Business Library News

New books are located on the tall book shelves in the corridors behind the information desk. This list is ordered by call number.

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Fragile finance : debt, speculation and crisis in the age of global credit /
by Nesvetailova, Anastasia.
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
HB3722 .N47 2007

Power and politics after financial crises : rethinking foreign opportunism in emerging markets /
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007048567-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007048567-d.html
HB3722 .P69 2008

Executing your strategy : how to break it down and get it done /
by Morgan, Mark.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2007.
Table of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021450.html
HD30.28 .M6523 2007

Entrepreneurship and new value creation : the dynamic of the entrepreneurial process /
by Fayolle, Alain.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007013269.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007013269-d.html
HD62.5 .F39 2007

Corporate wasteland : the landscape and memory of deindustrialization /
by High, Steven C.
Ithaca : IRL Press, 2007.
HD5708.55.U6 H54 2007

The future of business schools : scenarios and strategies for 2020 /
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
HF1140 .F88 2008

Market devices /
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub./The Sociological Review, 2007.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007029399-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007029399-d.html
HF5414 .M385 2007

Marketing ethics /
by Brenkert, George G.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007033955-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007033955-d.html
HF5415 .B637 2008

The handbook of field marketing : a complete guide to understanding and outsourcing face-to-face direct marketing /
by Williams, Alison.
London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2008.
HF5415.126 .W55 2008

The ultimate small business marketing toolkit : all the tips, forms, and strategies you’ll ever need /
by Goldstein, Beth.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004626.html
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007004626-b.html
Software 9112, CD-ROM (at the information desk)
HF5415.13 .G58 2007

Handbook of research in international human resource management /
New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007011799.html
HF5549.5.E45 H363 2008

Two hundred years of accounting research : an international survey of personalities, ideas and publications /
by Mattessich, Richard.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
HF5630 .M388 2008

Equity valuation and analysis with eVal /
by Lundholm, Russell James.
Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2006014698-t.html
Software 9130, CD-ROM (at the information desk)
HG4028.V3 L796 2007

The trillion dollar meltdown : easy money, high rollers, and the great credit crash /
by Morris, Charles R.
New York : PublicAffairs, c2008.
HG4910 .M667 2008

From Wall Street to the Great Wall : how investors can profit from China’s booming economy /
by Malkiel, Burton Gordon.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
HG5782 .M35 2008

Public sector auditing : is it value for money? /
by Bourn, John, Sir.
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007035533-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007035533-d.html
HJ9733 .B68 2007

The digital hand. volume III, how computers changed the work of American public sector industries /
by Cortada, James W.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
JK468.A8 C677 2008

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China Business: The Rules of the Game
by Carolyn Blackman
Allen & Unwin © 2000 (258 pages)
ISBN: 9781865082301

Revealing the key things you need to know to do business effectively in China, this informative, candid, and entertaining book uses real-life stories and situations to give you tried and true practical strategies that will turn obstacles into advantages.

Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX
by Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan
John Wiley & Sons © 2005 (304 pages)
ISBN: 9780471710240

Providing an inside look at one of the world’s most successful real estate companies, this insightful book reveals how RE/MAX grew from a renegade bunch of mavericks to a tight network of over 100,000 agents in more than 50 countries.

Flight Plan: How To Achieve More, Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible
by Brian Tracy
Berrett-Koehler Publishers © 2008 (168 pages)
ISBN: 9781576754979

Revealing the real keys to accomplishing any long-term, meaningful success, this book uses the metaphor of an airplane trip to help you chart a course to greater achievement, happiness, and personal fulfillment.

I’ll Take Learning for 500: Using Game Shows to Engage, Motivate, and Train
by Dan Yaman and Missy Covington
Pfeiffer © 2006 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9780787983062 (CD Content Available)

Let this unique and practical guide show you how to leverage the excitement and entertainment inherent in game shows by using them to increase participant involvement, information retention, and comprehension.

Intelligent Innovation: Four Steps to Achieving a Competitive Edge
by John A. Cogliandro
J. Ross Publishing © 2007 (249 pages)
ISBN: 9781932159615

Explaining the importance and application of innovation throughout the lifecycle of any product or service, this book uses a practical four-step process, and includes the tools and methods to achieve increased performance within the entire organization.

Marketing Graffiti: The View From The Street
by Michael Saren
Butterworth-Heinemann © 2006 (305 pages)
ISBN: 9780750656979

Critically examining the wide range of products, businesses, technologies, information, services, ads, packaging and branding, this book explains marketing from the perspective of the pivotal figure in the process: the consumer.

