The challenge of managing projects is to combine the technology of the future with lessons from the past. In the Third Edition of Project Management for the 21st Century, noted authors Bennet Lientz and Kathryn Rea provide a modern, proven approach to project management. Properly applied without massive administrative overhead, project management can supply structure, focus, and control to drive work to success.

Third Edition revisions include: 35% new material; three new chapters on risk man...

The subject of "design thinking" is the rage at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press--due in large part to work of IDEO, a leading design firm, and its celebrated CEO, Tim Brown, who uses this book to show how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business.

Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, comprehensive in-depth look at the social, economic, political and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of pet...

East Asia is one of the world's most dynamic and diverse regions and is also becoming an increasingly coherent region through the inter-play of various integrative economic, political and socio-cultural processes. Fully updated and revised throughout, this new edition explores the various ways in which East Asian regionalism continues to deepen. The second edition has been expanded to incorporate coverage of significant issues that have emerged in recent years including: Growing tensions in t...

The international bestseller--now with a new preface by author John Kotter. Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter's ideas on change management and leadership. From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented M&A activity to scandal, greed, and ultimately, recession--we've learned that widespread and difficult change is no longer the exception.

It's the rule. Now with a new preface, this refreshed edition of the global bestseller Leading Change is more relevant than ever. Joh...

This book explores a broad range of perspectives on change management, encouraging critical reflection and making sense of a complex field of theories. The unique approach is based around three key perspectives of change: how, what and why.

Smart strategic thinking for easy and quick solutions - the latest book from bestselling author Kevin Duncan.

Dit boek is er om je te helpen als je je eigen werk en loopbaan anders wilt inrichten. Dit kan voortvloeien uit het verlies van je baan en hier gaat het boek ook uitgebreid op in. Het kan echter ook een kwestie zijn van het gevoel dat er iets schort aan je huidige werk. Een gevoel dat nogal eens opdoemt in het midden van je leven. Meer gaan doen wat je het liefste doet en waarin je waarschijnlijk ook het beste bent, daar gaat het om in dit boek. Het boek stelt je in staat jezelf naar ander we...

Cash is King, het is al jaren van toepassing maar zeker na de huizencrisis en de kredietcrisis is dit gezegde voor veel organisaties actueler dan ooit; het verkrijgen van kredieten valt niet mee. Lagere overheden en overheid gelieerde instellingen moeten ook drastisch bezuinigen en door veranderde regelgeving zijn begrippen als werkkapitaal en lange termijn financiering ook daar heel belangrijk geworden.

Vanzelfsprekend komen huizenmarkt-, krediet- en eurocrisis uitgebreid aan de orde maar d...