"The more national boundaries a company crosses, the greater the scope for misunderstanding and conflict. To succeed internationally, it is essential to be able to break the barriers of culture, language and set patterns of thinking. This book will show you how to: deal sensitiv…
From the publisher. Published as part of Palgrave Macmillan's IE Business Publishing Series, Simply Seven is a practical guide to Internet business for students, entrepreneurs and executives. The book presents a practical blueprint created to get entrepreneurs and executives sta…
Simply Seven is a practical framework created to get entrepreneurs and executives started on finding the right Internet business model for their web site. It is based on the idea that there are seven business building blocks - which form the foundation of all Internet business m…
Making Sense of Leadership identifies the five key roles used by effective leaders. A practical, accessible and solution-focused book, it helps entrepreneurs, managers and leaders develop their leadership skills. The authors examine successful leaders to determine the type of le…
Issues of 'deficit' play a crucial role in the social world in fields as diverse as Health Education Management Social work Law Discourses of Deficit presents original contributions from key practitioners and researchers exploring how people routinely and at particular sites are…
Competence encompasses or overlaps with notions of efficiency, success, accountability, excellence and self-justification. The contributors explore ways in which individuals, teams or groups in organizations discursively present themselves as competent, i.e. as having the abilit…
As technology changes, so too have its applications and our uses and experiences with them have changed as well. The emergence of new technologies offer opportunities for new ways of interacting, playing, working and learning. It is within the context of simultaneous excitement …
If Russia has become a market economy, how does it function on a grassroots level? In addition to market mechanisms, what kinds of social and moral principles are at work in the new Russian economy? Is the 'Soviet legacy' still present in post-Soviet business practices? This boo…
This book examines the significance of networks among the firms operative in the contemporary Russian software industry in the St. Petersburg region. It focuses on the kind of resources that are transmitted through the personal networks of Russian business managers and directors…
An excellent presentation has never been more important. At work we are constantly aware of the need to keep customers on board, persuade staff or influence peers.Develop Your Presentation Skills takes a step-at-a-time approach to developing a belting presentation, from unpickin…
An excellent presentation has never been more important. At work we are constantly aware of the need to keep customers on board, persuade staff or influence peers.Develop Your Presentation Skills takes a step-at-a-time approach to developing a belting presentation, from unpickin…
An excellent presentation has never been more important. At work we are constantly aware of the need to keep customers on board, persuade staff or influence peers.Develop Your Presentation Skills takes a step-at-a-time approach to developing a belting presentation, from unpickin…
The benefits of networking are many - improving the chances of keeping a job, getting a new one, career progression, learning how to get along with others and improving personal effectiveness and company performance.Successful Networking is designed to remove the fear factor and…
Successful Networking is designed to encourage people to "network for success" by removing the fear associated with networking. It gives advice and guidance on handling any social or workplace situation that could be awkward. Personal development expert Frances Kay helps readers…
Develop Your Presentation Skills offers step-by-step advice to prepare effectively and nail that presentation. Going beyond just handling nerves and presenting slides, this quick and easy guide provides a practical toolkit for developing a winning presentation and improving your…
Gain essential skills for career development, improve your confidence and nail your presentations with this pocket guide to preparing and delivering them well.
For anyone who has to make presentations.A brief, professional, reader-friendly guide to creating effective presentations. Many people avoid giving presentations or simply suffer through them. Guide to Presentations, with its clear, concise, and practical information, helps read…
Step-by-step guide to creating compelling, memorable presentations A chart that once took ten hours to prepare can now be produced by anyone with ten minutes and a computer keyboard. What hasn't changed, however, are the basics behind creating a powerful visual - what to say, wh…
Do you need a confidence boost in your workplace communication? Whether you speak English as an additional language, or you're a native speaker looking to take your writing to the next level, How to Write Effective Business English provides easy to apply guidance on how to expre…