The Next Generation of Corporate Universities: Innovative Approaches for Developing People and Expanding Organizational Capabilities
by Mark Allen (ed)
Pfeiffer © 2007 (432 pages)
ISBN: 9780787986551

Providing a window into some of the most innovative corporate universities and their inventive approaches, this hands-on guide will arm you with numerous proven techniques to add value to your corporate university.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
by Charles R. Morris
PublicAffairs © 2008 (216 pages)
ISBN: 9781586485634

Whether you are an active investor, a homeowner, or a contributor to your 401(k) plan, this indispensable guide will help you understand the gross excess that has put the world economy on the brink-and what the new landscape will look like.

Value-Based Metrics for Improving Results: An Enterprise Project Management Toolkit
by Mel Schnapper and Steven Rollins
J. Ross Publishing © 2006 (457 pages)
ISBN: 9781932159257

Featuring a roadmap that can be applied in any organization, this book presents a value-based methodology for developing and using metrics as a tool to baseline, monitor, manage, improve, align and reward performance of most any business function.
The Value of Learning: How Organizations Capture Value and ROI and Translate Them into Support, Improvement, and Funds
by Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J. Phillips
Pfeiffer © 2007 (464 pages)
ISBN: 9780787985325

A hands-on guide for the implementation of learning and development programs, this book offers a proven approach to measurement and evaluation for learning and development that can be replicated throughout an organization and ultimately improve ROI.

World Class Master Scheduling: Best Practices and Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement
by Donald H. Sheldon
J. Ross Publishing © 2006 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9781932159400

Providing a complete detailed understanding of world class master scheduling, this up-to-date “how-to” guide explains how master scheduling integrates with Lean and Six Sigma to create the perfect environment for robust control and continuous improvement.

World Class Sales & Operations Planning: A Guide to Successful Implementation and Robust Execution
by Donald H. Sheldon
J. Ross Publishing © 2006 (241 pages)
ISBN: 9781932159530

Explaining how to implement and execute robust S&OP process excellence, this comprehensive guide delineates how to accomplish successful top management planning using a step-by-step approach.

New books are located on the tall book shelves in the corridors behind the information desk. This list is ordered by call number.

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U.S. industry & market outlook.  /
Published [Bath, Maine] : C. Barnes & Co.
(Reference, Library use only) HC101 .U55 2007

India arriving : how this economic powerhouse is redefining global business /
by Dossani, Rafiq.
New York : AMACOM / American Management Association, c2008.
HC435.3 .D67 2008

Moral foundations of management knowledge /
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
HD29 .M667 2007

Predictocracy : market mechanisms for public and private decision making /
by Abramowicz, Michael.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020340.html
HD30.27 .A27 2007

Managing the unexpected : resilient performance in an age of uncertainty /
by Weick, Karl E.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024496.html
HD49 .W45 2007

Judgment : how winning leaders make great calls /
by Tichy, Noel M.
New York : Portfolio, 2007.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007027169-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007027169-d.html
HD57.7 .T496 2007

Getting the goods : ports, labor, and the logistics revolution /
by Bonacich, Edna.
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008.
HE554.L7 B66 2008

Billions of entrepreneurs : how China and India are reshaping their futures–and yours /
by Khanna, Tarun.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2007.
HF3836.5 .K593 2007

The rise of brands /
by Moor, Liz.
Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2007031786-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2007031786-d.html
HF5415.1255 .M66 2007

Web technologies for commerce and services online /
Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2008.
HF5548.32 .W423 2008

Financial ratios : how to use financial ratios to maximise value and success for your business /
by Bull, Richard.
Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier, c2008.
(Ask at the information desk) Software 9300 DVD-ROM
HF5681.R25 B85 2008

Brand new China : advertising, media, and commercial culture /
by Wang, Jing.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
HF5813.C5 W35 2008

Provocateur : images of women and minorities in advertising /
by Cortese, Anthony Joseph Paul.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008.
HF5823 .C5977 2008

Why are there so many banking crises? : the politics and policy of bank regulation /
by Rochet, Jean-Charles.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
HG1725 .R63 2008

Fair lending compliance : intelligence and implications for credit risk management /
by Abrahams, Clark R.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2008.
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2007026259-d.html
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2007026259-t.html
HG3754.5.U6 A27 2008

The Business Library has just added BizSeer.IST to its list of online resources.  Please note that many documents are in .pdf format.  This collection and search engine describes itself:

“BizSeer is a publicly available vertical digital library and search engine hosted at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business that focuses on academic business documents. SmealSearch crawls the web and harvests, catalogs, and indexes academic business documents. It is based on the computer and information science engine, CiteSeer.IST, initially developed at NEC Research Institute by Kurt Bollacker, Lee Giles and Steve Lawrence and now hosted at Penn State. The search engine crawls websites of academia, commerce, research institutes, government agencies, etc. for academic business documents, including published articles, working papers, white papers, consulting reports, etc. For certain documents, SmealSearch only indexes and stores the hyperlinks to those documents. BizSeer attempts to generate a citation analysis for all the academic articles harvested and ranks them in order of their citation rates (the most cited articles are listed first) similar to the ranking of CiteSeer and the Google Scholar.

BizSeer has many unique features: 

• Automatically gathers and indexes specific information such as author, title, abstract,  and citations.
• Performs keyword searches on the full content of all documents in the database.
• Uses citation analysis to identify the most influential articles.
• Keeps up to date by actively crawling and accepting article submissions from users.”

(Site description)

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101 Ways to Improve Customer Service: Training, Tools, Tips, and Techniques
by Lorraine L. Ukens
Pfeiffer © 2007 (400 pages)
ISBN: 9780787982003 (CD Content Available)

 Providing a variety of practical applications that can be put to use right away, this down-to-earth guide will help your employees develop service strategies to give excellent care to customers, both inside and outside the organization.

The Case for Coaching: Making Evidence-Based Decisions
by Jessica Jarvis, David A. Lane and Annette Fillery-Travis
CIPD Enterprises © 2006 (336 pages)
ISBN: 9781843981343

Whether you are a coach selling your services or an in-house manager in charge of your organization’s coaching program, this book assesses the impact and effectiveness of coaching in organizational settings.

Counter-Intuitive Selling: Mastering the Art of the Unexpected
by Bill Byron Concevitch
Kaplan Professional © 2007 (284 pages)
ISBN: 9781419593291

Providing you with a new game plan to increase your success, this unique book presents specific action steps and techniques that are designed to help you establish new habits that lead to sales-winning behaviors and results.

Creating Success: How to Motivate People, Second Edition
by Patrick Forsyth
Kogan Page © 2006 (144 pages)
ISBN: 9780749445515

Providing practical guidelines and suggestions for exploring how to influence and motivate people, this comprehensive guide illustrates how to inspire individuals or teams to develop, appraise and empower to get the very best results.

The Essential Guide to Managing Talent: How Top Companies Recruit, Train & Retain the Best Employees
by Kaye Thorne and Andy Pellant
Kogan Page © 2007 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9780749444631

Written in an accessible easy-to-follow style, this essential guide will enable readers to quickly make sense of the term ‘employer branding’ and demonstrates how to apply it in order to become an attractive employer.

Leadership for the Disillusioned: Moving Beyond Myths and Heroes to Leading that Liberates
by Amanda Sinclair
Allen & Unwin © 2007 (242 pages)
ISBN: 9781741751000

Drawing on a wide set of social ideas, including Eastern philosophies, this book challenges leadership assumptions and myths, and explores an approach to leading that is truly liberating for the leaders and those around them.

The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
by Kishore Mahbubani
Perseus Publishing © 2008 (330 pages)
ISBN: 9781586484668

Exploring key principles for a new global partnership between Asia and the West, this book explains the world as seen through non-Western eyes, so that the 900 million who live in the West appreciate how the remaining 5.6 billion people view the world.

Profitable Marketing Communications: A Guide to Marketing Return On Investment
by Anthony Young and Lucy Aitken
Kogan Page © 2007 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9780749449421

Offering insight into how marketers have delivered outstanding marketing ROI, this book proposes a new marketing model to help business-owners, CEOs, CFOs, and marketing professionals apply an investment-led approach where the focus is value, not cost.

Project Management for Design Professionals
by William G. Ramroth, Jr.
Kaplan Professional © 2006 (302 pages)
ISBN: 9781419528125

Explaining why and how the role of project manager varies among design firms, this book offers practical advice, instructions, and techniques to help you think strategically, plan carefully, and troubleshoot problems.

Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time
by Kevin Eikenberry
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (298 pages)
ISBN: 9780787996192

Outlining the most important leadership competencies, this book offers a proven method for learning leadership skills, and shows approaches for applying these skills in today’s multitasking and overloaded world of work.

Trade Secrets of Using E-Learning in Training: How Best to Plan, Design and Implement E-Learning Training Programmes
by Tony Bray
Thorogood © 2005 (264 pages)
ISBN: 9781854183262

Practical and jargon-free, this step-by-step report covers every aspect of designing a course - content, design and flow - how to anticipate users’ questions and problems, choosing your software supplier and applying the learning.

