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Happy Sales: Mit Motivation und Organisation zum Erfolg im Verkauf
by Sandra SchubertDie vollständig aktualisierte und überarbeitete Neuauflage von "Happy Sales" vermittelt - fundiert und kurzweilig - strategische, organisatorische und emotionale Selbstführung im Verkauf. In ihrem Buch verbindet die erfahrene Verkaufsexpertin Sandra Schubert gekonnt die relevanten Erkenntnisse der Positiven Psychologie und des modernen Selbst- und Zeitmanagements. Verkäufer, Vertriebsmitarbeiter und Selbstständige bekommen handfeste Tipps, um die täglichen Herausforderungen im Verkauf, besonders auch in Zeiten von Rezession und Digitalisierung, gut meistern zu können. Dabei schöpft die Autorin aus ihrer über 25-jährigen Erfahrung, aus den eigenen Verkaufserlebnissen und aus Hunderten von Trainings- und Coachingtagen. Auf Basis der aktuellen Glücksforschung, der Positiven Psychologie, entwickeln Verkäufer eine optimistische Grundhaltung und eine ebensolche Ausstrahlung. Sie erfahren, wie sie ihr Glück tagtäglich bewusster erleben, planen, herbeiführen und so ihren Glückspegel dauerhaft anheben. Weiterhin liefert Sandra Schubert wirksame organisatorische Werkzeuge, um nicht nur glücklich im Verkauf zu sein, sondern vor allem auch aktiv! Sowohl "hauptberufliche Verkäufer" als auch "Teilzeit-Verkäufer", wie Unternehmer und Selbstständige, haben viele Rollen und viele Aufgaben. In der Folge kommt der aktive Verkauf aufgrund der Dringlichkeit des operativen Geschäfts oft zu kurz. Deshalb enthält das Buch wertvolle Impulse, wie man sich über seine Hauptaufgaben und Prioritäten klar wird. Die Leser lernen, die Arbeits- und Verkaufswoche strategisch zu planen und sich möglichst viele Freiräume für die wirklich wichtigen Dinge zu schaffen. Sie erfahren, wie sie auch an Tagen mit wenig Zeit aktiv verkaufen können und werden. Die Autorin zeigt auf, wie die persönlichen Stärken, die eigenen Werte und die individuelle Verkaufsphilosophie, gerade auch im Zeitalter von Vertrieb 4.0 stärker zur Wirkung kommen und so trotz Informationsflut, Überangebot und Zeitnot ein motiviertes, erfolgreiches "Verkaufen im Flow" erreicht wird. So sorgt Happy Sales für ein langfristig hohes Energie- und Motivationslevel und mehr Erfolg durch Leichtigkeit im Verkauf!
Happy Sales: Mit Positiver Psychologie und Zeitmanagement zum Erfolg im Verkauf
by Sandra SchubertIn ihrem Buch verbindet die erfolgreiche Verkaufsexpertin Sandra Schubert die relevanten Erkenntnisse der Positiven Psychologie und des modernen Selbst- und Zeitmanagements miteinander und wendet sie auf die Herausforderungen im Verkauf, im Vertrieb und in der Selbständigkeit an. Dabei schöpft sie aus ihren über 25-jährigen Erfahrungen, aus den eigenen Verkaufserlebnissen und aus hunderten von Trainings- und Coachingtagen. Auf Basis der aktuellen Glücksforschung, der Positiven Psychologie bekommen Verkäufer und Vertriebsleute zahlreiche griffige Tipps, wie sie permanent glücklich im Verkauf werden, und zwar unabhängig von der aktuellen Auftragslage. Verkäufer entwickeln eine optimistische Grundhaltung und eine ebensolche Ausstrahlung. Sie erfahren außerdem, wie sie ihr Glück tagtäglich bewusster aus- und erleben, ja sogar planen können, und so ihren Glückspegel dauerhaft anheben. Außerdem liefert Sandra Schubert wirksame organisatorische Werkzeuge, um nicht nur glücklich im Verkauf zu sein, sondern vor allem auch aktiv! Sowohl "hauptberufliche Verkäufer" als auch "Teilzeit-Verkäufer", wie Unternehmer und Selbstständige, haben viele Rollen und viele Aufgaben. Die Folge: Im operativen Geschäft kommt der aktive Verkauf oft zu kurz. Deshalb enthält das Buch wertvolle Impulse, wie Verkäufer sich über ihre Hauptaufgaben und Prioritäten klar werden. Sie lernen, die Arbeits- und Verkaufswoche strategisch zu planen und sich möglichst viele Freiräume für die wirklich wichtigen Dinge zu schaffen. Die Leser erfahren, wie Sie auch an Tagen mit wenig Zeit für den Verkauf aktiv werden und bleiben. Die Autorin zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, wie das persönliche Verkaufstalent stärker eingesetzt werden kann und ein müheloses "Verkaufen im Flow" erreicht wird. Durch den effektiven und effizienten Einsatz ihrer Ressourcen erhalten sich aktive Verkäufer ein langfristig hohes Energie- und Motivationslevel und erleben mehr Erfolg und Glück im täglichen Verkauf.
