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HELLO FRIENDS….
my name is mayank n m in final year of my BBA frm ip university…
after my BBA, i m planning 2 pursue my MBA frm canada. in this regard, i had had a discussion with a no. of consultants n learnt that i need to have 16 years of formal education and min. 2-3 years of work experience..
after BBA, m planning 2 go 4 a additional french language course frm da faculty of arts, DU(tats bcz i always wanted 2 learn a lang)…side by side, m planning to do a diploma in business and management from symbiosis distance learning centre. Once i finish my language course, m pretty sure of getting a placement as per the current placement scenario there…. at present, m 19…
Cud u plz temme whether my plans need any improvement or changes…?
plz suggest me…
thank u

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Sales Increase Strategy Planning, Development and Improvement Software – Prowike Business Tool Kits $145.00 Part 1 – SWOT analysis A SWOT analysis is performed together with the management group and all of the employees concerned in order to identify the company’s strengths, weaknesses, threats and options. The purpose of the analysis is also to collect ideas, proposals and tips for improvements and rationalisations from the employees in all departments throughout the organisation. The analysis is perfo…

Business Strategy Planning, Development and Improvement Software – Prowike Business Tool Kits $145.00 Part 1 – SWOT analysis A SWOT analysis is performed together with the management group and all of the employees concerned in order to identify the company’s strengths, weaknesses, threats and options. The purpose of the analysis is also to collect ideas, proposals and tips for improvements and rationalisations from the employees in all departments throughout the organisation. The analysis is perfo…

Wedding Planning For Dummies, Second Edition $5.19 It’s hard to imagine any wedding detail that could have escaped inclusion in the pages of Weddings for Dummies. How to build a chuppah, how to anchor a comb in the bride’s hair, who dances with whom and when–everything you ever wanted to know about getting hitched is right here. Fortunately, Marcy Blum and Laura Fisher Kaiser aren’t afraid to give an opinion or two (there’s a list of “T…

The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments $48.18 A practical how-to guide, this book takes readers through the ins and outs of planning and executing Kaizen Events in non-manufacturing settings and conducting post-event follow-up to sustain the changes made. The authors provide methods and tools to help build a motivated workforce and lay a foundation for continuous improvement. It is especially designed to assist continuous improvement professi…

The Consultant’s Toolkit: High-Impact Questionnaires, Activities and How-to Guides for Diagnosing and Solving Client Problems $19.00 Written and field-tested by practicing consultants, The Consultant’s Tool Kit will save consultants both time and money-as it makes their work with clients much more effective. Each tool or activity is designed to solve a common consulting problem. Reproducible worksheets, exercises, and questionnaires are easily downloaded from the web and customized by consultants to fit the exact needs of eac…

1001 Rewards and Recognition Fieldbook $17.95 Author of the Business Week million-copy bestseller, 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, Bob Nelson is the motivational specialist who helps businesses stay competitive by teaching them how to inspire their employees to excel. Now joined by Dr. Dean Spitzer, senior consultant and performance improvement expert for IBM, Nelson distills the knowledge, experience, and ideas gained from working with thousands of organizations into a hands-on, practical fieldbook.Beginning with the basics of

1999 Annual V2 Consulting Agen $48.63 On the cutting edge of human resource development for over 25 years!Year after year, the Annuals provide thousands of trainers, consultants, facilitators, and managers with up-to-date information about making organizations more effective. Face the challenge of today’s workplace with today’s resource.The 1999 Annuals contain all-new material from some of the best minds in the field of human resource development. For more than 25 years, the Annuals have been the leading resource for practitioners seeking to improve organizations.Three reasons why you need The 1999 Annuals:* Great resources: When you buy The 1999 Annuals, you will get more than 20 activities, 6 instruments, and 20 presentation and discussion resources — all of them new, all of them customizable for your specific needs!* Great contributors: All of the contributors are practitioners who have tested their ideas in today’s workplace. Among the many leading contributors to these volumes are Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, Julie O’Mara, Lorraine Ukens, Arthur VanGundy, H.B. Karp, and Dana and James Robinson.* Great topics: You get what you need to face today’s pressing topics: ** group and team development ** leadership skills ** problem solving ** organization development ** facilitation skills ** trust building ** and much more!Volume 1 focuses on training. Volume 2 focuses on consulting. Both volumes are indispensable. Inside you will find hundreds of trustworthy tips that will improve the productivity and profitability of any organization.This year, editor Elaine Biech, a seasoned trainer and consultant and noted author of The Business of Consulting, has added select cutting-edgetopics to the mix, including learning technologies and performance improvement. So find out how other practitioners are improving organizations day by day: delve into the indispensable 1999 Annuals. You will understand why the Annuals are the source for practical, professional,

Are Schools Really Like This?: Factors Affecting Teacher Attitude Toward School Improvement $0.99 Used – How many times have well-intentioned people tried to reform our schools, only to meet with resistance from teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and community activists? Are Schools Really Like This? answers many of the questions of people concerned about the state of our public schools and proposes methods of meaningful improvement in a variety of areas.Based on his experience as a consultant and interviews with leading scholars in education and business administration, author J. Gar

Are Schools Really Like This?: Factors Affecting Teacher Attitude Toward School Improvement $5.06 Used – How many times have well-intentioned people tried to reform our schools, only to meet with resistance from teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and community activists? Are Schools Really Like This? answers many of the questions of people concerned about the state of our public schools and proposes methods of meaningful improvement in a variety of areas.Based on his experience as a consultant and interviews with leading scholars in education and business administration, author J. Gar

Business Process Mapping: Improving Customer Satisfaction $30.19 Used – Now fully revised and updated – a powerful, customer-focused tool for business improvement. Now in a second edition, “Business Process Mapping” is a powerful tool that offers a solid understanding of any given process, as well as the methods for that process to be more effective, and ensures that true value is being provided to customers. From management to internal auditor to external consultant, the new edition includes more detailed work and examples related to ERM practices, particula

