9000 Quality Management. A key benefit of this book is the reader can quickly apply the hybrid project management approach since it combines global frameworks already followed by cybersecurity professionals leading to successful projects. Never before has cybersecurity project management been so important.