Happy Trails: Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business
by Mick Houghton Andrew LauderAndrew Lauder is one of British record business's most significant and highly influential figures but outside the music industry few people will probably know his name. He's always retained a fan's perspective which, combined with an exceptional knowledge of music, meant he was at ease around musicians and never happier than spending time with them. During the later '60s and throughout the '70s in particular (working at the legendary United Artists), he had a knack of being one step ahead of the next trend. In hindsight it's easy to identify the changing eras in music but underground music, pub rock and punk in Britain, for example, evolved quite seamlessly and it was visionaries like Andrew who, instinctively, saw what was coming and helped bring about those transitions. He was ahead of the game in other ways too; pioneering a more creative way of marketing and promoting records and revolutionising the way catalogue was organised and presented. This is his story.
Happy UAE
by Brian J. Hall Tiffany Y. Chang Alpana Thapar Joshua Schwartzstein Karim SamehThis case centers on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national goal of raising the happiness of its residents and visitors through ambitious government initiatives. They combined this bold national goal with an accountability structure (incentive plan) built on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), as more typically done at a company level. A key case protagonist is Ohood Al Roumi: the UAE and the world's first dedicated Minister of State for Happiness and Well-being. She was assigned to this role by Sheikh Mohammed, the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Al Roumi attempted to drive national progress towards happiness in UAE society through several means: measuring happiness in the community and happiness with government services, aligning and coordinating government entities towards promoting happiness and positivity at work, and promoting happiness as a lifestyle more generally. The case details the UAE's progress through February 2018. The class discussion gives students a chance to reflect on the role of government in promoting happiness and well-being and how a government could go about encouraging happiness. The UAE in effect implemented a complex incentive scheme with the aim of coordinating attempts to increase happiness and well-being. The connection between the UAE's efforts and incentive schemes emerges in the course of the class discussion, which enables students to reflect on concrete managerial implications of the analysis.
Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
by Malene RydahlThis international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be, too. For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world’s happiness surveys. How is it that these 5.6 million Danes are so content when they live in a country that is dark and cold nine months of the year and where income taxes are at almost 60 percent? At a time when talk across the Western world is focused on unemployment woes, government overreach, and anti-taxation lobbies, our Danish counterparts seem to breathe a healthier and fresher air. Interweaving anecdotes and research, Malene Rydahl explores how the values of trust, education, and a healthy work-life balance with purpose—to name just a few—contribute to a “happy” population. From eye-opening stories about open-air vegetable stands to babies safely left unattended while parents have coffee, to very generous paternity leave policies, Rydahl provides tips that we can all apply to our daily lives regardless of where we live.
Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
by Kirsten Grind Katherine SayreFrom award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, &“a startling portrait of one of our greatest tech visionaries, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh&” (Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road), reporting on his short life and untimely death and what they mean for our culture&’s pursuit of happiness.Tony Hsieh—CEO of Zappos, Las Vegas developer, and all-around beloved entrepreneur—was famous for spreading happiness. He lived and breathed this philosophy, instilling an ethos of joy at his company and outlining his vision for a better workplace in his New York Times bestseller Delivering Happiness. He promoted a workplace where bosses treated employees like family members, where stress was replaced by playfulness, and where hierarchies were replaced with equality and collaboration. His outlook shaped Silicon Valley and the larger business world. Hsieh used his position at work to integrate levity into a normally competitive environment. He aspired to build his own utopian cities, pouring millions of dollars into real estate and small businesses, first in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada—where Zappos was headquartered—and then in Park City, Utah. He gave generously to his employees and close friends, including throwing infamous Zappos parties and organizing gatherings at his home, an Airstream trailer park. When Hsieh died suddenly in November of 2020, the news shook the business and tech world. Wall Street Journal reporters Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre quickly realized the importance of the story because of Hsieh&’s stature in the industry, but as they dug into the details of his final months, they realized there was a bigger story to tell. They found that Hsieh&’s obsession with happiness masked his darker struggles with addiction, mental health, and loneliness. In the last year of his life, he spiraled out of control, cycling out of rehab and into the waiting arms of friends who enabled his worst behavior, even as he bankrolled them from his billion-dollar fortune. Happy at Any Cost sheds light on one of the most venerated, yet vulnerable, business leaders of our time. It's about our culture&’s intense need to find &“happiness&” at all costs, our misguided worship of entrepreneurs, the stigmas still surrounding mental health, and how the trappings of fame can mask all types of deeper problems. In turn, it reveals how we conceptualize success—and define happiness—in our modern age.
Happy at Work, Happy at Home: The Girl's Guide to Being a Working Mom
by Caitlin Friedman Kimberly YorioThis fresh, empowering, and fully comprehensive guide is the must-have handbook for every working mom! Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio have helped readers find their dream jobs, be a boss without being bitchy, and even start companies of their own. But what happens when a career girl becomes a mom and her world turns upside down? Can you maintain your ambition and momentum at work while still being the kind of parent you want to be?Of course you can! In Happy at Work, Happy at Home, Caitlin and Kim guide readers through every step on the road to having it all, offering detailed, practical advice in their trademark style. Working mothers themselves, these authors know what it means to juggle the demands of office and home, and they’re here to help the rest of us.From first breaking the news that you’re pregnant, to making the most of your maternity leave, to getting the help you need from your partner and childcare professionals, this book is a must-have resource for a whole generation of working women who aspire to keep their careers on track and their home life running smoothly (without losing their minds). As the title suggests, the insightful tips from both the authors and from intimate and eye-opening interviews with other successful moms will help all working mothers on their quest to be satisfied, fulfilled, and happy at work and at home.
Happy at Work: 60 Simple Ways to Stay Engaged and Be Successful
by Jim DonovanEven in a tight economy, job satisfaction isn’t a luxury; fulfilled, happy employees are productive, innovative, and loyal. And workplace fulfillment spills over into happier families and better communities. Jim Donovan, a small-business owner, consultant, and speaker, has worked with employees and employers for twenty-five years. In that time he has tested and honed these shift-producing strategies on everything from managing time, making decisions, and marking milestones to breaking patterns, bouncing back, and becoming exceptional. Each tip’s method and rationale are clearly explained. Real workplace vignettes demonstrate the benefits and results that can be gleaned from simple shifts and actions. These tools will empower you with the knowledge that no matter the circumstance, you can think, act, and feel in ways that create purpose, success, and, yes, happiness.
Happy at Work: How to Create a Happy, Engaging Workplace for Today's (and Tomorrow's!) Workforce
by Robyn L. GarrettRevamp your workplace culture with these 100 accessible strategies for creating a supportive, flexible, productive, and happy work environment, perfect for managers, human resource representatives, and other workplace leaders.It&’s time to update your workplace culture! One of the most important reasons people today choose to stay—or leave—a job is the culture of the company. As people become more socially conscious; focus more on wellness, self-care, and work-life balance; and seek jobs where they feel a real connection, it&’s more important than ever to think about the elements of a job between the work itself. But how do you create a culture that people enjoy while staying productive and successful? In Happy at Work, you&’ll first learn a bit more about why a happy workplace is so important and how it can benefit both the individual employees and the company as a whole. Then, it&’s time to take action. Considering new trends in the workplace and the ever-changing workplace, this book provides 100 strategies for improving your work environment. You&’ll learn to tackle big topics that are important to people today, such as: -Providing fair compensation and benefits -Giving your employees real recognition and rewards -Respecting diverse needs -Cultivating a healthy work-life balance -And much more! This book not only provides great ideas for changing your workplace for the better, but also provides clear guidance on how to make those changes happen. Whether you&’re a new manager, a long-time HR representative, or another leader ready to make a change, Happy at Work gives you everything you need to know to revitalize your workplace and make you (and your employees) happy to come to work every single day.
