Once people from diverse cultures start to work together, unexpected and puzzling behavior patterns can crop up. Suddenly things can go wrong an no one knows why! Now Gwyneth Olofsson takes on these work-related intercultural issues and offers practical advice in her new book, When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh. After sixteen years of cultural training and business consulting, Olofsson has collected the cultural questions her students and business trainees have asked her and compiled them in brief, to-the-point letters and answers.
The essential desk reference for every business professional or student.
This easy-to-understand resource explains complex mathematical concepts and formulas and offers clear examples of how they relate to real-world business situations. Featuring practical practice problems to help readers hone their skills, it covers such key topics as working with percents to calculate increases and decreases, using basic algebra to solve proportions, and using basic statistics to analyze raw data. Readers will also find solutions for finance and payroll applications, including reading financial statements, calculating wages and commissions, and strategic salary planning.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges.
Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more.
Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and enjoys the reverence of academics, executives, and management consultants. It has been the frequent publishing home for well known scholars and management thinkers.
Outlook Group has been an agent of change and trendsetter in Indian publishing. In 1995, the group took on the fortnightlies that then reigned supreme among magazines, launching a weekly, Outlook. In 1998, the group again departed from the beaten track, launching Intelligent Investor (now Outlook Money), aimed at filling a long-felt void in the personal finance space. Year 2001 saw the launch of Outlook Traveller, which coincided with a pick-up in domestic tourism. This was followed, in 2002, by the launch of Outlook Saptahik, the Hindi edition of Outlook (not a clone, though)
