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November 2014

Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

by Edited by Brent W Ritchie, Kom Campiranon.

The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major driver of global tourism in general. Nonetheless, tourism industries in Asia Pacific has been challenged in recent years by a number of major crises and disasters including terrorism, outbreaks (e.g. SARS and Bird Flu), natural disasters (e.g. tsunamis, bushfires, flooding), and political crisis (e.g. protests and political instability).The aim of this book is to contribute to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific. With chapters contributed by international scholars and practitioners, this book discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management.

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Business, Economics & Law

September 2019

Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

by Brent W Ritchie, Kom Campiranon

The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major driver of global tourism in general. Nonetheless, tourism industries in Asia Pacific has been challenged in recent years by a number of major crises and disasters including terrorism, outbreaks (e.g. SARS and Bird Flu), natural disasters (e.g. tsunamis, bushfires, flooding), and political crisis (e.g. protests and political instability).The aim of this book is to contribute to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific. With chapters contributed by international scholars and practitioners, this book discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management.

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Business, Economics & Law

September 2016

Mainstreaming co-operation

An alternative for the twenty-first century?

by Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh

After decades of flying beneath the radar, co-operation as a principle of business and socio-economic organisation is moving from the margins of economic, social and political thought into the mainstream. In both the developed and developing world, co-operative models are increasingly viewed as central to tackling a diverse array of issues, including global food security, climate change, sustainable economic development, public service provision and gender inequality. This collection, drawing together research from an interdisciplinary group of scholars and co-operative practitioners, considers the different spheres in which co-operatives are becoming more prominent. Drawing examples from different national and international contexts, the book offers major insights into how co-operation will come to occupy a more central role in social and economic life in the twenty-first century. Mainstreaming co-operation will be of interest to students and academics studying economics, business studies, history, politics and international development, but also to policy makers interested in co-operatives and mutuals as a viable alternative to conventional models of social and economic development.

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Business, Economics & Law

September 2016

Mainstreaming co-operation

An alternative for the twenty-first century?

by Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh

After decades of flying beneath the radar, co-operation as a principle of business and socio-economic organisation is moving from the margins of economic, social and political thought into the mainstream. In both the developed and developing world, co-operative models are increasingly viewed as central to tackling a diverse array of issues, including global food security, climate change, sustainable economic development, public service provision and gender inequality. This collection, drawing together research from an interdisciplinary group of scholars and co-operative practitioners, considers the different spheres in which co-operatives are becoming more prominent. Drawing examples from different national and international contexts, the book offers major insights into how co-operation will come to occupy a more central role in social and economic life in the twenty-first century. Mainstreaming co-operation will be of interest to students and academics studying economics, business studies, history, politics and international development, but also to policy makers interested in co-operatives and mutuals as a viable alternative to conventional models of social and economic development.

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Business, Economics & Law

September 2016

Mainstreaming co-operation

An alternative for the twenty-first century?

by Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh

After decades of flying beneath the radar, co-operation as a principle of business and socio-economic organisation is moving from the margins of economic, social and political thought into the mainstream. In both the developed and developing world, co-operative models are increasingly viewed as central to tackling a diverse array of issues, including global food security, climate change, sustainable economic development, public service provision and gender inequality. This collection, drawing together research from an interdisciplinary group of scholars and co-operative practitioners, considers the different spheres in which co-operatives are becoming more prominent. Drawing examples from different national and international contexts, the book offers major insights into how co-operation will come to occupy a more central role in social and economic life in the twenty-first century. Mainstreaming co-operation will be of interest to students and academics studying economics, business studies, history, politics and international development, but also to policy makers interested in co-operatives and mutuals as a viable alternative to conventional models of social and economic development.