Haptic Sensation and Consumer Behaviour: The Influence of Tactile Stimulation in Physical and Online Environments
by Margot Racat Sonia CapelliThis book offers an overview of haptic sensation and its influence on consumers’ behaviour, especially in dual and mediated environments where products are accessible through an interface. After almost three decades, marketers have reached a critical understanding of the importance of consumers’ senses to the processing of brands, products and advertising information. Since the development of the internet, however, there have been questions as to how markets and consumers can reach out to products in different environments. Recent advances in technologies allow sensations to render or stimulate physical sensations similar to the handling of the same product. These emerging possibilities question the way consumers are and will be able to feel a product according to the reality it relies on. The book begins by defining and discussing haptic consumption, before introducing the challenge of appealing to consumers’ senses in the digital age and examining how marketing managers have overcome this tangible barrier to date. The authors go on to further investigate the role of interfaces in rendering tactile sensations, with a particular focus on technological innovations. Finally, the book presents the authors’ original research in the field and offers a prospective vision of consumption for the coming years.
Har Bhartiya Ke Liye Nivesh Ke Saral Upay: हर भारतीय के लिए निवेश के सरल उपाय
by Vinod Pottayilनिवेश सम्बंधी अपने सभी प्रश्नोंके जवाब पाएं! - मैं सुनार के पास बार-बार जाए बिना सोने मैं निवेश कैसे कर सकता हूँ ?म्यूचुअल फंड कितने प्रकार के होते हैं, जिनमें मैं निवेश कर सकता हूँ? - मुझे जीवन बीमा को ख़र्च मानना चाहिए या निवेश? - शेयर बाज़ार कैसे काम करता है? - क्या मैं 15 साल बाद भी पीपीएफ़ में निवेश कर सकता हूँ? - क्या एम्पलॉई प्रॉविडेंट स्कीम से पैसा निकालते समय करमुक्त होता है? - रियल एस्टेट में निवेश करके मुनाफ़ा कमाने के कौन से तरीक़े हैं? - क्या मुझे स्वास्थ्य बीमे की सचमुच ज़रुरत है? अगर हाँ, तो मेरे पास कितनी राशि का बीमा होना चाहिए? - कैशलेस हेल्थ इनश्योरेंस क्या होता है? स्वास्थ्य बीमे में टॉप अप और सुपर टॉप अप का क्या मतलब होता है? - वसीयत क्या है और क्या मुझे भी वसीयत लिखनी चाहिए? - मैं संख्याओं और हिसाब-किताब में माहिर नहीं हूँ? क्या कोई आसान तरीक़ा है, जिससे मैं अपने निवेशों के भावी मूल्य का पता लगा सकता हूँ? यह पुस्तक बताती है कि बाज़ार मैं उपलब्ध निवेश के सबसे लोकप्रिय विकल्प कैसे काम करते हैं अप जो ज्ञान हासिल करेंगे, उससे न सिर्फ अप अपने निवेशों का बेहतर प्रबंधन कर पाएँगे, बल्कि इससे आपको स्वयं ही निवेश के संसार कि पड़ताल करने का आत्मविश्वास भी मिलेगा यह पुस्तक सभी उम्र के लोगों के लिए एक उपयोगी साधन होगी, जो अपने वित्तीय जीवन की बागडोर अपने हाथों मैं थामना चाहते हैं।
Harboring Data
by Andrea M. MatwyshynMatwyshyn (legal studies and business ethics, U. of Pennsylvania) compiles 10 articles by law and other scholars, information security professionals, and other experts from the US, UK, Canada, and Hong Kong on the business, legal, and social dynamics affecting corporate information security and data breaches. They discuss the need to adopt a multidisciplinary lens in analyzing information security; public aspects of corporate information security; protecting intellectual property assets; health, financial, and children's data, including HIPAA regulations; and changing contract law norms and new business models in social networking websites. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Hard America, Soft America: Competition vs. Coddling and the Battle for the Nation's Future
by Michael BaroneA peculiar feature of our country today, says Michael Barone, is that we seem to produce incompetent eighteen-year-olds but remarkably competent thirty-year-olds. Indeed, American students lag behind their peers in other nations, but America remains on the leading edge economically, scientifically, technologically, and militarily. The reason for this paradox, explains Barone in this brilliant essay, is that “from ages six to eighteen Americans live mostly in what I call Soft America—the parts of our country where there is little competition and accountability. But from ages eighteen to thirty Americans live mostly in Hard America—the parts of American life subject to competition and accountability.” While Soft America coddles, Hard America plays for keeps. Educators, for example, protect children from the rigors of testing, ban dodgeball, and promote just about any student who shows up. But most adults quickly figure out that how they do depends on what they produce. Barone sweeps readers along, showing how we came to the current