What Managers Say, What Employees Hear: Connecting with Your Front Line (So They’ll Connect with Customers)
by Regina Fazio Maruca (ed
Greenwood Press © 2006 (192 pages)
ISBN: 9780275987039

A wakeup call for any executive who thinks front-line employees give a damn, this practical book demonstrates the positive effects of aligning goals and actions, building trust, and investing in the front line.

Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod
John Wiley & Sons © 2005 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9780470089194

Filled with in-depth insight, expert advice and illustrative examples, this book links economic models with models of biological evolution to identify the subtle patterns that comprise the apparent disorder of failure and analyzes why failure arises.

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Becoming the Obvious Choice: A Guide to Your Next Opportunity
by Bryan Dodge and David Cottrell
CornerStone Leadership Institute © 2007 (56 pages)
ISBN: 9780965878869

By following the suggestions detailed in this practical book, you’ll learn how to maintain motivation, develop hidden talents, and become the obvious choice for any position.

The Business Analyst as Strategist: Translating Business Strategies into Valuable Solutions
by Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (192 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262094

Providing a five-step process to set well-formed strategies, this book shows you how to set the stage for change, and how to translate your strategy into operational terms through a portfolio of programs and supporting projects.

The Business Guide to Legal Literacy: What Every Manager Should Know About the Law
by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
Jossey-Bass © 2006 (384 pages)
ISBN: 9780787982553

Bridging the gap between law and business, this real-life guide illustrates a step-by-step process for avoiding lawsuits and transforming potential business legal problems that threaten growth and profitability.

Business Writing
by Baden Eunson
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (184 pages)
ISBN: 9780731406494

Taking a hands-on approach to help you excel in writing a range of hard-copy and electronic documents, this book shows you how to design documents, employ persuasive techniques and recognize (and foil) the mind games some people play.

Corporate Culture And Environmental Practice: Making Change At A High-Technology Manufacturer
by Jennifer A. Howard-Grenville
Edward Elgar Publishing © 2007 (176 pages)
ISBN: 9781847201003

Based on close observation at a major semiconductor manufacturer, this book details how the company’s culture - revealed through its internal practices, decisions, and norms - guided action on environmental issues.

Corporate Fraud: A Manager’s Journey
by K.H. Spencer Pickett
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (318 pages)
ISBN: 9780470114797

Filled with practical examples and workable solutions, this definitive book will take you from zero understanding of organizational fraud to integration of corporate fraud risk management and sound internal controls into everyday work.

Corporate Intelligence Awareness: Securing the Competitive Edge
by Rodger Nevill Harding
Multi-Media Publications Inc. © 2006 (300 pages)
ISBN: 9781895186420

Illustrated with real-world anecdotes and personal experiences, this compelling book reveals the secrets to developing an intelligence strategy by effective information gathering and analyzing, and delivering credible intelligence to senior management.

The Corporate University Workbook: Launching the 21st Century Learning Organization
by Kevin Wheeler and Eileen Clegg
Pfeiffer © 2005 (152 pages)
ISBN: 9780787973391 (CD Content Available)

Offering practical methodology, best practices, and step-by-step guidance, this book is filled with the tools, templates, and activities you need to implement a corporate university and develop human talent in an effective and measurable manner.

Do It Right!: The New Book of Business Etiquette
by Valerie Sokolosky
CornerStone Leadership Institute © 2007 (96 pages)
ISBN: 9780978813789

Describing ‘today’ as a time of etiquette ambiguity when what was once the behavioral norm has disappeared, this book provides tips on how to behave in various situations that you can apply immediately and watch your career take giant steps forward.

Facilitating to Lead!: Leadership Strategies for a Networked World
by Ingrid Bens
Jossey-Bass © 2006 (176 pages)
ISBN: 9780787977313

Including useful checklists to help leaders determine the situations when facilitative leadership is most appropriate to apply, this book presents a four-level model that reframes empowerment from a vague concept to a concrete structuring tool.

Field Guide to Project Management, Second Edition
by David I. Cleland
John Wiley & Sons © 2004 (648 pages)
ISBN: 9780471462125

Addressing every aspect of project management with practical explanations and advice, this guide offers a wealth of reliable information for professionals who need a dependable resource to answer questions and solve problems as they arise.