Business Process Mapping: Improving Customer Satisfaction $23.38 Used – Now fully revised and updated – a powerful, customer-focused tool for business improvement. Now in a second edition, “Business Process Mapping” is a powerful tool that offers a solid understanding of any given process, as well as the methods for that process to be more effective, and ensures that true value is being provided to customers. From management to internal auditor to external consultant, the new edition includes more detailed work and examples related to ERM practices, particula

Change Leader: Learning to Do What Matters Most $27.95 Praise for Michael Fullan’s Change Leader”This is a terrific book—hugely engaging, grounded in evidence, easy to remember and apply, and full of practical common sense. It will have powerful resonance for all of us in leadership roles who want to become better leaders.” —Steve Munby, chief executive, National College for School Leadership, England”Change Leader reflects the wisdom and insights that can only come from someone who has been deeply immersed in the change process for decades. Fullan has de-mystified organizational change and the leadership necessary to implement and sustain it. Leaders of organizations large and small should use this book to guide their day-to-day work.—Rick Dufour, educational author and consultant”Michael Fullan’s deep insights about organizational change will take business leaders to new heights of motivation and performance. Within a diverse world, many of the core elements and themes in Change Leader, such as impressive empathy, political savvy, collaborate to compete, purposeful action, pressure and positive support, deliberative practice, and sustain change and improvement will serve leaders who strive to stand apart from the crowd.”—Avis Glaze, president, Edu-quest International Inc.

Dennis E. Wisnosky $50.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dennis E. Wisnosky (1947) is an American consultant, writer and currently Chief Architect and Chief Technical Officer of the US DoD Business Mission Area (BMA) within the Office of Business Transformation. He is known as one of the creators and initiators of the Integrated Definition (IDEFs) language, a standard for modeling and analysis in management and business improvement efforts.

Dennis E. Wisnosky $46.17 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dennis E. Wisnosky (1947) is an American consultant, writer and currently Chief Architect and Chief Technical Officer of the US DoD Business Mission Area (BMA) within the Office of Business Transformation. He is known as one of the creators and initiators of the Integrated Definition (IDEFs) language, a standard for modeling and analysis in management and business improvement efforts.

Dennis E. Wisnosky $61.2 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dennis E. Wisnosky (1947) is an American consultant, writer and currently Chief Architect and Chief Technical Officer of the US DoD Business Mission Area (BMA) within the Office of Business Transformation. He is known as one of the creators and initiators of the Integrated Definition (IDEFs) language, a standard for modeling and analysis in management and business improvement efforts.

Everyday Enterprise-Architecture: sensemaking, strategy, structures and solutions $29.1 All of architecture comes down to one simple idea: things work better when they work together, with clarity, with elegance, on purpose. Yet how do we express that ‘one idea’ in practice, within our organisations? With what results, and for what business-value? This book describes the down-to-earth detail of everyday enterprise architecture, to show what architects actually do to deliver value fast, across the entire enterprise.Working step by step through a real ten-day architecture-project, this book explores the activities that underpin sensemaking, strategy, structures and solutions in the real-time turmoil of an enterprise-architect’s everyday work.Topics covered include:-how to use enterprise-architecture to tackle executive-level business-problems-how to develop an agile architecture practice that can keep pace with the real-time pressures of the real business world-how to identify the business-reasons and business-value for each activity-how to thrive on the inherent uncertainties of the architecture process-how to use context-space maps to guide sensemaking and solution-design-how to apply architecture ideas and activities to describe what actually happens in a real enterprise-architecture project-how to enhance architectural skills, judgement and awareness, for continuous improvement across the enterprise and in the architecture itselfIf you want your enterprise to flourish and prosper in the midst of relentless change, this is one book you’ll definitely need.Tom Graves has been an independent consultant for more than three decades, in business transformation, enterprise architecture and knowledge management. His clients in Europe, Australasia and the Americas cover a broad range of industries including banking, utilities, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, media, telecoms, research, defence and government. He has a special interest in architecture for non-IT-centric

Focus Like a Laser Beam: 10 Ways to Do What Matters Most $24.95 Today’s business managers and leaders are expected to handle impossible workloads and get results. Those who are successful know how to distinguish what they “must” do from what they “should” do, and to focus with mindfulness, purpose, and direction on the tasks that most directly affect bottom-line results. In Focus Like a Laser Beam, acclaimed management consultant’and business blogger Lisa Haneberg offers business leaders a new way to direct their focus that, like a laser beam, is direct, fast, and on track. The book offers leaders ways to improve energy and engagement in the workplace and redirect how people communicate at work. Focus Like a Laser Beam is filled with useful suggestions for dealing with distractions and diversions and outlines the ten practices that will help leaders focus on what’s most important.Know and feel the power of laser focusGet connected with your employeesHave fun and be funRelax to energizeTurn meetings into focus sessionsInvite a challengeHuddleStop multitasking and put your focuswhere it belongsDo one great thingLet go of outdated goals, projects, and tasksThis groundbreaking book combines interviews with top executives with the lessons learned from Lisa Haneberg’s experience working with such cutting-edge companies as Intel and Amazon.com. The book shows managers how to prioritize their most crucial responsibilities and execute them with laser-like focus. Written to be a practical guide, Focus Like a Laser Beam features self-diagnostics, exercises, and includes step-by-step plans to create immediate improvement in streamlining processes and achieving results for leaders and their teams.

How To Acquire Clients $22.73 Alan Weiss, expert consultant and author of the best-selling book Million Dollar Consulting has written this, the fourth book in The Ultimate Consultant Series, to help refresh, revitalize, and reawaken successful consultants (and those who want to be successful) to the need to continually seek more and better business. “Better” business also means a higher-quality business that successful consultants accrue once they’ve paid the dues and taken the risks: higher fees for less labor-intensive work, passive income, alliances which drive your business, and selective and appealing instances and locales that combine personal goals with business improvement.Topics in the book includeIdentifying opportunitiesPreparing for successGaining market shareGuaranteeing repeat businessSelective acquisitionAnd much moreEach chapter includes four “success models,” three of which are contributed by other, successful practitioners:”Best Practices” shares highly successful techniques.”The One That Got Away” offers insights gained from failure.”The Twilight Zone” demonstrates the unlikely and unimaginable in client acquisition.”Who Could Make This Up,” contributed by the author himself, provides some of the ironies and peculiarities of the wonderful but odd profession we’re all a part of.

