Safety in Numbers - The Mysterious World of Swiss Banking by Nicholas Faith

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The Thistle and the Jade - A Celebration of 150 Years of Jardine, Matheson & Co by Maggie Keswick (ed)

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Disaster Planning and Recovery - A Guide for Facility Professionals by Alan M. Levitt

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$224.95 (55% off)

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"The focus of this guide is to assist you in planning for all thevital factors and imperative considerations essential in enhancingthe likelihood of your organization's continuity and survival whenimpacted by an out-of-course event: planning to prevent disasters,planning to reduce the likelihood of disa sters, planning to dealwith disasters, and planning to recover after a disaster hasaffected the organization." -- Alan M. Levitt The only complete, hands-on guide to disaster planning, DisasterPlanning and Recovery provides proven strategies, tools, andtechniques for helping your company plan for, cope with, andrecover from cataclysmic events. Internationally recognizedbusiness continuity expert Alan M. Levitt tells you what you needto know to avoid having natural and man-made disasters becomebusiness disasters. You'll find out how to: * Create an effective plan in advance * Reduce the likelihood of disasters * Maintain functioning when disaster strikes * Mobilize staff safely and efficiently during an emergency * Reduce costs of and recovery time following an out-of-courseevent * Work effectively with key departments, including IT, HR,maintenance * Minimize stress on staff members * And much more Earthquakes, floods, fires, tornadoes . . . there isn't much youcan do to stop them from happening, but there are steps you cantake to prevent natural and man-made disasters from turning intobusiness disasters. And that is what this book is all about:minimizing the damage done to your business by cataclysmic externalevents. The only complete, practical guide of its kind, Disaster Planningand Recovery shows facility professionals how to prepare for, copewith, and rebound from a disaster. Alan Levitt clearly demonstratesthat the first major step toward minimizing risk and optimizingrecovery time following an emergency is to formulate acomprehensive disaster plan. Drawing upon his years of experienceas a business continuity expert--and using fascinating andinstructive vignettes and case studies (many of them previouslyunpublished) to illustrate his points--he shows you how to developthe most cost-effective plan possible. Rather than offer a set of one-size-fits-all checklists andprocedures, Levitt supplies a rational framework and provenstrategies for formulating a plan tailored to your business. Heshows you how to set reasonable goals that will allow you to reactmore quickly and effectively without losing sight of businessoutcomes. And he provides the means for researching and conductingthe five phases of a comprehensive disaster/recovery plan:identifying potential disasters; quantifying the risk ofoccurrence; establishing parameters for reducing that risk;forecasting the potential impact a disaster can have on personnel,plant, and business processes; and establishing systems forcounterbalancing those impacts. Throughout Disaster Planning and Recovery, the emphasis is on humanfactors. Levitt describes techniques for efficiently mobilizingstaff in an emergency, working effectively with key departments,such as IT, and most importantly, easing the stress that disasterscan impose on staff members. Disaster Planning and Recovery is anindispensable resource for facility professionals, human resourcesmanagers, building owners and managers, architects, designers, andplanners. ...Show more

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

$25.00 AUD

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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)Fourth Edition continues the tradition of excellence in project management with a standard that is even easier to understand and implement, with improved consistency and greater clarification. What's new? * Standard language has been inco rporated throughout the document to aid reader understanding. * New data flow diagrams clarify inputs and outputs for each process. * Greater attention has been placed on how Knowledge Areas integrate in the context of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing process groups. * Two new processes are featured: Identify Stakeholders and Collect Requirements. Start meeting your standards for better project performance. ...Show more

RICH KIDS : HOW THE MURDOCHS AND PACKERS LOST $950 MILLION IN ONE.TEL by PAUL BARRY

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Think Like the Great Investors - Make Better Decisions and Raise Your Investing to a New Level by Professor Colin Nicholson (University of Edinburgh, St. Leonards, Australia)

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Achieve a new level of investing and trading success by defeating your worst enemy--yourself Successful trading relies on three vital skills: market analysis, money management, and decision-making. The first two are straightforward skills anyone can learn, but the third is much more difficult. Your abi lity to make the right decisions isn't based on hard facts, but psychological realities like your own temperament, your own biases, and the biases of other traders. In essence, you can only master the stock market when you master yourself first, and that starts with making the right decisions habitually. Think Like the Great Investors is organised into four distinct parts that show you how to understand your own temperament, the psychology of the market as a whole, your own biases and decision-making errors, and how to practically apply your understanding of these factors into your decision-making system. Written by highly respected investment teacher, speaker, and writer Colin Nicholson Ideal for both inexperienced traders who want to lower their risk as well as experienced traders who lack that one final piece in the trader's skillset For anyone looking for that final piece of the investing puzzle, the answer is right here. With Think Like the Great Investors , you'll leap beyond the final hurdle to super-successful investing ...yourself. ...Show more