Financialization and the World Economy
by Gerald A. Epstein (ed)
Edward Elgar Publishing © 2005 (454 pages)
ISBN: 9781845429652

Exploring the puzzling promotion of financial liberalization by governments despite its enormous costs, this book describes what can be done to alter the destructive path toward excessive financialization that most countries are taking.

Job Sharing: Two Heads are Better Than One
by Angela Morella and Mary O’Hanlon
Allen & Unwin © 2003 (128 pages)
ISBN: 9781865089645

Whether you’re at the top of the corporate ladder, just starting out or thinking of returning to the workforce after a break, this practical and concise book will show you the personal and professional benefits of job sharing.

Just Rewards: Reward Your Staff and Reap the Benefits
by Jamelle Wells
Allen & Unwin © 2004 (194 pages)
ISBN: 9781865089836

As the race to attract and retain the best personnel heats up, this innovative idea guide will help you appropriately recognize the work of your employees, and choose the most effective ways to say ‘thank you.’

Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis
by Ram Charan
Jossey-Bass © 2008 (184 pages)
ISBN: 9780787985592

For CEOs, directors, and anyone involved in leadership development, this eye-opening guide reveals exactly what’s wrong with corporate leadership development and shows how to make it right.

Leadership Made Simple: Practical Solutions to Your Greatest Management Challenges
by Ed Oakley and Doug Krug
CornerStone Leadership Institute © 2007 (120 pages)
ISBN: 9780978813758

Outlining principles that will help create a communicative, collaborative environment where solutions will evolve from the people closest to the issue, this book offers an easy-to-use process that will help you produce immediate and tangible results.

Logos and No Gos: How to Understand and Get the Most from Your Brand IP
by Geoff Steward
John Wiley & Sons © 2006 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780470060377

Covering all aspects of rights protection in business—including copyright, designs trade marks, database right and domain names—this plain-English guide shows how to design and implement a strategy to fully protect your brand rights.

Make Your Workplace Great: The 7 Keys to an Emotionally Intelligent Organization
by Steven J. Stein
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780470838303

Based on the author’s proprietary and cutting-edge research, this book shows you how to implement the necessary changes to make your workplace a happier and more productive one.

Managing Value-Based Organizations: It’s Not What You Think
by Bruce Hoag and Cary L. Cooper
Edward Elgar Publishing © 2006 (316 pages)
ISBN: 9781840649819

Revealing both the practicalities and theories behind surviving upheaval in the workplace, this fascinating book takes a historical look at how the organization and management of work has changed since before the Industrial Revolution.

Naked Finance: Business Finance Pure and Simple
by David Meckin
Nicholas Brealey Publishing © 2007 (286 pages)
ISBN: 9781857883947

By stripping business finance down to its pure and simple basics, this accessible and straightforward guide explains financial principles in easy-to-understand terms and demonstrates how they can be practically applied in your day-to-day job.

Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Sixth Edition
by Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.
John Wiley & Sons © 2006 (688 pages)
ISBN: 9780471715375

Written from a managerial perspective, this book will equip you with the quantitative skills, knowledge of organizational issues, and insights into human behavior that you need to do project management effectively.

A Specially Commissioned Report: The Freedom of Information Act
by Susan Singleton
Thorogood © 2005 (156 pages)
ISBN: 9781854183248

Showing how businesses can ensure that they don’t disclose information inadvertently, this report explains how to protect company information by drafting new contracts in the right way.

Stand Out from the Crowd: Secrets to Crafting a Winning Company Identity
by Jay Lipe
Kaplan Professional © 2006 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9781419523007

With clear-cut action steps, case studies, and visual examples, this illuminating book offers entrepreneurs, small-business owners, and marketers the necessary tools to implement a comprehensive company identity strategy.

Ten Thousand Horses: How Leaders Harness Raw Potential For Extraordinary Results
by John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings
Berrett-Koehler Publishers © 2007 (144 pages)
ISBN: 9781576754504

Drawing on the authors’ experience and findings from an authoritative Gallup study of 4 million workers from 360,000 workgroups, this book lays out an innovative leadership model that will turn employees from dutiful drones to committed contributors.

Ultimate Performance:  Measuring Human Resources at Work
by Nicholas C. Burkholder, Scott Golas and Jeremy Shapiro
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780471741213

Presenting the ways, means, and metrics department directors can use to transform the perception of HR, this no-nonsense guide will enable HR managers to create value and help businesses differentiate themselves from the competition.

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151 Quick Ideas for Advertising on a Shoestring
by Jean Joachim
Career Press © 2008 (192 pages)

ISBN: 9781564149824Featuring secrets and short-cuts from sharp production directors, great sales reps, and savvy marketers who used advertising to build successful businesses, this invaluable book will give your advertising the lift it needs, at a lower cost.