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Business, Economics & Law

March 2020

Harvard Business Review’s 10 Must Reads: Komunikasi

by Gary A. Williams, Robert B. Miller, Robert B. Cialdini, Deborah Tannen, Jay A. Conger, Leslie Perlow, Stephanie Williams, Nick Morgan, Stephen Denning, Kimberly D. Elsbach, John Hamm, Holly Weeks

Komunikasi is the Bahasa Melayu edition of the best-selling book Harvard Business Review’s 10 Must Reads on Communication. The book comprises a collection of compelling reads that can inspire readers to communicate effectively and convincingly within an organisation. Each chapter in the book is an article from leading experts including Deborah Tannen, Jay Conger and Nick Morgan. Readers will gain practical knowledge on how to engage with an audience, successfully pitch a business idea, win support of others, and inspire colleagues towards achieving a goal. This book is suitable for aspiring and experienced leaders, professionals and general readers who wish to improve their communication skills. Click here for more information

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Business, Economics & Law

2020

Becoming Shenzhen:40 Years of Financial Reform and Opening-up

by Xing Yujing

This book tells you 6 stories about 6 diferent fnancial institutions in Shenzhen, which are the People’s Bank of China Shenzhen Central Sub-branch, Ping An, China Merchants Bank, Shenzhen Rural Com-mercial Bank, WeBank, OneConnect. These fascinating cases of fnan-cial reform and innovation take on varied forms and routes but are all brilliant icons of condensed “Shenzhen experience and wisdom” in the fnancial reform and innovation over the last 40 years.

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Business, Economics & Law

June 2022

The Startup Lexicon

Demystifying the everyday language of startups

by Ken Valledy and Eamonn Carey

With simple definitions of the most frequently used words, alongside stories that give more context and colour, The Startup Lexicon is an incredible primer for anyone interested in one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors in the business world.

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Business, Economics & Law

June 2021

Mastering The Art of Team Coaching

A comprehensive guide to unleashing the power, purpose and potential in any team

by Georgina Woudstra

Become an impactful team coach with a distinctive personal style that solves problems, gets results and inspires others to be at their best.

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Business, Economics & Law

June 2021

Small Company Big Crisis

How to prepare for, respond to and recover from a business crisis.

by Brownyn Reid

When the next crisis comes, will you freeze – or flourish?Global pandemics. Raging bushfires. The death of a loved one. Severe floods. Stock market crashes. Sudden illness. It seems that we no sooner get through one crisis when we’re faced with another. That is exactly what does happen, and businesses will continue to be buffeted by such crises. Whether personal or international, a crisis can have devastating consequences for a small business. This book is a timely, practical guide to preparing for, surviving, and coming out the other side of a crisis – with your business and sanity intact. 25+ years’ experience as a small business owner, Bronwyn Reid has experienced many economic booms and busts, natural disasters, and personal crises that can derail a small business. She shares the vital lessons learned along the way and outlines the actions you can take to ensure your business weathers any storm. • Explore the history of boom and bust• Learn the SEVEN KEY QUESTIONS you must ask yourself to build resilient businesses• Understand the TEN STEPS of dealing with a crisis – without freezing• Discover the opportunities that develop from a crisis, and how to seize them• Investigate the ways we can all do business better in the future Whether you’ve already experienced a business crisis, or whether you’re looking to future-proof your venture, Small Company, Big Crisis will help you confront the inevitable, protect your business (and yourself), and grow stronger as a result.

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Business & management

The Craft of Leadersdhip

A guide to the skills, techniques and attitudes needed to manage successful organisations

by Richard Boult

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Planning to Win

A guide to business planning and financial modelling

by Gordon Pender

My book (and e-book), Planning to Win – a guide to business planning and financial modelling, explains exactly what you need to do – and how to do it – to prepare a professional business plan. This is not the easy way to prepare a plan. There are many other guides and templates to do that. This shows you how to produce a very professional document, backed by an equally professional financial model, for your new or existing business. The guide contains numerous examples, from my experience over 25 years, of what happens in the real world. They are what my target audience – practical business people and entrepreneurs – like most. The guide includes a model business plan. The financial spreadsheet model that supports it – and is described throughout the text – is available free from my website. Both contain many novel features not included in standard texts on business planning.