divide—for things weren’t always this way. In fact, no part of our society is all Hard or all Soft, and the boundary between Hard America and Soft America often moves back and forth. Barone also shows where America is headed—or should be headed. We don’t want to subject kindergartners to the rigors of the Marine Corps or leave old people uncared for. But Soft America lives off the productivity, creativity, and competence of Hard America, and we have the luxury of keeping part of our society Soft only if we keep most of it Hard.Hard America, Soft America reveals: • How the American situation is unique: In Europe, schooling is competitive and demanding, but adult life is Soft, with generous welfare benefits, short work hours, long vacations, and state pensions• How the American military has reclaimed the Hard goals and programs it abandoned in the Vietnam era• How Hardness drives America’s economy—an economy that businesses and economists nearly destroyed in the 1970s by spurning competition • How America’s schools have failed because they are bastions of Softness—but how they are finally showing signs of Hardening• The benefits of Softness: How government programs like Social Security were necessary in what was a harsh and unforgiving America• Hard America, Soft America is a stunningly original and provocative work of social commentary from one of this country’s most respected political analysts.
Hard Ball: The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports
by James Quirk Rodney D. FortWhat can possibly account for the strange state of affairs in professional sports today? There are billionaire owners and millionaire players, but both groups are constantly squabbling over money. Many pro teams appear to be virtual "cash machines," generating astronomical annual revenues, but their owners seem willing to uproot them and move to any city willing to promise increased profits. At the same time, mayors continue to cook up "sweetheart deals" that lavish benefits on wealthy teams while imposing crushing financial hardships on cities that are already strapped with debt. To fans today, professional sports teams often look more like professional extortionists.In Hard Ball, James Quirk and Rodney Fort take on a daunting challenge: explaining exactly how things have gotten to this point and proposing a way out. Both authors are professional economists who specialize in the economics of sports. Their previous book, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, is widely acknowledged as the Bible of sports economics. Here, however, they are writing for sports fans who are trying to make sense out of the perplexing world of pro team sports. It is not money, in itself, that is the cause of today's problems, they assert. In fact, the real problem stems from one simple fact: pro sports are monopolies that are fully sanctioned by the U.S. government. Eliminate the monopolies, say Quirk and Fort, and all problems can be solved. If the monopolies are allowed to persist, so will today's woes.The authors discuss all four major pro team sports: baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Hard Ball is filled with anecdotes, case studies, and factual information that are brought together here for the first time. Quirk and Fort devote chapters to the main protagonists in the pro sports saga--media, unions, players, owners, politicians, and leagues--before they offer their own prescription for correcting the ills that afflict sports today. The result is an engaging and persuasive book that is sure to be widely read, cited, and debated. It is essential reading for every fan.
Hard Choices
by Jerry BucklandWhen low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to 'fringe banks,' such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their financial transactions. This predicament of 'financial exclusion' - faced by those underserved by conventional financial institutions - is comprehensively examined in Jerry Buckland's powerful study, Hard Choices.The first account of the nature and causes of financial exclusion in Canada, Hard Choices thoroughly integrates economic and social data on consumer choice, bank behaviour, and government policy. Buckland demonstrates why the current two-tier system of banking is becoming increasingly dysfunctional, especially in the context of new credit products that aggravate income inequality and stifle local economic growth. Featuring a foreword by esteemed economics scholar John P. Caskey, Hard Choices presents pragmatic policy improvements on both the public and private levels that can promote and build financial inclusion for all.