The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings
by Alice Zavala and Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262124

Arming business analysts with principles, practices, and tools for effective facilitation and meeting management, this book provides powerful tools to negotiate meetings, informal work sessions, and formal workshops.

Business Power: Creating New Wealth from IP Assets
by Robert Shearer (ed) and The Members of the National Knowledge & Intellectual Property Management Taskforce
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780470120750

Guiding readers to use their ideas and intellectual property as competitive intelligence tools, this seminal book explores how organizations are changing, what management can do about those changes, and how you can create new wealth for your shareholders.

Corporate Entrepreneurship: Top Managers and New Business Creation
by Vijay Sathe
Cambridge University Press © 2003 (405 pages)
ISBN: 9780521824996

By exploring the real world of top managers in a systematic and comprehensive way, this valuable book offers both a theory of corporate entrepreneurship and practical advice on how to manage it better.

Developing and Implementing a Corporate University
by Jeffrey W. Grenzer
HRD Press © 2006 (156 pages)
ISBN: 9780874259261

Packed with valuable strategies and tactical insights, plus more than 50 charts, figures, quizzes and graphs, this strategic guide will help you successfully capture and share your organization’s knowledge and experiences.

The Four Kinds of Sales People: How and Why They Excel- And How You Can Too
by Chuck Mache
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9780470127551

For salespeople, sales managers, and executives, this entertaining and practical book is a business fable that exposes the traits and characteristics of four distinct types of salespeople and outlines how and why they excel - or don’t.

From Analyst to Leader: Elevating the Role of the Business Analyst
by Kathleen B. Hass, Lori Lindbergh, Richard Vander Horst and Kimi Ziemski
Management Concepts © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262131

Uncovering the unique challenges for the business analyst to transition from a support role to a central leader, this strategic guide presents the principles, knowledge, practices, and tools needed to assume a leadership role in an organization.

Getting It Right: Business Requirement Analysis Tools and Techniques
by Kathleen B. Hass, Don J. Wessels and Kevin Brennan
Management Concepts © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262117

Designed to help the business analyst decide which requirement artifacts should be produced to adequately analyze requirements, this critical book examines the complete spectrum of business requirement analysis from preparation through documentation.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI): Developing, Implementing, and Using Winning KPIs
by David Parmenter
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (254 pages)
ISBN: 9780470095881

Breathtaking in its simplicity and profound in its impact, this book distills the balanced scorecard process into 12 logical steps, equipping users with an implementation resource kit that includes questionnaires, worksheets, workshop outlines, and more.

Malcolm McDonald on Marketing Planning: Understanding Marketing Plans and Strategy
by Malcolm McDonald
Kogan Page © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9780749451493

Snappy and succinct, with an emphasis on practicality, this book will help you appreciate the benefits of rigorous marketing planning and will guide you through the production of a marketing plan made to work in the real world.

Marketing the Professional Services Firm: Applying the Principles and the Science of Marketing to the Professions
by Laurie Young
John Wiley & Sons © 2005 (432 pages)
ISBN: 9780470011737

With case studies from a range of companies such as J. Walter Thompson, Headhunters, Interbrand and others, this book applies core principles of strategic marketing to professional services for the first time.

Negotiating Globally: How to Negotiate Deals, Resolve Disputes, and Make Decisions Across Cultural Boundaries, Second Edition
by Jeanne M. Brett Jossey-Bass © 2007 (384 pages)
ISBN: 9780787988364

Providing a framework to help negotiators anticipate and manage cultural differences, this book challenges negotiators to expand their repertoire of strategies so that they will be able to close deals, resolve disputes, and get teams to make decisions.

The Options Doctor: Option Strategies for Every Kind of Market
by Jeanette Schwarz Young
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (238 pages)
ISBN: 9780471777724

Filled with entertaining, first-hand stories from the author’s career spent on the front lines of trading, this practical guidebook will improve your skill and comfort with options trading–no matter what your trading experience is.

Principle-Centered Leadership
by Stephen R. Covey
Franklin Covey © 1991 (336 pages)
ISBN: 9780671792800

Sharing the powerful principles taught to many of the world’s top executives and most influential leaders, this book will help you align your organization’s resources and structures to increase long-term performance and create a high-trust culture.

Professionalizing Business Analysis: Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects
by Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (136 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262087

Describing both the strategic and tactical roles of the business analyst, this book focuses on this emerging profession and how its role is becoming more critical within the continually changing business environment.

