The Excellence Dividend is a critical new book from one of today's leading visionaries in business. This year's winner of the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award and the CEO Reads Lifetime Contribution to the Business Book Industry Award, Tom Peters is one of the world's most revered management gurus and global business thinkers.For decades, he has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business environment, this message is more important than ever. Studies show that fewer than one-third of employees feel engaged with their work and that half of all jobs are at risk due to technology. But Peters has a solution: a sustained commitment to excellence combined with a commitment to people. These are, he argues, the only tools for coping with and thriving amidst the tsunami of change facing business today.In The Excellence Dividend, Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other as they are to their shared goal. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters offers brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement.After spending four decades in in pursuit of professional excellence, giving more than 3,000 presentations on the subject and working with companies around the world, Peters has delivered a contemporary personal excellence manual for any professional looking to make their mark and face today's business challenges. .

The Excellence Dividend is a critical new book from one of today's leading visionaries in business. This year's winner of the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award and the CEO Reads Lifetime Contribution to the Business Book Industry Award, Tom Peters is one of the world's most revered management gurus and global business thinkers.For decades, he has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business environment, this message is more important than ever. Studies show that fewer than one-third of employees feel engaged with their work and that half of all jobs are at risk due to technology. But Peters has a solution: a sustained commitment to excellence combined with a commitment to people. These are, he argues, the only tools for coping with and thriving amidst the tsunami of change facing business today.In The Excellence Dividend, Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other as they are to their shared goal. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters offers brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement.After spending four decades in in pursuit of professional excellence, giving more than 3,000 presentations on the subject and working with companies around the world, Peters has delivered a contemporary personal excellence manual for any professional looking to make their mark and face today's business challenges. .

The Excellence Dividend is a critical new book from one of today's leading visionaries in business. This year's winner of the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award and the CEO Reads Lifetime Contribution to the Business Book Industry Award, Tom Peters is one of the world's most revered management gurus and global business thinkers. For decades, he has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business environment, this message is more important than ever. Studies show that fewer than one-third of employees feel engaged with their work and that half of all jobs are at risk due to technology. But Peters has a solution: a sustained commitment to excellence combined with a commitment to people. These are, he argues, the only tools for coping with and thriving amidst the tsunami of change facing business today. In The Excellence Dividend, Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other as they are to their shared goal. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters offers brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement. After spending four decades in in pursuit of professional excellence, giving more than 3,000 presentations on the subject and working with companies around the world, Peters has delivered a contemporary personal excellence manual for any professional looking to make their mark and face today's business challenges.

The Business of Excellence offers a unique and compelling perspective on the drivers of excellence in teams and organizations. The author, Justin Hughes, brings an unusual mix of experience and insight, having worked as a management consultant to some of the worlds most successful organizations, in addition to having served for 12 years as a military fighter pilot, where he became Executive Officer on the RAF Red Arrows. The challenges of high performance and leadership are explored in depth, and are illustrated with insights, interviews and case studies from the military, sporting and corporate worlds. The material includes a proprietary performance model that can be applied to a wide spectrum of organizations, focusing on: · People: the primacy of attitude over skills · Capability: building alignment before setting people free · Delivery: a process to close the gap between desired and actual outcomes · Learning: how to accelerate performance in real time · Leadership: exhibiting a set of behaviours such that others choose to follow · Risk: avoiding the victory of compliance over outcomes. In The Business of Excellence, Justin deconstructs the drivers of high performance with a rare clarity, insight and accessibility, to illustrate and explain tangible tools and methods, all of which can be applied by readers in their own teams and organizations.

The Business of Excellence offers a unique and compelling perspective on the drivers of excellence in teams and organizations. The author, Justin Hughes, brings an unusual mix of experience and insight, having worked as a management consultant to some of the worlds most successful organizations, in addition to having served for 12 years as a military fighter pilot, where he became Executive Officer on the RAF Red Arrows. The challenges of high performance and leadership are explored in depth, and are illustrated with insights, interviews and case studies from the military, sporting and corporate worlds. The material includes a proprietary performance model that can be applied to a wide spectrum of organizations, focusing on: · People: the primacy of attitude over skills · Capability: building alignment before setting people free · Delivery: a process to close the gap between desired and actual outcomes · Learning: how to accelerate performance in real time · Leadership: exhibiting a set of behaviours such that others choose to follow · Risk: avoiding the victory of compliance over outcomes. In The Business of Excellence, Justin deconstructs the drivers of high performance with a rare clarity, insight and accessibility, to illustrate and explain tangible tools and methods, all of which can be applied by readers in their own teams and organizations.