How to Make it Big in the Seminar Business $15.95 Make big money speaking!The complete guide to earning money doing what you love Have you ever made a killing in the stock market? Are you a home improvement expert? Does scrapbooking make you tick? Whatever your skill or interest, you can bet on one thing: There’s an unexploited market out there waiting to learn what you know. In How to Make it Big in the Seminar Business, a successful industry insider tells you everything you need to know about organizing, launching, and running your own seminars and workshops. Not only will you earn extra income, you’ll also enjoy the personal satisfaction of enlightening and enriching the lives of others. Seminars are among the hottest businesses today. This fully updated guide provides valuable tips on:Financing, scheduling, and delivering your seminar Evaluating your program’s success, locally and nationally Employing the latest technologies for low-risk marketing Using the Internet for cost-effective seminar presentation Soliciting and using audience feedback to improve your delivery Full of insight you’ll find nowhere else, How to Make it Big in the Seminar Business includes an expanded directory of companies that can help you take active steps in launching your own seminar. You already have talent and passion. Now, reap the rewards of sharing them with others.Paul Karasik (San Diego, CA) is a noted sales and management consultant and founder of the American Seminar Leaders Association.

IT Auditing and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Key Strategies for Business Improvement $61.98 Information technology auditing and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance have several overlapping characteristics. They both require ethical accounting practices, focused auditing activities, a functioning system of internal control, and a close watch by the board’s audit committee and CEO. Written as a contribution to the accounting and auditing professions as well as to IT practitioners, IT Auditing and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Key Strategies for Business Improvement links these two key business strategies and explains how to perform IT auditing in a comprehensive and strategic manner.Based on 46 years of experience as a consultant to the boards of major corporations in manufacturing and banking, the author addresses objectives, practices, and business opportunities expected from auditing information systems. Topics discussed include the concept of internal control, auditing functions, internal and external auditors, and the responsibilities of the board of directors.The book uses several case studies to illustrate and clarify the material. Its chapters analyze the underlying reasons for failures in IT projects and how they can be avoided, examine critical technical questions concerning information technology, discuss problems related to system reliability and response time, and explore issues of compliance.The book concludes by presenting readers with a “what if” scenario. If Sarbannes-Oxley legislation had passed the U.S. Congress in the late 1990s or even 2000, how might this have influenced the financial statements of Enron and Worldcom? We can never truly know the answer, but if companies make use of the procedures in this book, debacles such as these — and those which led to the 2007-2008 credit and banking crisis — will remain a distant memory.

Implementing the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions: A Guide to Improving Your Software Development Capability and Maturity $39.99 The Authoritative, Best-Practice Guide to Improving Development Processes with IBM® Rational Unified Process® (RUP®)This book delivers all the knowledge and insight you need to succeed with the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions. Joshua Barnes presents a start-to-finish, best-practice roadmap to the complete implementation cycle of IBM RUP–from projecting ROI and making the business case through piloting, implementation, mentoring, and beyond.Drawing on his extensive experience leading large-scale IBM RUP implementations and working with some of the industry’s most recognized thought leaders in the Software Engineering Process world, Barnes brings together comprehensive “lessons learned” from both successful and failed projects. You’ll learn from real-world case studies, including actual project artifacts.Whether you’re an executive, software professional, or consultant, this book will help you continuously improve the maturity of your development processes–and reap the benefits: better quality, faster delivery, and more business value.After reading this book you will be able to· Get past the myths of software process improvement to focus on what’s truly practical· Identify and evaluate your best candidate process solutions· Objectively project the ROI achievable with IBM R UP and IBM Rational solutions· Develop funding models, business cases, and executive support· Recruit, staff, organize, and motivate your implementation team· Plan for effective integration, process alignment, and change management· Choose the right pilots, learn the right lessons, and develop effective adoption models· Move quickly to successful program-level implementation· Set maturity level goals for process and tool utilization· Map “End States” for both quantity and quality· Plan for

Implementing the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions: A Guide to Improving Your Software Development Capability and Maturity $49.99 The Authoritative, Best-Practice Guide to Improving Development Processes with IBM® Rational Unified Process® (RUP®)This book delivers all the knowledge and insight you need to succeed with the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions. Joshua Barnes presents a start-to-finish, best-practice roadmap to the complete implementation cycle of IBM RUP–from projecting ROI and making the business case through piloting, implementation, mentoring, and beyond.Drawing on his extensive experience leading large-scale IBM RUP implementations and working with some of the industry’s most recognized thought leaders in the Software Engineering Process world, Barnes brings together comprehensive “lessons learned” from both successful and failed projects. You’ll learn from real-world case studies, including actual project artifacts.Whether you’re an executive, software professional, or consultant, this book will help you continuously improve the maturity of your development processes–and reap the benefits: better quality, faster delivery, and more business value.After reading this book you will be able to· Get past the myths of software process improvement to focus on what’s truly practical· Identify and evaluate your best candidate process solutions· Objectively project the ROI achievable with IBM R UP and IBM Rational solutions· Develop funding models, business cases, and executive support· Recruit, staff, organize, and motivate your implementation team· Plan for effective integration, process alignment, and change management· Choose the right pilots, learn the right lessons, and develop effective adoption models· Move quickly to successful program-level implementation· Set maturity level goals for process and tool utilization· Map “End States” for both quantity and quality· Plan for

Improving Reliability & Maintenance from Within: How to be an Effective Internal Consultant $42.95 This unique book is perfect for those who are internal consultants…and may not know it… recognize the value of their efforts and help them learn the skills required to optimize their performance. It explains the internal consultant’s role and describes the various tasks in which they become engaged. What’s more, it provides information that will enable users to improve their performance and deliver greater value. Also included is the Internal Consultant’s Web of Change—a tool that will help individuals recognize their strengths and their areas that need improvement. This practical resource does more than start internal consultants on the road to improvement, it accompanies them on the journey! Upper management looking to understand internal consulting, middle tier reliability and maintenance management, and those who hold “special projects” positions will find this reference extremely useful.Written by a professional who “been there, done that” type of work as opposed to someone who has not lived in the organization as an internal consultant.Addresses 12 elements of internal consulting—those who are internal consultants can learn from this and improve their performance.Presents the internal consultant business case so companies can justify this position.Features the Web of Internal Consultant Change—a web (radar) diagram listing the 12 elements of the internal consultant and allowing readers to take a survey which will identify their strong areas, as well as areas for improvement.