Supply Chain Management on Demand: Strategies, Technologies, Applications
by Chae An and Hansjörg Fromm (eds)
Springer © 2005 (341 pages)
ISBN: 9783540244233

Authored by those who have developed as well as deployed the practices, this book explores new techniques and practices for supply chain management that have been made possible by the progress in information and communication technologies.

Team Building: Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance, Fourth Edition
by William G. Dyer, W. Gibb Dyer Jr. and Jeffrey H. Dyer
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (260 pages)
ISBN: 9780787988937

Written for any manager who is a member or creator of a committee, team, task-force, or other activity involving collaboration among people, this book contains the concepts, ideas, and practical suggestions necessary for effective team performance.

Unearthing Business Requirements: Elicitation Tools and Techniques
by Rosemary Hossenlopp and Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (232 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262100

Presenting techniques used by successful business analysts, this thorough text explains the steps necessary to create customized elicitation activities for the unique needs of each project.

Important! You must be associated with the University of Iowa and have a Hawk ID in order to read the following e-books. The titles are available from Books24×7. To find a book on the site, search by “Titles”.

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 Be Understood or Be Overlooked: Mastering Communication in the Workplace
by Graham Andrewartha
Allen & Unwin © 2002 (257 pages)
ISBN: 9781865089447 

 Using a combination of the organizational theory and tested communication methodology, this book outlines the home truths of workplace psychology so you can communicate effectively and  offers advice to help both the individual and organization thrive.

Buying Trances: A New Psychology Of Sales And Marketing
by Joe Vitale
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (209 pages)
ISBN: 9780470095195

Combining the basics of marketing with cutting-edge concepts in mind control, this book explains how salespeople can help customers enter a special mental state in which they are suggestible and pliant leading to more sales every time.

Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand
by William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9780470128183

Demonstrating how to express who you are and the value you bring to your organization, this guide provides case studies of successful professionals that will help you not only survive, but thrive, in today’s dynamic and ultracompetitive workplace.

The Control Freak Revolution: Make Your Most Maddening Behaviors Work for Your Company and to Your Advantage
by Cheryl Cran
Career Press © 2008 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9781564149848

With insights and anecdotes from real CEOs and famous leaders such as Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, and Rudy Guiliani, who have used control to their advantage, this no-nonsense guide you how to be a successful “control freak” leader in seven easy steps.

Dealing with Difficult People, Third Edition
by Roy Lilley
Kogan Page © 2006 (160 pages)
ISBN: 9780749447519

Looking at individual behavior, what drives it and how to cope with it, this practical and accessible book explains how to recognize and understand difficult people and their actions as a means to resolve problematic situations and awkward issues.

Email Marketing by the Numbers: How to Use the World’s Greatest Marketing Tool to Take Any Organization to the Next Level
by Chris Baggott and Ali Sales
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (294 pages)
ISBN: 9780470122457

Designed to educate marketers from all types of organizations, this paint by numbers book contains the step-by-step instructions you need to accomplish your goals, create better relationships, and move your organization to a higher level.

Five Principles of Corporate Performance Management
by Bob Paladino
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (400 pages)
ISBN: 9780470009918

Providing proven, real-world implementation insights from globally recognized and award-winning organizations, this book shows how to implement Fortune 100 companies’ enterprise techniques and strategies within your organization.

Great People Decisions: Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them
by Claudio Fernández-Aráoz
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (252 pages)
ISBN: 9780470037263

Offering simple but sophisticated guidelines for the hiring, promotion, and delegation of significant responsibilities to high achievers, this ultimate reference will help any manager concerned with personal development and organizational achievement.

Leading for Growth: How Umpqua Bank Got Cool and Created a Culture of Greatness
by Ray Davis and Alan Shrader
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780787986070

Offering useful advice based on Umpqua’s actual experience, this book provides straightforward strategies for all businesses on understanding the competitive landscape they face and on building and leading a great culture that generates relentless growth.

Mastering Leadership, Second Edition
by Michael Williams
Thorogood © 2006 (292 pages)
ISBN: 9781854183088

Revealing the key skills needed by any leader in any type of business, this book focuses on techniques for improving individual and organizational performance and enabling mid- to senior-level managers to understand their own leadership style.

No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costs by Andrew Ross
Basic Books © 2003 (304 pages)
ISBN: 9780465071449

Offering a dramatic report on how the self-directed “no-collar” life stacks up against earlier work utopias, this unprecedented book records a unique moment in American history and reveals what the landscape of work will look like for decades to come.