Hard Choices, Soft Law: Voluntary Standards in Global Trade, Environment and Social Governance (Global Environmental Governance)
by Michael J. Trebilcock John J. KirtonAn important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas. This key work firstly outlines the approach taken to combining soft and hard law and trade, environment and labour values in the WTO and NAFTA, and in the prospective Millennium Round. Then, using the forestry sector - a realm where formal international law remains largely absent - the book provides a detailed examination of the role of soft law in action. It demonstrates how soft and hard law can be combined to promote trade, environmental and social cohesion, in ways that also permit sustainable development. The book presents a wealth of knowledge from a range of contributors familiar with the work of the G7/G8, the OECD, the Biodiversity Convention and the Codex Alimentarius.
Hard Choices: How Women Decide about Work, Career, and Motherhood
by Kathleen GersonHow do women choose between work and family commitments? And what are the causes, limits, and consequences of the "subtle revolution" in women's choices over the 1960s and 1970s? To answer these questions, Kathleen Gerson analyzes the experiences of a carefully selected group of middle-class and working-class women who were young adults in the 1970s. Their informative life histories reveal the emerging social forces in American society that have led today's women to face several difficult choices.
Hard Courts: Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours
by John FeinsteinThe new edition of this bestseller in hardcover features never-before-published, all-new inside info on the money, personalities and politics of pro-tennis: Jimmy, Monica, Boris, Martina, et al.
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense
by Robert I. Sutton Jeffrey PfefferThe best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management "wisdom" isn't wise at all-but, instead, flawed knowledge based on "best practices" that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are hazardous to organizational health.Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton show how companies can bolster performance and trump the competition through evidence-based management, an approach to decision-making and action that is driven by hard facts rather than half-truths or hype. This book guides managers in using this approach to dismantle six widely held-but ultimately flawed-management beliefs in core areas including leadership, strategy, change, talent, financial incentives, and work-life balance. The authors show managers how to find and apply the best practices for their companies, rather than blindly copy what seems to have worked elsewhere.This practical and candid book challenges leaders to commit to evidence-based management as a way of organizational life-and shows how to finally turn this common sense into common practice.
Hard Knocks MBA: The Search For Job Satisfaction And Business Success
by David W. Miller IIIn Hard Knocks MBA, author David W. Miller II presents a fascinating and compelling true story of his rise from a single-parent up bringing in a duplex on the other side of town to being worth millions and then losing it all at the tender age of 40. Miller shares the things that made him RICH, the things that made him BANKRUPT, and the LESSONS learned along the way. This book is his real-world MBA. Learn from his advice and prosper.
Hard Labor
by Joel F. Handler Jay D WhiteAn in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including getting and keeping a job, struggling to balance the demands of work and family, health care, child care, and unemployment. It is set in the context of both welfare reform and the low-wage labor market and incorporates both self-employment and micro-business enterprise.
Hard Landing
by Thomas PetzingerIn this updated paperback edition of a "rich, readable, and authoritative" Fortune) book, Wall Street Journal reporter Petzinger tells the dramatic story of how a dozen men, including Robert Crandall of American Airlines, Frank Borman of Eastern, and Richard Ferris of United, battled for control of the world's airlines.(From the Trade Paperback edition.)
Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance
by Bryce C. TingleHow should corporations be run? Who should get a say, and what results can we expect? Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance provides an accessible introduction to the various failed attempts at using corporate governance to improve society. It introduces the record of these failures and illuminates hard lessons spread across thousands of empirical studies. If we look at the outcomes generated by various corporate governance 'best'; practices, we find that none of the practices work. If we look at the theories and assumptions that support modern corporate governance, we find they are likely wrong. And if we look at the prospect of corporate governance to improve political, environmental, and social outcomes, we find ample evidence that governance will fail us here too. After documenting these failures, Bryce Tingle KC turns to the most important lesson: how to fix this important, but broken, system.
Hard Lessons: The Mine Mill Union in the Canadian Labour Movement
by Mercedes Steedman Dieter K. Buse Peter SuschniggThis book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement," held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union. The union, which began in 1893 as the Western Federation of Miners and grew to a membership of over one hundred thousand in fifty locals throughout Canada during the 1950s, had shrunk to a single local of sixteen hundred members in Sudbury, Ontario, by the 1990s. This book brings together the voices of contemporary labour leaders, activists, old timers, and academics.