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Business & management

Planning to Win

A guide to business planning and financial modelling

by Gordon Pender

My book (and e-book), Planning to Win – a guide to business planning and financial modelling, explains exactly what you need to do – and how to do it – to prepare a professional business plan. This is not the easy way to prepare a plan. There are many other guides and templates to do that. This shows you how to produce a very professional document, backed by an equally professional financial model, for your new or existing business. The guide contains numerous examples, from my experience over 25 years, of what happens in the real world. They are what my target audience – practical business people and entrepreneurs – like most. The guide includes a model business plan. The financial spreadsheet model that supports it – and is described throughout the text – is available free from my website. Both contain many novel features not included in standard texts on business planning.

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Business & management

June 2017

Mustard Seeds, Shovels, & Mountains

How to Succeed Using Your Physio-Psychic Power

by J.F. (Jim) Straw

J.F. (Jim) Straw began his business career when he was nine years old. Since then, his business activities have generated over $500,000,000 in revenues. For the first time, Mr. Straw explains how he used what he calls “Physio-Psychic Power” to achieve such incredible success. If you learn nothing else from this book, learn that information only becomes knowledge when you use it and the information you have used or failed to use in the past is the reason you are where you are today. You can be your best friend — or your worst enemy. No one forces you to be what you are or do what you do (or don’t do). What you have today is a direct result of what you did yesterday. What you will have tomorrow will be a direct result of what you do (or don’t do) today. It’s up to you.

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Technology, Engineering & Agriculture

May 2013

Advantage

A Roadmap for Entrepreneurs and Leaders in The Digital Age

by Declan Kavanagh

Advantage is what creates value for your customers and your organisation. By having a focus on advantage and the sources of advantage through the life cycle of a business, whether it is commercial or not for profit ensures entrepreneurs and leaders minimise risk and maximise value. This book presents a framework called “The Business Advantage Model (BAM™)” that supports leaders in the identification, creation, proving, securing, leveraging and changing of advantage. It is about “Doing the right things, the right way at the right time” across every aspect of starting, scaling and readjusting a business. Its goal is to help create more high performing organisations.

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Business, Economics & Law

June 2019

Leading Well

7 attributes of very successful leaders

by David Pich and Ann Messenger

Leading Well is a leadership inspiration book focused on leadership, not leaders. Leadership inspiration is too often attributed to the idea of a leadership genius – one saintly figure who personifies all the virtues of leadership – think Steve Jobs, Einstein or Gandhi – which, at first, doesn’t make the idea of a genius leader sound terribly bad. The problem with the concept of genius leaders, however, is that they don’t always represent leadership. These often-glorified CEOs, politicians and philosophers sit on a pedestal where they’re worshipped by us – the people who aspire to achieve their level of success. To thousands of emerging leaders around the world, these people are their North Star, but what happens when these leaders disappoint us? People in leadership positions can make poor leadership decisions. When we believe in the concept of a leadership genius, we too easily overlook actions and attributes of poor leadership. If the news headlines of poor leadership over the past year have reinforced one thing, it’s this: great leadership is never about one leader; it’s the combined attributes of good leadership performed by leaders – the 7 attributes of very successful leaders: Integrity Emotional Intelligence (EI) Ability to Inspire Authenticity Self-Awareness Respect Decisiveness. Discussion around these attributes is the subject of each of the chapters. There are case studies, expert opinions and strategies to help today’s, and next-generation leaders, in their endeavours to lead their organisations as best they can.

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Business & management: study & revision guides

Achieve PMP Exam Success, 5th Edition

A Concise Study Guide for the Busy Project Manager

by Diane Altwies, PMP, and Janice Preston, PMP

Fully aligned with the PMBOK® Guide—5th Edition (2013) by PMI® This best-selling PMP exam prep study guide provides busy project managers with a brief, yet proven comprehensive self-study program for successfully passing the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam on the first attempt, while cutting study time in half. Readers will have free web-based access for 45 days to over 1,300 questions including hundreds of situational questions, enabling users to perform practice tests by simulating actual 200-question exams and arrange questions by knowledge area. (Note: This access begins when you register for the test bank, not when you purchase the book.) Study time is made more efficient by its organization. Achieve PMP® Exam Success includes a pre-assessment test to help users develop a focused study plan. It closely follows the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—5th Edition (2013) and incorporates key topics and concepts from the multiple PMI recommended readings, eliminating the need for additional resources which will save you both time and money. Used in conjunction with PMI’s PMBOK® Guide—5th Edition (2013), Achieve PMP® Exam Success presents all the fundamental knowledge, concepts, exercises and practice exam questions a project manager needs to prepare for and successfully pass the PMP Certification Exam on the first attempt.