Perfect Pitch: The Art of Selling Ideas and Winning New Business
by Jon Steel
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780471789765

Identifying the “presentation crimes” committed every day across the business world, this insider’s guide covers every aspect of the pitch process, from assembling a presentation team to rehearsals and the preparation of compelling leave-behind documents.

Smart Is Not Enough!: The South Pole Strategy and Other Powerful Talent Management Secrets
by Alan C. Guarino
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (218 pages)
ISBN: 9780470100103

Explaining everything HR managers and business leaders need to know to manage their talent for success, this revolutionary guide shares new, effective techniques to find determined, dedicated go-getters who would otherwise fall through the cracks.

Stop Acting Like a Seller and Start Thinking Like a Buyer: Improve Sales Effectiveness by Helping Customers Buy
by Jerry Acuff and Wally Wood
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9780470068342

If you were trained in traditional sales methods and you’re struggling to stay ahead of the competition, this one-of-a-kind guide will help you rebuild your selling methods from the ground up, leading to higher achievements and happier customers.

Two Weeks to a Breakthrough: How to Zoom Toward Your Goal in 14 Days or Less
by Lisa Haneberg
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (144 pages)
ISBN: 9780787984823

Through a combination of step-by-step instructions, examples, exercises, and illustrations, this breakthrough book will help you discover how to transform your career and personal life into exactly what you’ve always wanted.

The Wiley Guide to Project, Program and Portfolio Management
by Peter W. G. Morris and Jeffrey K. Pinto (eds)
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (360 pages)
ISBN: 9780470226858

Featuring contributions from experts all around the world, this invaluable resource explores the strategic management of projects, portfolios, and program management and their linkage with context and strategy in other concepts and processes.

New books are located on the tall book shelves in the corridors behind the information desk. This list is ordered by call number.

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Innovation policies for the 21st century : report of a symposium /
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.
Online access to this book:
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309103169
HC110.T4 I563 2007

Business background investigations : tools and techniques for solution driven due diligence /
Tempe, Arizona : Facts on Demand Press ; 2007.
HD30.4 .H48 2007

Handbook of organizational creativity /
New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2008.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007022351.html
HD53 .H357 2008

The emotional organization : passions and power /
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007010744.html
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2007010744-b.html
HD58.7 .E434 2008

When professionals have to lead : a new model for high performance /
by DeLong, Thomas.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023057.html
HD62.65 .D45 2007

What women want from work : gender and occupational choice in the 21st century /
by Woodfield, Ruth.
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007052312-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007052312-d.html
HD6053 .W77 2007

Women in business : the changing face of leadership /
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
HD6054.3 .W636 2007

Deluxe : how luxury lost its luster /
by Thomas, Dana.
New York : Penguin Press, 2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007006166.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007006166-d.html
HD9999.L852 T46 2007

Unmarketable : brandalism, copyfighting, mocketing, and the erosion of integrity /
by Moore, Anne Elizabeth.
New York : New Press ; Distributed by W. W. Norton, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023498.html
HF5415.127 .M663 2007

Diversity resistance in organizations /
New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2008.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024308.html
HF5549.5.M5 D5723 2008

Banking on global markets : Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the present /
by Kobrak, Christopher.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007016836.html
Contributor biographical information: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007016836-b.html
HG3058.D4 K63 2007

Stock market liquidity : implications for market microstructure and asset pricing /
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2008.
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2007026312-d.html
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2007026312-t.html
HG4521 .S788 2008

Handbook of the equity risk premium /
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008.
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007300360-d.html
HG4661 .H355 2008

The economic theory of annuities /
by Sheshinski, Eytan.
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire [England] : Princeton University Press, c2008.
HG8790 .S535 2008

International taxation handbook : policy, practice, standards and regulations /
Amsterdam ; Boston : CIMA Publishing, 2007.
HJ2305 .I58 2007

The UI Libraries have launched a digital collection of campus maps, drawing from materials in University Archives, which includes maps from 100 years of course catalogs, a pacing survey of the Pentacrest from 1893, and an aerial view of an uncompleted 1930s campus plan among other unique items documenting University space and development.

The collection is a valuable research tool for scholars and community members alike, and complements other local digital collections in the Iowa Digital Library as well as the upcoming north lobby exhibit: “Building the University of Iowa Campus,” scheduled for March-June, 2008.

University News Service Press Release:
http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/february/022508digitalmaps.html

Distributed by:

Mark F. Anderson
Digital Initiatives Librarian
University of Iowa Libraries