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Dear Founder - Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business by Carlye Adler; Maynard Webb

$27.99 NZD

Category: Business

Maynard Webb - Silicon Valley angel investor, board member at Salesforce and Visa, former chairman of the board at Yahoo!, and former CEO of LiveOps and COO of eBay - has long been considered one of Silicon Valley's most trusted sources of advice for entrepreneurs. Known for sharing his insight through personal letters to new company founders and entrepreneurs, Webb now reveals to all business readers what he has previously counselled to a private audience.Dear Founder, a collection of more than eighty thoughtful, wise, and wide-ranging letters, is rich with sound advice on an array of business topics: how to hire your first employees, how to build and manage culture, how to raise money, how to set and reach goals, how to scale, and how to think about legacy.These and dozens of other business-critical subjects are addressed with a blend of empathy, humour, candor, tough-love, and hard-won wisdom from more than forty years in a range of businesses from start-ups to established companies. Dear Founder is an invaluable book for anyone who wants to lead and succeed in any business. ...Show more

Operations Management - Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Global Edition by Jay Heizer; Barry Render; Chuck Munson

$175.00 NZD

Category: Business

For courses in Operations Management. Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management presents a broad introduction to the field of operations in a realistic and practical manner, while offering the largest and most diverse collection of issues on the market. Problems found in the Twel fth Edition contain ample support-found in the book's solved-problems and worked examples-to help readers better understand concepts important to today's operations management professionals. ...Show more

Business Research Methods by Christina Quinlan; William Zikmund

$160.00 NZD

Category: Business

Christina Quinlan joins William Zikmund, Barry Babin, Jon Carr and Mitch Griffin in this new first edition of Business Research Methods, which combines the qualitative and holistic approaches found in Christina Quinlan's texts with the quantitative and advanced methods of William Zikmund's. This is a co mprehensive and interesting text that is essential reading for any business student taking a research methods module. Each stage of the research process is considered, including ethics and philosophical frameworks. ...Show more

The Ethical Capitalist - How to Make Business Work Better for Society by Julian Richer

$38.00 NZD

Category: Business

Capitalism has lost its way. Every week brings fresh news stories about businesses exploiting their staff, avoiding their taxes, and ripping off their customers. Every week, public anger at the system grows. Now, one of Britain's foremost entrepreneurs intervenes to make the case for putting business ba ck firmly in the service of society, and setting out on a new path to a kinder, fairer form of capitalism. Drawing on four decades of hands-on management experience, the founder of Richer Sounds argues that ethically run businesses are invariably more efficient, more motivated and more innovative than those that care only about the bottom line. He uncovers the simple tools that the best leaders use to make their businesses fair, revealing how others can follow suit. And he also delves into the big questions that modern capitalism has to answer if it is to survive and to thrive. When should - and shouldn't - the state intervene in the workings of commercial enterprises? What does business as a whole owe back to the wider community? Is the relationship between leaders of big corporations and politicians too cosy, and, if so, what is to be done about it? At heart, The Ethical Capitalist is a plea for a new sense of moral purpose in business. If that takes hold, Julian Richer believes, we might just save capitalism from itself. ...Show more

Simplify - How the Best Businesses in the World Succeed by Richard Koch; Greg Lockwood

$27.99 NZD

Category: Business

For the past forty years, Richard Koch has worked to uncover simple and elegant principles which govern business success. To qualify, a principle must be so overwhelmingly powerful that anyone can reliably apply it to generate extraordinary results. Working with venture capitalist Greg Lockwood and supp orted by specially commissioned research from OC&C Strategy Consultants, Koch has now found one elemental principle that unites extraordinarily valuable companies: simplifying. Some firms simplify on price - consider budget flights stripped of all extras that still take you from A to B - creating new, huge mass markets for their wares. Others, such as Apple, simplify their proposition, bringing a beautifully easy-to-use product or service to a large premium market. How can your business become a simplifier? With case studies of some of the most famous firms of the last hundred years, from finance to fast food, this enlightening book shows how to analyse any company's potential to simplify, and enrich the world. ...Show more

The Excellence Dividend : Principles for Prospering in Turbulent Times from a Lifetime in Pursuit of Excellence by Tom Peters

$34.99 NZD

Category: Business

Bean Counters - The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism by Richard Brooks

$36.99 NZD

Category: Business

'A devastating exposé.' Mail on Sunday The world's 'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - have become a gilded elite. Up in the high six figures, an average partner salary rivals that of a Premier League footballer. But how has the seemingly humdrum professio n of accountancy got to this level? And what is the price we pay for their excesses? Leading investigative journalist Richard Brooks charts the profession's rise to global influence and offers a gripping exposé of the accountancy industry. From underpinning global tax avoidance to corrupting world football, Bean Counters reveals how the accountants have used their central role in the economy to sell management consultancy services that send billions in fees its way. A compelling history informed by numerous insider interviews, this is essential reading for anyone interested in how our economy works and the future of accountancy. ...Show more

Jones on Property

$31.00 NZD

Category: Business

Beating the Workplace Bully: A Tactical Guide to Taking Charge by Lynne Curry

$40.99 NZD

Category: Business

Bullies aren't limited to the playground. These days, they roam our offices and can be found everywhere from break rooms to boardrooms. They don't steal your lunch money, but they can make your work life a living hell - and even ruin your career. Whether the bully is a boss or a co-worker...whether you' re the target of manipulation, intimidation, verbal abuse, or deliberate humiliation, Beating the Workplace Bully will show you how to fight back. Filled with exercises, assessments, and real-life examples, this empowering guide helps you recognize what's been making you a victim...and reveals how to avoid typical bully traps, remain aware and in charge, move past your fear, calm yourself in any confrontation, keep your dignity intact, build confidence, handle sneak attacks, strengthen your resolve, understand the steps that your employer or supervisors can take to address the issue and combat cyber bullying. With this practical, personal coaching program in your corner, you can reclaim your power - and defeat the office bully once and for all. ...Show more

The Business of Change by Mike Pollok

$39.99 NZD

Category: Business

How New Zealand organisations can survive and thrive despite digital disruption. It’s never been more important for NZ organisations to understand the many threats and opportunities of Digital Transformation. This book is a comprehensive resource for Kiwis at every level to come to terms with the many challenges and possibilities. ...Show more

Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2 - Cash Flow Quadrant - Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom by Robert T. Kiyosaki

$28.00 NZD

Category: Business

This text reveals why some people work less, earn more, pay less in taxes, and feel more financially secure than others. It is simply a matter of knowing which quadrant to work from and when.

It Wont Happen Overnight: Creating Wealth through New Zealand Property by Mike Pero

$29.99 NZD

Category: Business

'It won't happen overnight...' takes you through the process of getting started in property investment in New Zealand. Mike Pero and David Weusten step you through almost everything a successful property investor needs to know to succeed, from the basics of budgeting through to tips on selecting propert y, exercising due diligence and managing the buying process itself. They also cover managing debt and cash flow as these are critical elements to successful property management. Those who invest in property are often criticised in the media for being greedy, self-serving and a blight on the country. Yet without the people looking to create wealth for themselves through property investment, and providing the capital to house those who can't or chose not to own their own property, it would be left to the government, local bodies or charitable organisations to provide rental housing resulting in higher taxes for all New Zealanders. Mike Pero and David Weusten offer the essential handbook to equip new property investors and provide reassurance to those already in the market. Although it won't happen overnight with the wisdom and experience this book provides you can be assured it will happen! ...Show more