A Globalizing World?: Culture, Economics, Politics (Understanding Social Change) by David Held

A Globalizing World?: Culture, Economics, Politics (Understanding Social Change) by David Held (Paperback - Nov 4, 2004)

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (November 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415329744
• ISBN-13: 978-041532974

Product Description

Today's news media is full of references to 'globalization' - a buzz word that is quickly becoming ubiquitous. But what exactly is globalization? What are its main driving forces? Does it truly embrace all aspects of our lives, from economics to cultural developments?
A Globalizing World? examines these and other key questions in a highly accessible fashion, offering a clear and intelligent guide to the big ideas and debates of our time. In doing so, it does not take one particular stance for or against globalizaton; rather, it examines the arguments and evidence about its nature, form and impact.
After introducing the main theoretical positions of those who have studied the subject, key chapters look at the changing form of modern communication and cultural industries, trade patterns and financial flows of the world economy, and whether or not the 'new political world order' is qualitatively different from the old state system. This is essential reading for all students of politics, economics and international relations.

How to Make Big Money In Your Own Small Business: Unexpected Rules Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know by Jeffrey J. Fox (Hardcover - May 19, 2004)

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion (May 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786868252
• ASIN: B000S6NBS4

From Booklist

Once again, Fox gets his business expressed just right. After equally succinct books on becoming a great boss and a CEO--among other career aspirations--he addresses the more than 25 million small business owners in the U.S with a few homilies, some practicums, and many direct commandments, such as "selling is job number one" or "pick up paper clips . . . but overspend on customers." And this one as well, "work on the business, not just in the business." Smart remarks notwithstanding, this prolific, no-nonsense writer gets readers' attention with short snappy chapters and down-to-earth advice, covering funding (sources for loans) and sitting on nonprofit boards ("give, get, or get off") as well as marketing and running a business. Even seasoned pros can benefit from his words. Barbara Jacobs
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Review

Out "fox" the competition by using Jeff Fox’s signature counter-intuitive style with this appealing book for anyone who wishes to start and maintain their own successful business. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Description

With only about half of small businesses still trading after the first three years, setting up and surviving as an entrepreneur can be a tough game. Bestselling author Jeffrey Fox has come up with a winning formula for small-business owners to guarantee themselves commercial success and, what is more, how to make big money in the process. This book offers simple, practical and unique advice on every aspect of running a small business, from how to get start-up money to staying in profit. Fox also provides more creative and quirky insights into how to be successful such as why you should: not to work from home; hire an ex-paperboy instead of a Harvard graduate; pick up paperclips but overspend on your customers. Whether you're already a small-business owner or are simply contemplating becoming one, this guide is essential reading. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Jeffrey J Fox is the bestselling author of How to Become CEO and How to Become a Rainmaker. He is a Harvard MBA and founder of Fox and Co. Inc, a premier marketing consulting company in Connecticut. His success has made him the subject of a Harvard case study that is rated one of the top 100 case studies, and is thought to be one of the most widely taught marketing case studies in the world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile

A street-smart marketing expert, Harvard MBA, and author of bestselling business books gives the ultimate lesson on starting a business from the ground up. It's grounded in the habits and attitudes that get in the way of doing business right, but it's not a psychological lesson. It's practical advice that is put on the table in knock-your-socks-off directness and that makes sense right away in your gut. Pay attention to the Cs --cash, customers, commitment; work harder and provide more for your customers than everyone else; and keep in touch with what's important by having regular meetings on value, pricing, and collections. Don't start a business without hearing this essential lesson! T.W. 