'For all its excellence as a social panorama and a sketch of a marriage, it is as a picture of a man destroyed by drink and pride that Appointment in Samarra lives frighteningly in the mind' John Updike Julian English prides himself a member of his hometown's social elite, but from the moment he throws a cocktail in the face of a powerful business associate his life spirals out of control, taking his loving but troubled marriage with it. Following English's rapid decline and fall, Appointment in Samarra is a fast-paced and blackly comic portrait of 1930s America. O'Hara's debut novel introduced a prolific new voice to a generation and still stands as one of the great works of American fiction.

Monograph consists of an introduction, three chapters, conclusion and appendices, as well as a list of references. The first chapter substantiates theoretical approaches to the essence, conditions and factors of ensuring sustainable development of small business in modern socio-economic conditions. The factors influencing the development of small business, methodological approaches and indicators for assessing the effectiveness of economic policy for the sustainable development of small business are considered. The second chapter analyzes the international experience of the economic policy of small business development, on the basis of the economic analysis, the trends and problems of ensuring sustainable development of small business in the Baltic countries and in the Moscow agglomeration are identified. Using the tools of mathematical modeling, an assessment of the effectiveness of state policy in the field of small business development in the Moscow agglomeration was made. The third chapter defines the directions of increasing the efficiency of regional economic policy of small business development. An economic and mathematical model of factors for the development of small business in the regions and a toolkit for assessing the influence of factors on the sustainable development of entrepreneurship have been developed. In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the work of the executive and legislative powers and authorities in the field of support and development of small and medium-sized businesses in the region, on the basis of the principles of the OECD competition impact assessment methodology, recommendations have been developed to improve the tools for assessing the best municipal practices of the Russian Federation in terms of their impact on enterprise competition of the small and medium-sized business. The main text of the research consists of 150 pages and is illustrated with 18 figures and 10 tables. The work contains 15 appendices. The list of bibliographical sources includes 248 items.

Monograph consists of an introduction, three chapters, conclusion and appendices, as well as a list of references. The first chapter substantiates theoretical approaches to the essence, conditions and factors of ensuring sustainable development of small business in modern socio-economic conditions. The factors influencing the development of small business, methodological approaches and indicators for assessing the effectiveness of economic policy for the sustainable development of small business are considered. The second chapter analyzes the international experience of the economic policy of small business development, on the basis of the economic analysis, the trends and problems of ensuring sustainable development of small business in the Baltic countries and in the Moscow agglomeration are identified. Using the tools of mathematical modeling, an assessment of the effectiveness of state policy in the field of small business development in the Moscow agglomeration was made. The third chapter defines the directions of increasing the efficiency of regional economic policy of small business development. An economic and mathematical model of factors for the development of small business in the regions and a toolkit for assessing the influence of factors on the sustainable development of entrepreneurship have been developed. In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the work of the executive and legislative powers and authorities in the field of support and development of small and medium-sized businesses in the region, on the basis of the principles of the OECD competition impact assessment methodology, recommendations have been developed to improve the tools for assessing the best municipal practices of the Russian Federation in terms of their impact on enterprise competition of the small and medium-sized business.

Monograph consists of an introduction, three chapters, conclusion and appendices, as well as a list of references. The first chapter substantiates theoretical approaches to the essence, conditions and factors of ensuring sustainable development of small business in modern socio-economic conditions. The factors influencing the development of small business, methodological approaches and indicators for assessing the effectiveness of economic policy for the sustainable development of small business are considered. The second chapter analyzes the international experience of the economic policy of small business development, on the basis of the economic analysis, the trends and problems of ensuring sustainable development of small business in the Baltic countries and in the Moscow agglomeration are identified. Using the tools of mathematical modeling, an assessment of the effectiveness of state policy in the field of small business development in the Moscow agglomeration was made. The third chapter defines the directions of increasing the efficiency of regional economic policy of small business development. An economic and mathematical model of factors for the development of small business in the regions and a toolkit for assessing the influence of factors on the sustainable development of entrepreneurship have been developed. In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the work of the executive and legislative powers and authorities in the field of support and development of small and medium-sized businesses in the region, on the basis of the principles of the OECD competition impact assessment methodology, recommendations have been developed to improve the tools for assessing the best municipal practices of the Russian Federation in terms of their impact on enterprise competition of the small and medium-sized business.