Information Technology for Schools: Creating Practical Knowledge to Improve Student Performance $30 “This unique book leads to higher levels of student performance by providing a thoughtful context and practical framework for understanding the potential of technology to enrich teaching and learning. From teachers and administrators to board members and parents, Information Technology for Schools is an invaluable guide for any school or district that is serious about systemic and continuous improvement.”—Lois B. Cohn, IBM certified business transformation consultant”At last educators h

Integrating Lean Six Sigma and High-Performance Organizations (Collaborative Work Systems Series): Leading the Charge on Dramatic, Rapid, and Sustainable Improvement $50 The Best of the Best Learn How Bringing Together Three Top Improvement Initiatives Can Lead Your Company to New HeightsYou know that great improvement initiatives abound. What you may not know is how to implement them effectively; get fast, dramatic improvement; and sustain those results for the long term. It’s a common problem. But take heart: The next wave of performance excellence is here–the seamless integration of today’s leading improvement methods. This integration, described thoroughly in this book, builds upon the strengths and addresses the shortcomings of each discipline. For example:While Six Sigma provides a disciplined, quantitative approach, many efforts fail because they don’t address the people side of performance improvement and change management. Plus, Six Sigma efforts are expensive and often take a long time to implement. Lean Manufacturing techniques can provide quick results, but they lack quantitative tools to reduce variation and, as a result, are incapable of addressing numerous high-dollar improvement opportunities.Though High-Performance Organizations (HPO) create conditions for great motivation, lower employee turnover, and improve intra-organizational interactions, many HPO interventions fail to produce solid business results because members lack a disciplined approach and the tools for improvement.In this much-needed book, internationally renowned consultant Tom Devane provides a solid reference that helps leaders at all levels integrate the best practices in "hard" (technical) and "soft" (people) aspects of performance improvement to achieve sustainable results and instill an attitude of continuous improvement throughout the organization. Integrating Lean Six Sigma and High-Performance Organizations offers the principles, tools, and guidance you need to solve common problems and create an environment that fosters high performance. This

Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement: Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory $9.98 Used – Matthews, a business consultant and lead examiner for both state and national awards programs, presents a method for companies to take information from feedback reports and other survey, audit, and assessment sources and implement areas of opportunity into their core businesses. The strategy expands the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) logic introduced by the famed Edward Deming into a Plan-Do-Knowledge-Act (PDKA) process.

Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement: Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory $11.06 Used – Matthews, a business consultant and lead examiner for both state and national awards programs, presents a method for companies to take information from feedback reports and other survey, audit, and assessment sources and implement areas of opportunity into their core businesses. The strategy expands the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) logic introduced by the famed Edward Deming into a Plan-Do-Knowledge-Act (PDKA) process.

Learning From the Links: Mastering Management Using Lessons from Golf $13.99 For the first time, a seasoned business executive and avid golfer combines these two passions to explore what makes for top performance in each field. Management consultant David K. Hurst explores compelling links relating the two activities to explain clearly what every manager who plays golf may feel only intuitively: that there is a deep systemic connection between them. For on the tee, as in the boardroom, a player can’t just hit and hope — he or she must continually think ahead, contemplate multiple scenarios, and consider the downside of every decision. And then everything depends on execution. In Learning from the Links, Hurst clarifies muddled thinking in both management and golf: he deals squarely with the challenge of implementing a game plan and seeing it through. Hurst takes to task the current “head-down” instructional model used to teach golf and management. He addresses the huge gulf between knowing what to do in a given situation and knowing how to do it. This chasm is an ever-present hazard both on the course and in an organization: it keeps people from solving their problems and achieving their goals. By examining golfers’ and managers’ struggles for improvement, Hurst shows us why complex systems are so hard to change and how to set about changing them — systematically. Using the latest thinking from fields as diverse as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, art, and anthropology, Hurst’s primary purpose is to help his readers make sense of their own experience — to help them learn more effectively. His practical advice is profusely illustrated with examples from both golf and management, allowing the reader to move back and forth between his or her experiences in both activities. Part business management book, part strategy guide, these are more than just lessons for one’s game or one’s office: these are lessons for life.

Learning from the Links: Mastering Management Using Lessons From Golf $13.89 For the first time, a seasoned business executive and avid golfer combines these two passions to explore what makes for top performance in each field. Management consultant David K. Hurst explores compelling links relating the two activities to explain clearly what every manager who plays golf may feel only intuitively: that there is a deep systemic connection between them. For on the tee, as in the boardroom, a player can’t just hit and hope — he or she must continually think ahead, contemplate multiple scenarios, and consider the downside of every decision. And then everything depends on execution. In Learning from the Links, Hurst clarifies muddled thinking in both management and golf: he deals squarely with the challenge of implementing a game plan and seeing it through. Hurst takes to task the current “head-down” instructional model used to teach golf and management. He addresses the huge gulf between knowing what to do in a given situation and knowing how to do it. This chasm is an ever-present hazard both on the course and in an organization: it keeps people from solving their problems and achieving their goals. By examining golfers’ and managers’ struggles for improvement, Hurst shows us why complex systems are so hard to change and how to set about changing them — systematically. Using the latest thinking from fields as diverse as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, art, and anthropology, Hurst’s primary purpose is to help his readers make sense of their own experience — to help them learn more effectively. His practical advice is profusely illustrated with examples from both golf and management, allowing the reader to move back and forth between his or her experiences in both activities. Part business management book, part strategy guide, these are more than just lessons for one’s game or one’s office: these are lessons for life.

Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time $24.95 One person really can make a difference—learn how to be that one WHO WILL make your organization the best it can be.Award-winning author of Four Secrets to Liking Your WorkInternational Society for Performance Improvement2010 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNER”A quick read with high ROI. This will turn anyone into a culture builder, anywhere in the organization.” — Roy White , Director of Operations,Semiconductor Capital Equipment Company”A must read for anyone contemplating starting up a new business and for CEOs and leaders of established corporations.” — Terry Sullivan, Director of Production, MemPro Ceramics”Combines storytelling with evidence-based content in a solid organizational change approach.” — Darlene Van Tiem , Ph.D., CPT, CPLP , President, ISPI”Never before has an author so cleverly balanced pragmatism with optimism to describe organizational norms as opportunities for personal empowerment.” — Paul Nieminen, Director of OD , UPS”The convergence of in-depth analytical research andpractical everyday application.” — Dr. Donald E. Conklin, Vice President, United Corporate Services, Inc.Got ten minutes a day? — Then you can create a more successful, more collaborative business culture!As a manager, you’ve tried to keep things positive, but nothing seems to work. You can’t control the economy, what’s going on in your employees’ lives, or other factors—so what can you do to build and sustain a winning culture in your workplace?Whether you are a mid-level manager or a senior executive, Make Work Great offers the blueprint for building a positive, motivating, and productive workplace in any kind of organization. In this definitive guide fortoday’s multicultural, decentralized business environment, Ed Muzio, award-winning author, internationally recognized workplace improvement expert, and consultant, delivers state-of-the-art

Making Process Improvement Work: A Concise Action Guide for Software Managers and Practitioners $10 “This book hits the mark for three important issues:How to keep focused on real improvementsHow to develop an implementable improvement planHow to develop meaningful and useful measurementsI will definitely recommend it to my clients who are just beginning or are having trouble with their improvement program.”—Norman Hammock, SEI Authorized Lead Assessor“At last a common sense and business-oriented approach to process improvement. This book gives very practical instruction that is easy to apply. Your people will thank you for it.”—Nancy K. M. Rees, Vice President and Chief Engineer, Xerox Corporation“…gets right to the heart of process improvement with specific, concrete steps and excellent examples. It’s a book you can use today.”—Dennis J. Frailey, Principal Fellow, Raytheon Company“Too many organizations develop a checklist mentality targeted at achieving the next process maturity level or passing an audit…Neil and Mary remind us to focus on pragmatic mechanisms for achieving superior business results…”—Karl Wiegers, Principal Consultant, Process ImpactSoftware process improvement too often reflects a significant disconnect between theory and practice. This book bridges the gap—offering a straightforward, systematic approach to planning, implementing, and monitoring a process improvement program. Project managers will appreciate the book’s concise presentation style and will be able to apply its practical ideas immediately to real-life challenges.With examples based on the authors’ own extensive experience, this book shows how to define goals that directly address the needs of your organization, use improvement models appropriately, and devise a pragmatic action plan. In addition, it reveals valuable strategies for deploying organizational change, and delineates essential metrics for tracking

Making the Software Business Case: Improvement by the Numbers $3.61 Used – Master the #1 skill developers need to transform their ideas into reality: making the business case!– Packaging your ideas to demonstrate their compelling business value.– Quantifying costs and benefits: savings, cost avoidance, faster time-to-market, and productivity enhancement.– By a consultant who specializes in helping software engineers build business cases for key projects.This book teaches the key skill software professionals need to gain support for their ideas and projects fr

Making the Software Business Case: Improvement by the Numbers $21.54 New – Master the #1 skill developers need to transform their ideas into reality: making the business case!– Packaging your ideas to demonstrate their compelling business value.– Quantifying costs and benefits: savings, cost avoidance, faster time-to-market, and productivity enhancement.– By a consultant who specializes in helping software engineers build business cases for key projects.This book teaches the key skill software professionals need to gain support for their ideas and projects fro

Making the Software Business Case: Improvement by the Numbers $26.59 New – Master the #1 skill developers need to transform their ideas into reality: making the business case!– Packaging your ideas to demonstrate their compelling business value.– Quantifying costs and benefits: savings, cost avoidance, faster time-to-market, and productivity enhancement.– By a consultant who specializes in helping software engineers build business cases for key projects.This book teaches the key skill software professionals need to gain support for their ideas and projects fro

Making the Software Business Case: Improvement by the Numbers $6.57 Used – Master the #1 skill developers need to transform their ideas into reality: making the business case!– Packaging your ideas to demonstrate their compelling business value.– Quantifying costs and benefits: savings, cost avoidance, faster time-to-market, and productivity enhancement.– By a consultant who specializes in helping software engineers build business cases for key projects.This book teaches the key skill software professionals need to gain support for their ideas and projects fr

Mayors of Greater Sudbury: John Rodriguez, David Courtemanche, Jim Gordon $12.57 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: John Rodriguez, David Courtemanche, Jim Gordon. Excerpt: David Courtemanche (born April 7, 1964) is a politician in Ontario , Canada . He is the former mayor of Greater Sudbury , having served one term from 2003 to 2006.Background Courtemanche was raised in the Sudbury area. He played hockey for the Sudbury Wolves and the Kingston Canadians in his youth, and was given a tryout with the New York Rangers . He chose not to pursue hockey as a career, and instead earned a degree in Political Studies from the University of Guelph . He later returned to Sudbury, and worked as a consultant. He was the executive director of Sudbury Heart Health from 1992 to 1997, and was a founding member of Earthcare Sudbury, a partnership between the city and various local agencies in support of a sustainable environmental policy. Councillor Courtemanche was elected to the Sudbury City Council in the 1997 municipal election, and was subsequently appointed as a city representative to the Sudbury Regional Council. He chaired the region’s Planning and Development Committee, and was part of a group that developed Sudbury’s first comprehensive arts policy. He supported the introduction of a Business Improvement Area , and brought forward an unsuccessful motion to deregulate the city’s shopping hours in 1999. The City of Sudbury and its suburban municipalities were amalgamated into the new city of Greater Sudbury in 2000. During the transition period, Courtemanche was strongly critical of a plan for the new city councillors to be designated as part-time rather than full-time workers. He argued that the demands on councillors would be greater after amalgamation, and that part-time status would result in bureaucrats controlling city hall. Courtemanche was re-elected in the 2000 municipal election,