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Business & management: study & revision guides

Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 2nd Edition

A Concise Study Guide and Desk Reference

by Diane Altwies, PMP, Janice Preston, PMP, & Frank Reynolds, CAPM

Used in conjunction with PMI’s PMBOK® Guide — Fifth Edition (2013), this concise study guide presents all the fundamental knowledge, concepts, exercises, practice questions, and simulated exams needed to prepare for and successfully pass the CAPM® exam on your first try. However, this book is much more than a study guide. It is a valuable desk reference that project team members can use to improve their effectiveness and contribution to the success of a project and is also a good resource for those considering a career in project management. Readers will have free web-based access for 45 days to over 1000 questions including hundreds of situational questions, enabling users to perform practice tests by simulating actual 150-question exams and arrange questions by knowledge area. (Note: This access begins when you register for the test bank, not when you purchase the book.)

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Dynamic Scheduling® With Microsoft® Project 2013

The Book By and For Professionals

by Rodolfo Ambriz, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, and Mario Landa, PMP

Microsoft® Project 2013 is a powerful software tool, and like all tools it requires knowledge and skill to be used to its maximum potential. This fully revised new edition provides users with everything they will need to more easily and effectively manage projects to a successful conclusion. Designed for the busy, practicing project manager, Dynamic Scheduling® With Microsoft® Project 2013 will help you get up to speed quickly with the new and enhanced features of Project 2013 (including Project Pro for Office 365) and enable you to create effective schedules using best practices, tips & tricks, and step-by-step instruction. Through the use of helpful screenshots, hands-on exercises, illustrations, and review questions, this guide instructs you on how to build dynamic schedules that will allow you to explore what-if scenarios and dramatically decrease the time you spend making static schedule changes. “A must read, reread, and use daily for all project managers” is what PMI’s Project Management Journal had to say about previous editions. This updated version is even better! Key Features: Fully aligned with the PMBOK® Guide – Fifth Edition, The Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures – Second Edition, The Practice Standard for Scheduling – Second Edition and The Practice Standard for Earned Value Management – Second Edition by the Project Management Institute Validated training material for the new Microsoft Certification Exam 74-343: Managing Projects with Microsoft® Project 2013 Captures the best practices and insights that have been gained from thousands of real-life schedules and years of training project managers across all industries

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An alternative for the twenty-first century?

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by Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh

An alternative for the twenty-first century?

by Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh

by Gary A. Williams, Robert B. Miller, Robert B. Cialdini, Deborah Tannen, Jay A. Conger, Leslie Perlow, Stephanie Williams, Nick Morgan, Stephen Denning, Kimberly D. Elsbach, John Hamm, Holly Weeks

by Xing Yujing

Demystifying the everyday language of startups

by Ken Valledy and Eamonn Carey

A comprehensive guide to unleashing the power, purpose and potential in any team

by Georgina Woudstra

How to prepare for, respond to and recover from a business crisis.

by Brownyn Reid

A guide to the skills, techniques and attitudes needed to manage successful organisations

by Richard Boult

A guide to business planning and financial modelling

by Gordon Pender

A guide to business planning and financial modelling

by Gordon Pender

How to Succeed Using Your Physio-Psychic Power

by J.F. (Jim) Straw

A Roadmap for Entrepreneurs and Leaders in The Digital Age

by Declan Kavanagh

7 attributes of very successful leaders

by David Pich and Ann Messenger

A Concise Study Guide for the Busy Project Manager

by Diane Altwies, PMP, and Janice Preston, PMP

A Concise Study Guide and Desk Reference

by Diane Altwies, PMP, Janice Preston, PMP, & Frank Reynolds, CAPM

The Book By and For Professionals

by Rodolfo Ambriz, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, and Mario Landa, PMP

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