The winners showcased in this book represent the painstaking efforts, energy and creativity of thousands of designers around the world. Judges selected the best of the best at the 27th Edition Best of Newspaper Design™ creative competition, and SND presents the winning images here for all to view, admire and study. In the competition for 2005, judges did not award any Gold Medals, a first in SND history. To receive a Gold Medal, all five judges on a team must agree an entry deserves the honor, a feat none achieved this year. Gold Medal winners must embody state of the art, push the limits of creativity and lack almost nothing. Judges did not find that perfect entry this year. However, judges deemed the thousands of entries worthy of awards in 19 other categories. Two publications were named the World's Best-Designed Newspapers™ for 2005. The Silver Medal, awarded to 48 entries, was the highest award given to 2005 entries in general judging. Granted for work that exceeds excellence, the Silvers embody technical proficiency expanding the limits of the medium. These entries shine. The Award of Excellence, given for truly exceptional work, went to the 1,077 entries that surpassed mere technical or aesthetic competency. The award appropriately honors entries for being daring or innovative if they are outstanding but not perfect in every respect. "Be tough, but fair," judges were told. Unless otherwise noted, all winners in the book are Awards of Excellence. Judges gave 10 Judges' Special Recognition awards. This honor is bestowed by a team of judges or by all judges for work that is outstanding in a certain aspect but not necessarily singled out by an Award of Excellence or a Silver or Gold award. The special recognition does not replace an Award of Excellence, Silver or Gold. The JSR is a complement to other awards. Competition judges made the tough calls among many distinguished entries. Thus you can enjoy hundreds of examples of the best newspaper design in 2005. We hope the winners will inspire and motivate you to excel in all areas, especially news design.

This collection of compact cases on management practices in Russian companies was produced by professors of HSE Graduate School of Business and other units of HSE University and resulted from a joint project between HSE GSB and The Case Centre, the one of the top case clearing houses globally. The cases in this volume reflect on a wide range of the current issues in business management, such as Strategic Management, Business Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Brand Management, ESG and Business Ethics, Talent Management, Entrepreneurship, as well as doing business during the COVID-19 pandemic. This case collection is recommended for students, participants and faculty of various programs in management - from Bachelor and Master to MBA and Executive Education. Recommended for publication by the Academic Council of the Graduate School of Business, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

This collection of compact cases on management practices in Russian companies was produced by professors of HSE Graduate School of Business and other units of HSE University and resulted from a joint project between HSE GSB and The Case Centre, the one of the top case clearing houses globally. The cases in this volume reflect on a wide range of the current issues in business management, such as Strategic Management, Business Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Brand Management, ESG and Business Ethics, Talent Management, Entrepreneurship, as well as doing business during the COVID-19 pandemic. This case collection is recommended for students, participants and faculty of various programs in management - from Bachelor and Master to MBA and Executive Education. Recommended for publication by the Academic Council of the Graduate School of Business, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

This collection of compact cases on management practices in Russian companies was produced by professors of HSE Graduate School of Business and other units of HSE University and resulted from a joint project between HSE GSB and The Case Centre, the one of the top case clearing houses globally. The cases in this volume reflect on a wide range of the current issues in business management, such as Strategic Management, Business Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Brand Management, ESG and Business Ethics, Talent Management, Entrepreneurship, as well as doing business during the COVID-19 pandemic. This case collection is recommended for students, participants and faculty of various programs in management - from Bachelor and Master to MBA and Executive Education. Recommended for publication by the Academic Council of the Graduate School of Business, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

This innovative volume presents an in-depth study of the language used by participants in business meetings. The cutting-edge research draws on the Cambridge and Nottingham Business English Corpus (CANBEC), a unique resource which brings together meetings of different types both within and between companies, involving speakers whose roles and responsibilities vary, and who represent a range of nationalities and first languages. Keywords, concordance lines and discourse analysis provide thorough insights into aspects such as the structural stages of meetings, participants' discursive practices, interpersonal language and creativity, and power and constraint. The author concludes by making practical suggestions for using these findings to inform the teaching of business English. Key features The content of the book is taken from unique research based on a unique corpus of business meetings -the Cambridge and Nottingham Spoken Business English Corpus (CANBEC). The author of the book is also the main constructor of the corpus and is therefore an expert on both the research and the data on which the research was based. The amount of contextual and relational information used by Handford during analysis makes the findings more representative than any other publication of 'real' business meeting situations.

Learn about concepts, management, and commerce in The Business Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Business in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Business Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. The Business Book is the perfect introduction to key theories that have shaped the world of business, management, and commerce, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you'll discover every facet of business management, including alternative business models, with real-life examples from the marketplace. If you've ever wondered about the stages of business strategy, from start-up to delivering the goods, this is the perfect book for you.

The Intelligent Business Intermediate Workbook consolidates the language of the Intelligent Business Coursebook by providing further practice of key vocabulary, grammar and skills. Throughout the workbook there are Cambridge BEC style tasks to familiarise students with the exam.