New Health Partners: Renewing the Leadership of Physician Practice $2.25 Under managed care, health care has become a sometimes uneasy partnership between consumers, health care providers, and the communities they serve. Empowered by a broadly held understanding of medicine and an ability to collect and use performance information to improve health services, this alliance is reshaping our local health systems. In this constantly changing environment, competitive advantage will go to those physicians who are fast-and focused-in their ability to transform their practice into accountable, cooperative business units-reshaping society’s expectations of medicine and ultimately improving the delivery of health care.In The New Health Partners, physician Stephen Prather reveals how doctors can regain stewardship of their medical practices and strengthen their crucial role in the health care of their local communities. Prather—a nationally known physician consultant, educator, practitioner, and speaker—gives physicians effective techniques and practical advice needed to deliver bottom-line results.Prather shows physicians, medical directors, and administrators how they can acquire the essential skills of leadership and team development for use in both office and community health settings. Step-by-step, Prather explains how to apply the transformative power of the “Six Dimensions of Health Systems” to integrate delivery of care, align economic and non-economic incentives, manage chronic illness, empower clinical groups, work with patients and their families, and redesign care for community benefit.This groundbreaking book explores how to? Put in place successful methods for creating economic incentives to motivate physician change? Map out proven approaches for achieving clinical quality improvement and efficient office practices? Gain insight into a proven strategy for engaging the community in a rewarding partnership? Combine effective management principles, time-honored values, and useful guidelines for the most skill

No More Consultants: We know more than we think $26.95 We know more than we think. So before we rush out and hire an exper ort a consultant, how can we top into this knowledge within.This book helpa you to think more about what you know, and saves you money along the way. No More Consultants takes you on journey through insight, improvement and innovation. Moving beyond traditional benchmarking, the River Diagram, provides a graphic picture, giving you a clear view towards growth and development. With inspiring stories and expert advice from the their years of experience in helping organizations to value their own experience and reduce their dependency on consultants, the authors chart a course towards an engaged workforce and a successful business.www.nomoreconsultants.orgFind the video of No More Consultants on YouTube

No More Consultants: We know more than we think $26.95 We know more than we think. So before we rush out and hire an exper ort a consultant, how can we top into this knowledge within.This book helpa you to think more about what you know, and saves you money along the way. No More Consultants takes you on journey through insight, improvement and innovation. Moving beyond traditional benchmarking, the River Diagram, provides a graphic picture, giving you a clear view towards growth and development. With inspiring stories and expert advice from the their years of experience in helping organizations to value their own experience and reduce their dependency on consultants, the authors chart a course towards an engaged workforce and a successful business.www.nomoreconsultants.orgFind the video of No More Consultants on YouTube

Process Mapping: How to Reengineer Your Business Processes $45 A business organization, like a human body, is only as effective as its various processes. Pretty obvious, right? Yet, as V. Daniel Hunt demonstrates in this groundbreaking book, the failure to appreciate this obvious fact is the reason most reengineering schemes fail. Managers whose job it is to improve company performance, like physicians who work to improve patient health, must develop a clear picture of how each process fits into the overall organizational structure; how it ought to function; and how well it is performing at any given moment; before they can form a diagnosis or devise a treatment strategy.Fortunately, a powerful new analytical tool that has emerged in recent years helps you to do all of that and much more. Developed at General Electric, process mapping has been implemented in companies around the globe, and the results have been simply astonishing. Now find out how to make this breakthrough reengineering technology work for your organization in Process Mapping.The first and only hands-on guide of its kind, Process Mapping arms you with a full complement of state-of-the-art tools and techniques for assessing existing business processes and developing a detailed road map for ongoing change and improvement. Internationally known management consultant and bestselling author V. Daniel Hunt guides you step-by-step through the entire process. He helps you assess the need for process reengineering in your organization and determine whether or not a process map is what you need. He shows you how to create a process mapping team and helps you select the best-buy process mapping tools for the job. He explains how to gather vital information about your business processes via focused interviews and other interview techniques, and how to use this data in implementing process mapping. He also offers expert advice on how to apply your process map to significantly improve business functions and bottom-line performance.Hunt draws upon the experiences

Profit Mapping: A Tool for Aligning Operations with Future Profit and Performance $7.83 Drive Operational Excellence with the Right DecisionsPraise for Profit Mapping“In Profit Mapping, Anil Menawat and Adam Garfein marry the manufacturer’s lean knowledge with their business intuition for lifelong success.”-Kathleen Mennillo, Product Development Manager, Membership Division/Conferences, Society Of Manufacturing Engineers“Profit Mapping is a very valuable tool for the manufacturing industry. It combines process improvement initiatives with financial analysis for bottom-line improvements.”-Dr. Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., General Motors R&D Center“Profit Mapping is packed with management insights that are of value and immediate relevance across many types of business, including our own manufacturing operations.”-Shankar Kiru, Chief Financial Officer, Diversified Machine Inc.“Profit Mapping should become a universal tool at the shop floor level; it’s an integrated methodology for improving profitability in manufacturing and acquisition planning.”-Anthony F. Griffiths, Corporate Director and Independent Consultant“Profit Mapping is a very thorough, holistic, and systematic approach to looking at your business as a dynamic evolving entity. An excellent read. A must for all senior executives, business managers, and decision makers.”-Jay Manouchehri, Managing Director, EMS Consulting GroupAnil Menawat, Ph.D., is the founder of Menawat & Co., which provides business and manufacturing services to small businesses as well as to Fortune 500 companies. He has more than 25 years of experience in the manufacturing industry.Adam Garfein, Ph.D., isthe cofounder of Menawat & Co. He is also the founder of Devane Corporation, a strategy and e-business consulting and education firm.