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business (J-B Lencioni Series) by Patrick Lencioni (Hardcover - Mar 4, 2004)

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (March 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787968056
• ISBN-13: 978-0787968052

From Publishers Weekly

The business meeting—a necessary evil or a vital and invigorating component of running an organization? According to management consultant Lencioni (The Five Temptations of a CEO), meetings should fit the latter description, but more often than not, he says, they don't. In this lackluster audio fable, Lencioni offers practical advice on how to revitalize your business by energizing your business meetings, but his pallid, passive prose would challenge the most skilled narrator, and Arthur is no exception. The voice Arthur lends Will, the young hero of this tale, resembles that of Sesame Street's Ernie on downers, and the various inflections he gives business owner Casey McDaniel and his management team don't make up for the characters' lack of character. Nevertheless, Lencioni's message comes across loud and clear—meetings should be interactive, not passive, and they should be structured (i.e., issues of immediate importance should be discussed in "weekly tactical" meetings, and issues that will fundamentally affect the business should be addressed in "monthly strategic" meetings). Although managers will find this advice worthwhile, they would gather just as much if they skipped the sluggish fable and listened to the last few tracks.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Review

“…a work of fiction with important messages for management” (Leadership & Organisational Development Journal)“The author is something of a master of the modern fable….” (Professional Manager, Vol.13, No.6, November 2004)
“…pitches his theory neatly at busy readers by opening with an executive summary.” (Supply Management, 8 July 2004)
"Highly recommended: you could even take it to your next meeting." (On Target, September 2007)

Review

"Finally, a real solution to an age old problem. Meetings may never be the same."
—Kris Hagerman, executive vice president, Strategic Operations, VERITAS Software Corporation"Death By Meeting is about much more than meetings; it's about an entire management philosophy. I read a lot of books on management, and Lencioni's are among the very best. They form the basis for our approach at Silicon Valley Bank."
—Ken Wilcox, CEO, Silicon Valley Bank
"Lencioni has done it again! Insightful. Practical. Ready-to-implement solutions. If you lead people, you can’t afford to miss this book. It’s an absolute must-read."
—Jim Mellado, president, Willow Creek Association
"We've put Pat's theories into practice and they work.  Our meetings are more productive, our communication is clearer, and the team’s commitment to decisions is much greater."
—Curt Nonomaque, president and CEO, VHA Inc.
"Meetings are such a cr itical element of effective organizational communication.  Lencioni has provided a concise, entertaining, and inventive guide to improving meeting structure, participation, and results.  Thumbs up for this insightful tale."
—Sandy Alderson, executive vice president of operations, Major League Baseball

Product Description

Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life.  In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin.  Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch.
 “How could my life have unraveled so quickly?” he wondered.
 In his latest page-turning work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides readers with another powerful and thought-provoking book, this one centered around a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings.  And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary.
 Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software, is in the midst of a problem he created, but one he doesn’t know how to solve.  And he doesn’t know where or who to turn to for advice.  His staff can’t help him; they’re as dumbfounded as he is by their tortuous meetings.
Then an unlikely advisor, Will Peterson, enters Casey’s world.  When he proposes an unconventional, even radical, approach to solving the meeting problem, Casey is just desperate enough to listen.
 As in his other books, Lencioni provides a framework for his groundbreaking model, and makes it applicable to the real world.  Death by Meeting is nothing short of a blueprint for leaders who want to eliminate waste and frustration among their teams, and create environments of engagement and passion.

From the Inside Flap

Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life.In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin. Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch.
"How could my life have unraveled so quickly?" he wondered.
In his latest page-turning work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides readers with another powerful and thought-provoking book, this one centered on a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings. And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary.
Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software, is in the midst of a problem he created, but one he doesn’t know how to solve. And he doesn’t know where or whom to turn to for advice. His staff can’t help him; they’re as dumbfounded as he is by their torturous meetings.
Then an unlikely advisor, Will Petersen, enters Casey’s world. When he proposes an unconventional, even radical, approach to solving the meeting problem, Casey is just desperate enough to listen.
As in his other books, Lencioni provides a framework for his groundbreaking model, and makes it applicable to the real world. Death by Meeting is nothing short of a blueprint for leaders who want to eliminate waste and frustration among their teams, and create environments of engagement and passion.

