Business & Management (series 1)

Business & Management (Series 1)  (From HKD38 – HKD148)   Book 1)  The War for Talent (Harvest Business School Press) HKD58 (HKD154) Author: Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones & Beth Axelrod) Format: Hardback Pages: 200 Book Size: 163mm x 240mm Brief Introduction: Winning the war for leadership talent is about much more than frenzied recruiting tactics.  It’s about the timeless principles of attracting, developing, and retaining highly talented managers – applied in bold new ways.  And it’s about recognizing the strategic importance of human capital because of the enormous value that better talent creates.   Book 2)  The Employer Brand HKD148 (HKD430) Author: Simon Barrow & Richard Mosley) Format: Hardback Pages: 214 Book Size: 158mm x 235mm Brief Introduction: How people feel about their employer brand is increasingly critical to business success or failure.  Leading companies realise its importance in attracting and engaging the people they need to deliver profitable growth.  They are also beginning to recognize that creating a positive brand experience for employees requires the same degree of focus, care and coherence that has long characterized effective management of the customer brand experience.  This book provides the first comprehensive guide to developing and managing this critical business asset.   Book 3)  The World is Flat HKD48 (HKD144) Author: Thomas L. Friedman (Winner – Financial Times/ Goldman Sachs Business Book of The Year Award) Format: Paperback Pages: 593 Book Size: 129mm x 192mm Brief Introduction: Thomas Friedman is one of the world’s most respected and influential journalists, renowed for his expertise on international affairs and economic issues.  He travelled all over the globe when he worked for ‘The New York Times’ as a reporter and won the Pulitzer Prize three times.  From “The World is Flat”, he tells the globalized world in the twenty-first century.   Book 4)  All the Money in The World HKD78 (HKD216) Author: Peter W. Bernstein & Annalyn Swan Format: Hardback Pages: 416 Book Size: 168mm x 240mm Brief Introduction: From Wall Street to the West Coast, from blue-collar billionaires to blue-blood fortunes, from the Google guys to hedge fund honchos, this book gives us the lowdown on, among other things: the all-time richest Americans, who made and lost the most money in the past twenty-five years, the fields and industries that have produced the greatest wealth, the biggest risk takers, the most competitive players, the most wasteful family feuds, the trophy wives, the most conspicuous consumers, the biggest art collectors, the most and least generous philanthropists.   Book 5)  The Dollar Crisis HKD68 (HKD179) Author: Richard Duncan (International Bestseller) Format: Paperback Pages: 324 Book Size: 154mm x 229mm Brief Introduction: In this book, Richard Duncan describes the flaws in the international monetary system that have destabilized the global economy and that may soon culminate in a deflation-induced worldwide economic slump.   Book 6)  Why Smart Executives Fail HKD38 (HKD117) Author: Sydney Finkelstein Format: Paperback Pages: 319 Book Size: 139mm x 212mm Brief Introduction: A great company breaks from the pack; the anaysts are in love; the smiling CEO spears on the cover of BusinessWeek and Fortune; the stock explodes.  Two years later, the company is in flames, the pension plan is bleeding, the CEO is under attack – or even indictment – and the stock is worthless.  Why does this vicious cycle keep repeating itself?  What goes wrong?  This book answers these and many more crucial questions that are on every CEO’s mind.  Having conducted hundreds of interviews with insiders at top companies that have risen and fallen, Finkelstein exposes the root of these failures and offers an unprecedented inside look into what kinds of mistakes can bring a great company to the brink of collapse.    Book 7)  The Jelly Effect - How to Make Your Communication Stick HKD58 (HKD150) Author: Andy Bounds Format: Paperback Pages: 238 Book Size: 156mm x 233mm Brief Introduction: Countless times, no doubt.  Too much information and not enough relevance is a problem that pervades almost all business communication.  This book teaches you simple, memorable and costless ways to win more attention and more business.   Book 8)  Bad Leadership (Harvest Business School Press) HKD98 (HKD274) Author: Barbara Kellerman Format: Hardback Pages: 282 Book Size: 164mm x 240mm Brief Introduction: For most of us, leadership has become synonymous with competence, courage, and good character.  However, this book argues that it’s time to embrace a more honest, holistic view of leadership that acknowledges the dark side of human nature and its impact on leaders and followers alike.  In a provocative departure from conventional thinking, Barbara Kellerman contends that bad leadership is not an aberration, but a ubiquitous and insidious part of everyday life that must be carefully examined and better understood.  Kellerman identifies two fundamental categories of bad leadership – ineffective and unethical – and highlights the seven types of bad leadership that are the most prevalent: incompetent, rigid, intemperate callous, corrupt, insular, and evil.   By SF (Cash on Delivery) or Face trade at the following MTR Customer Service Centre: Admiralty, Mongkok, Prince Edward, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Nam Cheong, Mei Foo, Tsuen Wan West, Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Tuen Mun