Set Your Mind On Things Above $9.99 Anyone who meets Ryan immediately recognizes that his 6’9″ stature as well as his charismatic, contagious, enthusiastic personality and presence make people take notice. He is the founder and CEO of Ryan L. Jones & Associates, Inc. a successful, diverse personal and professional development firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is considered a dynamic nationally respected professional speaker, consultant, humanitarian, business entrepreneur, performance improvement specialist and transformational trainer. As a motivational speaker, Ryan has given countless hours and much energy educating, empowering and encouraging youth throughout the nation on the motto “Set Your Mind On Things Above.”

Set Your Mind On Things Above $13.29 Anyone who meets Ryan immediately recognizes that his 6’9″ stature as well as his charismatic, contagious, enthusiastic personality and presence make people take notice. He is the founder and CEO of Ryan L. Jones & Associates, Inc. a successful, diverse personal and professional development firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is considered a dynamic nationally respected professional speaker, consultant, humanitarian, business entrepreneur, performance improvement specialist and transformational trainer. As a motivational speaker, Ryan has given countless hours and much energy educating, empowering and encouraging youth throughout the nation on the motto “Set Your Mind On Things Above.”

Six SIGMA for Marketing Processes: An Overview for Marketing Executives, Leaders, and Managers $1.07 Nearly half of the top one hundred Fortune 500 companies use Six Sigma methodology in some part of their business. These companies have been among the top one hundred for five or more years and consistently report higher revenue and significantly higher profits than competitors. This underscores the impact on the cost side. Now the focus moves to revenue growth. Six Sigma consultant Clyde M. Creveling’s Design for Six Sigma in Technology and Product Development is the standard guide for product commercialization and manufacturing support engineers who want to apply Six Sigma methodology to technology development and product commercialization. Now, in Six Sigma for Marketing Processes, Creveling joins with Lynne Hambleton and Burke McCarthy to show the ways marketing professionals can adapt and apply those same Six Sigma concepts to create a lean marketing workflow built for growth. This book provides an overview of the way marketing professionals can utilize the value offered by Six Sigma tools, methods, and best practices, within their existing phase-gate processes, as well as the traditional Six Sigma problem-solving approach: define, measure, analyze, improve, control (DMAIC). It provides unique methods for employing Six Sigma to enhance the three marketing processes for enabling a business to attain growth: strategic, tactical, and operational. It goes further to demonstrate the way Six Sigma for marketing and Six Sigma for design can be combined into a unified Six Sigma for growth. In this book, you’ll learn how to apply Six Sigma methodology to   Develop a lean, efficient marketing workflow designed for growth Enhance the threemarketing arenas for growth: strategic, tactical, and operational Identify leading indicators of growth and become proactive about performance improvement Strengthen links between customers, products, and profitability Redesign marketing work to streamline workflow and

Six Sigma $25 This book shows what it is really like to apply Six Sigma in a range of functions within an organization and also to various types of organizations from the manufacturing sector to commerce and public service. It demonstrates how statistical thinking, coupled with the application of technical and operational knowledge of processes and focus provided by Six Sigma, can considerably enhance quality, competitiveness, effectiveness and efficiency.There tend to be two opposing views on Six Sigma – either strongly for, or against. This book shows how Six Sigma can work, provided it is tailored to the needs and expectations of a particular organization. Simple remedies for any defined frailties in the Six Sigma approach are provided.Practical guidance is given in setting up, operating and developing the project-by-project approach across and organization. The book also covers how to equip a critical mass of members in an organization with the core workforce competencies required to get the desired results. The commitment and active participation of top management is emphasized, to ensure the necessary change in culture and priorities demanded in most organizations.The foundations of good quality, statistical process, and value management are covered. Included is an explanation of what value is and how it can be improved. The text offers clear guidance and help to those unfamiliar with both proactive and reactive value enhancement methods. It coves all the necessary theory and practices in a practical and non-mathematical manner. The book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand or implement modern process improvement techniques.Dr William Truscott is a well-known expert in the field of Six Sigma. As a consultant and trainer, he has helped many large companies, together with their supply base, to implement successful business improvement initiatives. Companies, with whom he has had long-standing relationships, range from those in the

Six Sigma Demystified $22 The Six Sigma secrets of success revealed!No fancy formulas. No staggering statistics.One of the most useful and powerful improvement methodologies in the business world today, Six Sigma offers smart leaders invaluable strategies and techniques for achieving corporate goals…with an astonishing success rate. But the concepts behind Six Sigma, based on data-driven decision making, can be difficult to grasp–and even harder to implement in real-life situations. Now, thanks to Six Sigma Demystified, this proven science of success is explained in clear and simple terms than can help any manager solve problems, anticipate customer needs, and meet the demands of the most challenging markets. Filled with practical hands-on advice and essential organizational tips, this easy-to-use handbook provides a complete blueprint for planning your business strategies, plotting your company’s growth, and performing at your very best…for maximum profits.This is the smartest, fastest, easiest way to turn hard statistics into surefire success. Get ready to:Define objectives, interpret data, and achieve goals Allocate your resources and satisfy your customers Put plans into action…for on-the-job results Develop a training program for Six Sigma Black Belts, Green Belts, and Champions Take a “final exam” and grade it yourself! Six Sigma Demystified includes everything you need to succeed–handy self-quizzes, real-world scenarios, and bottom-line tools to give you the winner’s edge!Paul A. Keller is the vice president and senior consultant with Quality America, a Six Sigmaconsulting, training, and publishing firm.