From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR PATRICK LENCIONI"Finally, a real solution to an age-old problem. Meetings may never be the same."
--;Kris Hagerman, executive vice president, strategic operations, VERITAS Software Corporation
"Death by Meeting is about much more than meetings; it's about an entire management philosophy. I read a lot of books on management, and Lencioni's are among the very best. They form the basis for our approach at Silicon Valley Bank."
--;Ken Wilcox, CEO, Silicon Valley Bank
"Lencioni has done it again! Insightful. Practical. Ready-to-implement solutions. If you lead people, you can’t afford to miss this book. It’s an absolute must-read."
--;Jim Mellado, president, Willow Creek Association
"We've put Pat's theories into practice and they work. Our meetings are more productive, our communication is clearer, and the team’s commitment to decisions is much greater."
--;Curt Nonomaque, president and CEO, VHA Inc.
"Meetings are such a critical element of effective organizational communication. Lencioni has provided a concise, entertaining, and inventive guide to improving meeting structure, participation, and results. Thumbs up for this insightful tale."
--;Sandy Alderson, executive vice president of operations, Major League Baseball

About the Author

Patrick Lencioni is president of The Table Group, a San Francisco Bay Area management consulting firm, and the author of several best-selling books. In addition to his work as an executive coach and consultant, Pat is a sought-after speaker. Prior to founding The Table Group, he worked at the management consulting firm Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation, and Sybase, where he was vice president of organizational development.
Pat lives with his wife, Laura, and their boys, Matthew, Connor, and Casey, in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can reach him at The Table Group’s web site, tablegroup.com, or at patricklencioni@tablegroup.com.

From AudioFile

The author of THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM, Lencioni is an experienced West Coast business consultant with a good grasp of team functioning. In a slow-moving audio production, he uses a parable to frame his advice on how to get value from time spent in meetings. He says meetings are like movies in that they need conflict and resolution to hold people's attention. They also require seriousness of purpose, diligent preparation, and a persistent focus on stated goals. After the parable finally concludes, explicit advice is given about providing drama and structure, but it's not elaborated soon enough to offer the kind of pointed lesson most business listeners want. T.W.

Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry by Michael Dell and Catherine Fredman

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (January 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060845724
• ISBN-13: 978-0060845728

Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry by Michael Dell and Catherine Fredman (Paperback - Jan 3, 1999)

Amazon.com Review

The PC business is full of rags-to-riches stories. But perhaps none is as dramatic as the rise of Dell Computer. In Direct from Dell, founder and CEO Michael Dell tells how he started his company from a dorm room at the University of Texas with less than $1,000 and built it into an industry powerhouse with a market capitalization of well over $100 billion. What makes Dell Computer unique is not what it sells, but rather how it sells it. Dell was first in the PC industry to pioneer the direct-selling model, a method that competitors such as Compaq and Apple Computer are only now starting to embrace. By cutting out the intermediary and creating a direct link between manufacturer and customer, Dell was able to provide customers with computers that cost less and that were more apt to meet customer needs.Direct from Dell is organized into two parts. The first recounts the history and the enormous growth of Dell Computer. The second part focuses on Dell's management approach, from developing customer focus to creating alliances with suppliers. The book manages to avoid most of the promotional and self-congratulatory air that seem to plague so many first-person CEO tomes. Anyone who has followed the PC industry or would like insight into Dell Computer's success should enjoy reading this book. Well written and easy to read. Recommended. --Harry C. Edwards --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly

The results are impressive: a 19 year-old with $1000 starts a company, remains at the helm and on top of changes in the industry for 10 years, and watches the stock rise 36,000% over another decade as his company becomes the second largest maker of PCs in the world, and the largest in the U.S. The founder of the Dell Computer Corporation uses anecdotes from his entrepreneurial life and his company's history to illustrate the "direct model" he developed to do itAone that eliminates the middleman via a host of direct-marketing media and incorporates a full-blown philosophy of doing business. While most of that philosophy's components are familiar (internally, "Reward Success by Narrowing Responsibility"; externally, "Teach Innovative Thinking"; "Retail: First in, First out"; "Hyperlink to the Future"), seeing how Dell put these theories into practice will sustain a reader's interest. Rightly, the custom-built and directly shipped computers that are the company's signature product get the most airtime. While the book, like nearly all in its CEO-authored subgenre, is heavy on self-congratulatory propaganda ("The spirit of the company that remains today was beginning to take hold"), Dell makes an agreeable maverick.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

The chair and CEO of Dell, the world's largest direct computer company, explains his success.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Review

"Dell Computer is perhaps the purest example of the efficiencies made possible by information technology." -- -- New York Times