The New Way to Make Money in Property Fast by Stuart Zadel

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The old way of making money in property 0 Buy, hold, hope and pray - was good, but it's no longer enough. In this new economy, what worked in the past will not work in the future; in fact, it's not working now! What if prices don't double in value every seven to 10 years? What if 63% of all property i nvestors are currently losing $1000's every year? This book brings together seven rich property entrepreneurs and their totally unique strategies to help you discover new ways to turbo-charge your wealth though property. You, too, can become a new property millionaire if you learn and apply the closely guarded secrets of these masters! It's easier than you think and once you "crack the code" of their strategies. ...Show more

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

$35.00 AUD

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"Think Again is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a culture of learning and exploration, whether at home, at work, or at school... In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever." --Bill and Melinda Gates The bestselling author of Give and Take and Orig inals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favour the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval--and too little like scientists searching for truth. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become. Organisational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds - and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. You'll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades white supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces concerned parents to immunize their children, and Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox. Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom. ...Show more

Good Company - The Story of Scottish and Newcastle by Berry Ritchie

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Prophet of Innovation - Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction by Thomas K. McCraw

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Pan Am, Gimbel's, Pullman, Douglas Aircraft, Digital Equipment Corporation, British Leyland?all once as strong as dinosaurs, all now just as extinct. Destruction of businesses, fortunes, products, and careers is the price of progress toward a better material life. No one understood this bedrock economic principle better than Joseph A. Schumpeter. ?Creative destruction,? he said, is the driving force of capitalism.Described by John Kenneth Galbraith as ?the most sophisticated conservative? of the twentieth century, Schumpeter made his mark as the prophet of incessant change. His vision was stark: Nearly all businesses fail, victims of innovation by their competitors. Businesspeople ignore this lesson at their peril?to survive, they must be entrepreneurial and think strategically. Yet in Schumpeter's view, the general prosperity produced by the ?capitalist engine? far outweighs the wreckage it leaves behind.During a tumultuous life spanning two world wars, the Great Depression, and the early Cold War, Schumpeter reinvented himself many times. From boy wonder in turn-of-the-century Vienna to captivating Harvard professor, he was stalked by tragedy and haunted by the specter of his rival, John Maynard Keynes. By 1983?the centennial of the birth of both men?Forbes christened Schumpeter, not Keynes, the best navigator through the turbulent seas of globalization. Time has proved that assessment accurate.Prophet of Innovation is also the private story of a man rescued repeatedly by women who loved him and put his well-being above their own. Without them, he would likely have perished, so fierce were the conflicts between his reason and his emotions. Drawing on all of Schumpeter's writings, including many intimate diaries and letters never before used, this biography paints the full portrait of a magnetic figure who aspired to become the world's greatest economist, lover, and horseman?and admitted to failure only with the horses. ...Show more

The Department Store : History * Design * Display by Jan Whitaker

$60.00 AUD

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Where, under one roof, can shoppers find Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Prada, Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen? And where, besides the great department stores of Europe, Japan and America, is it possible for shoppers to spend the day in an extraordinarily opulent setting, drifting from shoes to cos metics with a stop for a light lunch on the seventh floor and a visit to the bookstore, florist or hairdresser? This is the first illustrated book on department stores, with photographs and ephemera collected from all over the world. Born in the Gilded Age in France, the department store grew up thanks to the Industrial Revolution, the rise of the middle classes, and the invention of steel-frame architecture and the elevator. This lavish book goes behind the fabulous window displays, eye-catching shopping bags and instore extravaganzas promoting everything from shoes to perfumes to the latest fashion sensation to reveal and celebrate the department store in richness and detail. ...Show more

Shelf Life - Supermarkets and the Changing Cultures of Consumption by Kim Humphery

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This book offers a history and cultural analysis of the supermarket and of everyday shopping in twentieth-century Australia. It discusses the rise of the supermarket in the United States and Britain, and its eventual emergence in Australia in the 1960s. This is contrasted with the demise of the counter service grocery store. As well, the views of shoppers in Australia toward the "new" supermarkets are documented through the use of oral history. More broadly, the book involves a critical discussion of what it means to live in a consumer society and of the work of cultural analysts on consumption. ...Show more