Six Sigma Pricing: Improving Pricing Operations to Increase Profits $49.99 Apply Six Sigma to Your #1 Business Challenge: Pricing“Six Sigma is well known for having helped companies save billions of dollars. This book is the first to show us how to use it on the revenue side of the equation to generate profitable growth. This step-by-step guide will be an instant classic–a seminal book on a topic critical to profitability.”–Robert Cross, Chairman and CEO, Revenue Analytics Inc. and author of Revenue Management“Six Sigma Pricing provides companies with a practical toolkit to improve their price management. The authors show executives how to use Six Sigma tools in their pricing processes and instantly improve profits and their bottom-line. This is a truly ‘must-have’ resource for managers everywhere.”–Eric Mitchell, President, Professional Pricing SocietyMany companies have developed solid sales strategies— but without equally good pricing operations, those strategies alone will not add a dime to the bottom line.The goal of pricing operations is to consistently control price deviations in transactions and contracts over time and across customer segments. This goal of ensuring the prices are not too low or too high in different transactions relative to guidelines lends itself perfectly to Six Sigma. Using the authors’ breakthrough Six Sigma-based approach, you can systematically eliminate pricing-related revenue leaks, driving higher profits without alienating customers. You’ll learn how to define pricing “defects,” gather and analyze relevant pricing data, review pricing-agreement processes, identify and control failures, implement improvements, and then ensure continuous, ongoing improvement in price, profits and customer satisfaction.The book reflects the authors’ pioneering experience implementing Six Sigma pricing. Whether you’re a business leader, strategist, manager, consultant, or Six Sigma specialist, it

Tests That Work Tools Workplace $60 The only practical business resource available that shows you how to use tests to assess skills and values in the workplace!Loaded with figures, tips, checklists, and examples, Tests That Work gives you everything you need to use assessments responsibly and effectively at your organization.You know the effects of mediocre workplace performance: reduced profitability, poor productivity, and diminished customer and employee satisfaction. But while you know the effects, finding the causes can seem nearly impossible. Do some of your employees need to improve their execution of basic tasks? Should some of your employees work on expanding their knowledge? How can you answer these questions?Tests enable you to find answers such as these. But many organizations are afraid to use assessments: test development and execution is complicated. Bad tests can seem punishing or offensive, and yield inconclusive or incorrect results.That’s why noted consultant Odin Westgaard brings you Tests That Work, the only practical resource available that shows you how to use tests to assess skills and values in the workplace. Westgaard offers you invaluable advice whether you’re developing and administering tests–or merely selecting them.You’ll learn how to:* Test organizational attitudes* Examine test validity and reliability* Manage ethical issues related to test administration* Evaluate and report test results . . . and more!”Confusion has reigned in the realms of tests, testing, and calibrating human performance. Until now. This book will be on my desk — the shelf is too far away!”–Roger Kaufman, professor and director, office for needs assessment and planning, FloridaState University; coeditor, The Guidebook for Performance Improvement”This is one valuable book I won’t loan to anyone. I’d never get it back! It’s that good.”–Kery Mortenson, senior site training specialist, Abbott LaboratoriesYou’ll use tests to: * discover where training is

The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide $5.69 Used – Author of the Business Week million-copy bestseller, “1001 Ways to Reward Employees, Bob Nelson is the motivational specialist who helps businesses stay competitive by teaching them how to inspire their employees to excel. Now joined by Dr. Dean Spitzer, senior consultant and performance improvement expert for IBM, Nelson distills the knowledge, experience, and ideas gained from working with thousands of organizations into a hands-on, practical fieldbook. Beginning with the basics of moti

The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide $11.95 New – Author of the Business Week million-copy bestseller, “1001 Ways to Reward Employees, Bob Nelson is the motivational specialist who helps businesses stay competitive by teaching them how to inspire their employees to excel. Now joined by Dr. Dean Spitzer, senior consultant and performance improvement expert for IBM, Nelson distills the knowledge, experience, and ideas gained from working with thousands of organizations into a hands-on, practical fieldbook. Beginning with the basics of motiv

The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide $10.33 New – Author of the Business Week million-copy bestseller, “1001 Ways to Reward Employees, Bob Nelson is the motivational specialist who helps businesses stay competitive by teaching them how to inspire their employees to excel. Now joined by Dr. Dean Spitzer, senior consultant and performance improvement expert for IBM, Nelson distills the knowledge, experience, and ideas gained from working with thousands of organizations into a hands-on, practical fieldbook. Beginning with the basics of motiv

The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide $1.99 Used – Author of the Business Week million-copy bestseller, “1001 Ways to Reward Employees, Bob Nelson is the motivational specialist who helps businesses stay competitive by teaching them how to inspire their employees to excel. Now joined by Dr. Dean Spitzer, senior consultant and performance improvement expert for IBM, Nelson distills the knowledge, experience, and ideas gained from working with thousands of organizations into a hands-on, practical fieldbook. Beginning with the basics of moti

The Half-Truth High: Breaking the Illusions of the Most Powerful Drug In Life & Business $12.95 Did you ever wonder why self-improvement strategies dealing with change and success make things seem so reasonable? Could it be that what makes all these mantras and pop books so appealing on a mass scale is the same thing that keeps them from working. They all “make sense.” But are all the things that make sense TRUE? Dr. Fleming takes you deep within the mind of a psychologist and leadership consultant, letting you in on the secrets of the half-truth-the clever way we convince ourselves we are changing bad habits, leading a company to profitability, or even rising personally to the highest level of thinking about ultimate reality. Utilizing a questioning process that turns half-truths over to find the denied part of reality in us all, Dr. Fleming paves a way to understanding and change that no simple “7 Tips or Tools” book could possibly provide.

The Half-Truth High: Breaking the Illusions of the Most Powerful Drug in Life & Business $8 Used – Did you ever wonder why self-improvement strategies dealing with change and success make things seem so reasonable? Could it be that what makes all these mantras and pop books so appealing on a mass scale is the same thing that keeps them from working. They all “make sense.” But are all the things that make sense TRUE? Dr. Fleming takes you deep within the mind of a psychologist and leadership consultant, letting you in on the secrets of the half-truth-the clever way we convince ourselves

The Half-Truth High: Breaking the Illusions of the Most Powerful Drug in Life & Business $6.08 Used – Did you ever wonder why self-improvement strategies dealing with change and success make things seem so reasonable? Could it be that what makes all these mantras and pop books so appealing on a mass scale is the same thing that keeps them from working. They all “make sense.” But are all the things that make sense TRUE? Dr. Fleming takes you deep within the mind of a psychologist and leadership consultant, letting you in on the secrets of the half-truth-the clever way we convince ourselves