"Virtual integration.may well become a new organizational model for the information age." -- -- Harvard Business Review 

"I've long admired Dell's pioneering use of the World Wide Web. In Direct from Dell, you'll find strategies for using the Web to enhance your sales and empower information throughout your business. If you want to capitalize on cyberspace, you should read this book." -- -- Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft Corporation 

"Dell Computer is perhaps the purest example of the efficiencies made possible by information technology." -- -- New York Times

"Dell's story is the stuff high-tech legends are made of." -- -- Forbes ASAP 

"Dell, the company, seems to have been born and evolved with an anticipation of the Internet age. Michael Dell walks us through how he turned his prescience into a powerful reality--and an outstanding example of the companies of the future." -- -- Andrew S. Grove, Chairman, Intel Corporation 

"Michael Dell has become the poster boy of the new economy..The closest person we have to Henry Ford is Michael Dell." -- -- Fortune 

"Michael Dell is clearly a genius in the computer world, but his revolutionary insights into business processes provide invaluable lessons for many other industries as well." -- -- Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, FedEX Corporation

"Michael Dell's book illustrates the history of the company's success and vision for the future in a concise and powerful way. It is a great book that will serve as a reference to all executives, and we certainly have a lot to learn from it at Sony." -- -- Idei Nobuyuki, CEO, Sony Corporation 

"Occasionally, rarely, history is made when a gifted new leader, who has a vision of new processes and technologies, produces a brilliant new business model. Henry Ford did it in automobiles, Michael Dell has done the same in PC's - the parallels are remarkable. His book provides the insight into his drive for improvement, his business logic and the learning from his mistakes, so we can aspire to emulate his successes." -- -- Jacques A. Nasser, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company

"Virtual integration.may well become a new organizational model for the information age." -- -- Harvard Business Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

At nineteen, Michael Dell started his company as a freshman at the University of Texas with $1,000 and has since built an industry powerhouse. As Dell journeys through his childhood adventures, ups and downs, and mistakes made along the way, he reflects on invaluable lessons learned.
Michael Dell's revolutionary insight has allowed him to persevere against all odds, and Direct from Dell contains valuable information for any business leader. His strategies will show you effective ways to grow your business and will help you save time on costly mistakes by following his direct model for success.

About the Author

Michael Dell is the chairman of the board of directors of Dell Inc., the world's largest computer-systems company. In 1992, he became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500. Mr. Dell serves on the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the executive committee of the International Business Council, and is a member of the U.S. Business Council. He also serves on the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the governing board of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India.

The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership by Steve Farber

The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership by Steve Farber (Hardcover - 2004)

Hardcover
Publisher: Dearborn Trade (2004)
ASIN: B0029PVCXS
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces

Review

"The Radical Leap, a cut above most of its shelf mates, is written with verve, humor, and convincing candor" -- American Way magazine, 5/15/04

Awesome! I am an unabashed Farber fan! -- Tom Peters

Every leader needs to hear this message and take it to heart. This is a terrific book. -- Patrick Lencioni; Author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team; President, The Table Group

This is one of the coooolest books I’ve read in recent years on the subject of Leadership. -- Tim Sanders, Author of Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

The business world is ready for an entirely new approach to leadership. Steve Farber has written the perfect book to energize business leaders and help them make the leap into extreme leadership. In fact, taking a giant ""L.E.A.P."" forward is exactly what Farber prescribes. What exactly is an extreme leader? One who cultivates love, generates energy, inspires audacity, and provides proof.In his exciting and innovative business parable, The Radical Leap, Farber explores an entirely new leadership model, one in which leaders are not afraid to take risks, make mistakes in front of employees, or actively solicit employee feedback. His book dispenses with the typical, tired notions of what it means to be a leader.
Farber, former Vice President and Official Mouthpiece of the Tom Peters Company, has written a business parable like no other, filled with vivid, fully realized, and eccentric characters, crazy plot twists, honest and believable conversations about leadership, and most importantly, an innovative program for leaders to inspire and engage their companies.
In The Radical Leap, we meet Steve, a leadership consultant who is intrigued and challenged by an enigmatic man named Edg, from whom he learns the concept of L.E.A.P. Steve is then asked to help a friend, Janice, overcome conflicts at the biotech company where she works and bring back the company's inspiring former CEO. The company is revitalized, having undergone a radical and successful transformation.
Farber's book reveals the questions leaders must ask themselves in order to truly become extreme leaders, including:

• Why do I love my business, my employees, and my customers, and how can I show them how I feel?
• What effect do my actions have on the energy of the people around me? (OR, what are the unnecessary, time-consuming, bureaucratic policies and procedures that suck our energy?)
• How are we going to change the world of our company, our employees, customers, marketplace, and industry?
• What have I done today to show my commitment to my colleagues and customers?

About the Author

Steve Farber is the former Vice President and Official Mouthpiece of the Tom Peters Company and is currently President of Extreme Leadership, Inc., an organization devoted to changing the world through the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community. In this capacity, he has coached hundreds of clients at such companies as Sun Microsystems, Charles Schwab, Clorox, Intel, Kraft Foods, American Medical Association, Wells Fargo, and Disney. Steve lives in San Diego.

Persuasion: The Art of Influencing People by James Borg

Persuasion: The Art of Influencing People by James Borg

My version is a 2004 1st Edition,  

Paperback (255 pages) 

Prentice Hall, 

ISBN 978-0273688389

Firnando Chau Review

The contents of the book are organised in such a way:

Foreword by Sir John Harvey-Jones MBE
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. The power of persuasion:  How empathy and sincerity work wonders for you
Chapter 2. Being a good listener:  Why listening is so crucial 

Chapter 3. Attention please: Keeping attention where you want it 

Chapter  4. Mind your body language: How to read signals from others and send out the right ones   

Chapter 5. Memory magic: The impact of good recall and simple tips to improve your memory 

Chapter 6. Make words work for you - the power of psycholinguistics: Success can depend on saying the right thing at the right time                

Chapter 7. Telephone telepathy: Learn to use the telephone to your best advantage and read situations better 

Chapter 8. Negotiating for mutual benefit: Understand the psychology involved, to achieve the best possible result

Chapter 9. The personality spectrum: How to identify successfully and deal with different 'types' 

Chapter 10. Persuasive power in action

Appendix: Answers 

Amazon.com Review

About the Book


It pays to be persuasive. From senior managers to new-starters in business; at home, in the office, in the boardroom and even the bedroom the ability to confidently motivate, influence and convince others offers a competitive edge that can really set you apart and help you get what you want. Learn the power of words; how to be an effective listener; how to develop and enhance your memory; how to control the attention of others and how to read body language and other non-verbal signs. Persuasion will boost your persuasive and intuitive skills to amazing new levels and will help you achieve more in every area of your personal life, professional life and wherever interpersonal skills are at the fore.


From the Back Cover


Ever wondered what it’s like to get people to do whatever you want, whenever you want?


We all know people who are incredibly persuasive. With effortless charm, they manage to gain our trust, interest and support, time and time again. Is it a gift they are born with? Is it all an illusion?


No, it’s the art of persuasion and you can learn it too.


Based on many years of analysing the behaviours and mindsets of the most persuasive people around, this new and fully updated edition of James Borg’s Persuasion will give you the magic formula to mastering the power of persuasion – the ultimate way to achieve success in work and life.


'Persuaded? We were. Buy it.' Management Today magazine (voted ‘Best of its Kind’)
'This is a handy, readable guide ... the author persuaded me to review this book. Damn, he is good.' Jeremy Vine, The Times


'An indispensable handbook for all of us who need to get other people to do what we want.’ Sir Antony Jay, co-creator and writer of BBC’s Yes Minister


About the Author


James Borg is a practising work psychologist and business consultant. He became interested in magic and 'mind-reading' at the age of 9 and subsequently was - a few years later - admitted as one of the youngest-ever members of the Magic Circle. He reveals in Persuasion that there is a lot we can learn from magician's tricks to help us gain persuasive powers to use in work and life.


James Borg other 2 books are:
1. Body Language: 7 Easy Lessons to Master the Silent Language
2. Mind Power: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Expanded edition (December 14, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0380799006
ISBN-13: 978-0380799008